CC's not so fine WINE diary

[wyoDreamer]

You can grow and smoke weed, but you can't make Brandy? what is this world coming to?
Answer: $$$$

 

[CrealCritter]

You can grow and smoke weed, but you can't make Brandy? what is this world coming to?
Answer: $$$$

Yep Dick loves money no doubt about that!

 

[CrealCritter]

Look at this YUCK that benonite pulled out of vintners best fruit watermelon wine base and dropped to the bottom of the craboy. What is that brown colored nasty stuff? I'm so glad I added a step to the directions, to bentonite and cold crash. I sure wouldn't want anyone to be drinking whatever that nasty brown stuff is .

I'm still not convinced it's clear enough to bottle yet. I'll have to take a sample in a wine glass and hold it up to the light to find out for sure. If its still not clear enough, I'll have to rack it, benonite and cold crash again .

 

[CrealCritter]

Strange how things come about sometimes. My wife came down with a cold, she has a cough. I bottled her red clover wine last night and had a glass left over, so I took it to her and said try this it should help with your cough. She drank it and said it most definitely did help her cough. This morning she said she got a good nights sleep didn't wakeup coughing at all.

Lots of information to research on the benefits of red clover for ladies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=red+clover+benefits

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Glad it helped her!

 

[CrealCritter]

Watermelon and Red Clover are bottled corked and labeled

26 750ml bottles

Stats

5 750ml bottles

Stats

 

[CrealCritter]

My buddy gave me another free cider kit, passion fruit and peach he said ladies like it. My daughter came over and we put it together for the wedding Oct 25. We spiked the gravity a little. It's fermenting like crazy, I guess she has the touch

 

[CrealCritter]

Dang... Ladies of our family and friends in for my Father in Law's funeral have put a major dent in my wine cellar. I'm going to have to make some more wine.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm going to have to make some more wine.

You're just the guy to do it!

 

[CrealCritter]

I racked the 6 gallons of cranberry wine into my 6 1/2 gallon carboy. It's finished at a gravity of .990 which puts it at 16.2% alcohol by volume. I have about 6 gallons so I should be able to get a little more than 5 gallons of clear for bottling. I guess 3rd times a charm, I'll never try to make wine with dried cranberries again.