BEET WINE

[NorthernWinos]

To plant more beet seeds????...... or..... not to plant more beet seeds....is the question????

PWP gave me a small bottle to try...she said to put it away for a long while...it's been 10 months....maybe I should just open it and give it a try....

 

[jobe05]

PLANT THEM!!!!!!!!!!!


I love beets thou.......


I always plant 2 rows, 1 I pick when the beet is about 1/2" to 1" round and the tops are about 8" tall. Cook beet greens and all........ Love it!


The other row I use as normal beets, cooked with vinegar and sugar.


Should I plant a third row for beet wine??? Is it any good??

 

[NorthernWinos]

Will open PWP & Bert's wine tomorrow and let you know...I am planting them this year for pickled beets...

 

[Waldo]

A great use for beet juice other than making wine is to put your earthworms in it that you are going to use to fish with. Gives them a nice red color but the main benifit is that it really toughens them up, making it harder fo the fish to get them off the hook.
Sorry.........got fishing on the brain this morning

 

[NorthernWinos]

Waldo...how do you do that??? If you soak them too long they would drown...so just put a bit of beet juice in with their bedding ....or...what???


Good Luck if you go fishing....our Game Fishing season opens soon.

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

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Ive seen this stuff, really does turn the worm chartreuse

 

[Waldo]

Them suns a benches done stole my secerets

 

[PolishWineP]

I almost opened a bottle last night! I should give one a try today.

 

[NorthernWinos]

I was going to try that one last night....but it was Saturday and that's Sparkling Wine night....and today we bottled wine...so are having left-overs....Tell us if it's ready????

 

[bj4271]

"A great use for beet juice other than making wine is to put your earthworms in it that you are going to use to fish with. Gives them a nice red color but the main benifit is that it really toughens them up, making it harder fo the fish to get them off the hook. "


Leave it to Waldo to com up with the onlygood use (IMHO) for those horrible red bulbs.

 

[smokegrub]

Do you put the juice in their bedding or do you dunk them in it?

 

[PolishWineP]

Today we racked the beet wine that I started last fall. It looks and smells wonderful! Still has the beet smell and flavor to it. (Yes Waldo, I tasted!) It also still has the magenta color and I added 1 tsp ascorbic acid to help preserve the color. (I hadn't thought to do this earlier on.) I also dropped 3 whole cloves into the carboy when we were ready to put it away.
I just opened a bottle of my first batch of beet wine. It has matured nicely. It still has an earthy flavor to it, but not like it did at bottling. I certainly has a kick to it!

Northern, go ahead and enjoy!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Will do...still time to plant more seeds too...

 

[Trigham]

Them suns a benches done stole my secerets

Do u think they may pay royalties Waldo, perhaps u could bottle your own and try to start a new fad. Ill order a couple from you!! and im stillwaiting to hear your answer on how u use them or what directions u have for adding them to the worms!! thanks
P.S. The trout season has been good to me lately I have been out five or six mornings the past ten days and have gotten a cpl over 2 lbs, fresh sea run trout yummmyyy!!

 

[trashy]

PWP, I can't for the life of me imagine enjoying a glass of wine that smells like beets. But if you bring some to the WineStock.........

 

[Waldo]

Do you put the juice in their bedding or do you dunk them in it?

Just put them in the jar with the juice.

 

[smokegrub]

Thanks, Waldo.

 

[PolishWineP]

PWP, I can't for the life of me imagine enjoying a glass of wine that smells like beets. But if you bring some to the WineStock.........

I WILL bring some to WineStock! The older batch has lost a lot of its beet and earthy smell. IF I have the new stuff in bottles, I can bring some of those too... Maybe a few for distritbution. It's a good thing to trade wines at WineStock. I did most of my wine trading at the hotel, not actually at the facility. That's easily done when people stay at the same hotel. So everyone, bring stuff to trade!

 

[Wade E]

Great idea PWP, boy I wish I could make it!

 

[PolishWineP]

Don't you worry, Wade. Your day will come. It's hard when you have young children. They need a lot of your time. One day you'll realize that they've moved out and you can go to WineStock!