So, my wine has been sitting in it's gallon jar for quite a while now, doing it's magic. It is finally done!
But, I need to back up a second here. This photograph was shot a couple of weeks ago. What you are seeing here is a layer of sediment that has settled to the bottom of the jar. The wine has to be syphoned off into a clean jar and the sediment gets left behind.
I've syphoned it a couple of times since this photo, and the wine is nice and clear now. Potassium sorbate (also available at the brewing supply store or on-line) can be used to make sure that fermentation is stopped. After that, you can sweeten the wine by adding sugar. Mine is sweet enough for me -- and I usually prefer semi-sweet wines. I'd like to have some of my wine loving friends taste it and see what they think.
I really enjoyed trying my hand at wine making. I have about $100 invested into the whole thing and I have 4 bottles of wine and enough supplies left over to make many more batches. Hmm... what kind of wine should I make next?
4 comments:
awesome! i was just reading an old recipe for huckleberry wine, i bet that would be delicious. also i recently thrifted a copy of "wine from the wilds"--it has recipes for absolutely every fruit, wild food and edible flower you can imagine. i'd be happy to send you a list and scan some recipes if you're interested.
Thanks for the offer, Emily. I actually just found it on Amazon for 80 cents (used). I'll probably just get my own copy if you think it would be worthwhile (and really, for that price - it would have to be pretty bad in order for me to be disappointed).
Thanks for the recommendation!
oh yeah go for it! i haven't studied it that closely but from what i can tell it's a cool old book, even if you don't use the recipes it's probably full of good inspiration.
Just found your blog- It's very cute! Over the past 10 months or so I've been experimenting with making honey mead, which is made in a very similar fashion. Experimenting with different fruits/spices is so fun- I'll have to try making wine one of these days :)
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