Rhubarb Wine and Fizzy Mead For Carol Frae France
Posted: Thursday, 12 April 2007 |
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Rhubarb wine - two of my favourite things combined! Sounds lovely! :)
Anne from IBHQ
thanks very much hermit for the recipes,for thefizzy mead,do you think i could use "manuka"honey? its a honey only made in nz and as i bought a few jars back with me i may as well put them to good use,if not i'll buy the local heather stuff
carol from in rainy france
Ah, hermit, the fizzy mead has got to be tried. My man is the wine maker in our house, last year he made 31 gallons. We have made barely a dent in it. Over the last three years he has made wine from: red clover, rhubarb, parsnip, fig and banana (wowwee), rice, fresh ginger, dandelions, gorse, meadowsweet (ick) carrots, elderflowers (fresh), elderberries and sloes (dried), apple (from folk's tree sooth), rosehip, green tea and probably stuff I've forgotten. I'll try and find a pic to post. Keep up the home production - it's the way forward! Organic, fun and very very cheap.....
Stromness Dragon from Demijohn dreams
rhubarb - I really dislike - but rhubarb wine is delicious!
scallowawife from In Mrs Beeton's book
Reading with great interest. Yeast: any kind would do? (if I remember correctly, for bread one needs something called self-rising yeast). I shall have to try it. I have always fancied being a moonshiner. How about you MacQ from NMtoo? Moonshining your avocation? Any relatives originating from West Virginia? They used to make the best, but they seem to be losing their touch.
mjc from NM,USA
If i am allowed a reply, i would wish to know what a Campden tablet is as your instructions are very clear. Thank you in advance. roy from Sofala. Oz.
royfellowea@bigpond.com.au. from Sofala Australia.
Campden tablets are sodium metabisulphite, used to kill bacteria in the fruit and surrounding air. Your recipes sound delicious, Hermit, but I have bad memories of wine making some years ago. It sometimes tasted vile and my airing cupboard looked like the scene of a violent crime, covered in red spatters from over-vigorous fermentation. Cheers!
Jill from EK
mjc :- "I've been a moonshiner for many a year/and I've spent all my money on whisky and beer,/ I'll go to some hollow and set up my still / I'll make you a gallon for a two dollar bill."
Hyper-Borean from The shebeen
I have been looking for a fantastically simple mead recipe for taking to that autumn renaissance faire that I go to. Thanks!
Vera from Boston, Massachusetts
From suthern Indiana: sounds reasonable, Hyper B. As a matter of fact I have some crispy 2 dollar bills (they are supposed to be "lucky" bills, and they are fun to use for tips when travelling).
mjc from NM,USA
Does anyone have some good recipes for rose hips? Thanks -
Suzanne from England
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