Recent content by marie79

So did you ever make your apple sauce wine? I have a bunch of apple sauce and just currious how yours turned out, I have been considering this myself!

Ok I know nothing about CS. I live in Alaska and was thinking about putting a wine outside to arrest fermentation. I messed up and added to much sugar 1.110 but don't want to add water and dilute the wine. I know I can use additives to stop the fermentation but thought perhaps I would try the...

Yes I started saving the pulp in jars, to perhaps ferment in wines. Made some yellow plum butter, and grape butters out of some too. I picked about twenty pounds of black currants today, that will need to be steamed. A friend needed help harvesting and I was more than happy! I throw the currant...

This is all very encouraging! I went and saw a crabapple tree today. It's owner said I could pick what was left when she was done so I'll add that to the twenty pounds in the freezer! Hopefully have enough for a five gallon batch. Any good recipes out there, might not have an opportunity to make...

Just started my blueberry wine! I went out and picked Alaskan Wild Blueberries they very small and concentrated. I used twelve pounds of them, and four pounds of store bought blueberries. I added two quarts of red grape juice. Hope it doesn't turn out too thin the must is beautiful, and smells yummy

The steaming is going great now not only are the freezers full but the shelves are on there way to full! I love this gathering time and imagining what will be made from my efforts! Going to start a blueberry tomorrow with 16 pounds I picked earlier that will help make room in the freezer, will...

My husband and I picked our first ever crabapples this year off a neighbors tree! I have heard good things about crabapple wine and would love to try it. I have 20 pounds of apples whole and in the freezer. Hoping to get some more in a couple of weeks, from another neighbor. I am going to be...

Thanks I checked out your blog lots of info! The chocolate raspberry sounds very yummy! So my husband brought home a flat of yellow plums, and I thought I would steam juice what we couldn't eat before they go bad. Now I am wondering about the left over pulp? Could you dehydrate it to put in your...

Thank you for the responses! I will be using this approach for sure on raspberries and red currants! I have informed my husband that we need an additional freezer! My mom is going to let me borrow her canner, so I think I will juice straight into jars like you said Bob and then if I have jars...

Help the freezer is full and it is time to harvest for wine making in winter. I have a wonderful steam juicer, my question is can I juice my fruit and then can it in jars for wine? The canning process would definitely be cooking the juice, so I am not sure how that would effect it with making it...

Yes I like that, it is flower infused simple syrup, we'll see what the end result will be! :) hoping to get the fireweed going this week while the flowers are on!

Yes bees make honey, this is pretty much a fake honey that I am making with sugar water and a variety of wildflowers. The homemade honey is a nice golden color, and has a very yummy honey taste. After my first batch of honey I started to wonder if mead was an option, I suppose it will be a fake...

Saramc, wow thank you so much for taking the time to help me! I really appreciate it, I'm motivated to make more honey and try out some meads! I think the raspberry sounds awesome and will put it together this fall when my berries are on! I checked out some other meads and think I may try the...

I am new to the world of wine making, been making country wine for about a year now. Okay so here is my question I have a recipe to make a wild flower honey with local clover and fireweed. I made up a bunch of it and it is great, to me I wouldn't know it was homemade....soooo perhaps I could try...