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Coming soon i promise! After the last shipping fiasco, I'll be sending it back in your awesome packaging. Just need to find a little time to bottle again. That was the last bit of the earlier bottling. I will send you some blackberry jam wine with it. Sent from my iPad using Wine Making

Congrats Seth! I knew you would do very well! Sent from my iPad using Wine Making

Well, I promised seth i would give this a review since he was kind enough to send me a bottle. I want to start by saying that since I haven't ever tasted meads other than one commercial offering that was terrible- and my own two or three attempts, I don't really have much of a base to speak...

I'd like to try one! I'll trade u for a bottle of my elderberry bochet if you want. PM me if you're interested..

Hah, that's a great definition!

I have some sympathy for both sides of this discussion. I say that because I do agree that the best wines are made from grapes. I have been convinced of that by my taste buds, YMMV. So I don't get too upset when folks chuckle a little at the idea of my fruit wines. On the other hand, I have...

I'll get to a bochet again later, they are tasty. But right now I'm hoping I can get a similar caramel flavor from sugar and caramelized apple instead. May not have to buy honey again! ;)

1.095 indeed!

Because- 1. I've been really enjoying a mix I made of bochet and apple wine 2. That mix is all gone and I don't have enough money to get a batch of honey 3. I love tarte Tatin- a sort of French apple pie where the apples are caramelized with the sugar that becomes it's sauce.. - I decided to...

Maybe had more yeast sediment? Last bit siphoned?

Or a whole keg! I would like to get away from bottles all together unless I'm taking a bit to someone else. We'll see! Sorry for getting off topic..

Cider is also really interesting to me, but involves me really stepping out of my comfort level- carbing and stuff... I have plans of getting a keg system together for wine on tap in korney kegs. Maybe after that I can go there- cider in a keg with a bit more CO2 to avoid having to carb bottles.

Sorry about the cloves. I'll take your word on that and keep it as a solid rule. I do apple more often than any other. Best juice wine for the price IMO. Seriously if you do juice with concentrate added you can have a wonderful table wine that even the skeptic wine snobs around me LOVE and for...

If you want more apple in it, put in a few concentrates, that will turn the water you used into apple juice, and cheap! Oh jeez, just realized how old this is, lol. Bet you got that worked out by now..

Monkeys not monikers, haha.