Dandelion Wine Pic

[touchtoomuch]

I just got done transferring two batches of dandelion wine. I used Jack Kellers recipes 29 and 30... I thought I would post a pic of them. Of course they are the yellow ones..

 

[CajunTim]

Looking very good there Touch.

 

[Joanie]

You must be further south than I am! My dandelions are just now coming on! Your wine looks beautiful!

 

[NorthernWinos]

You must have had a bumper crop of dandelions...Lots of other wines going on too...What else you got going there???

 

[touchtoomuch]

Im in central Illinois. I have a 5 acre yard that is full of dandelions. So, I could have made 300 gallons probably. I just got tired of picking and stripping them.. LOL... I have 8 gallons of blackberry, 4 gallons of fresh cranberry/concord, 3 gallons of elderberry, 3 gallons of persimmon aging in the background. Some of it cant be seen in the pic.

 

[Wade E]

You must have gathered a LOT of dandelions to make all that!!!!!!!!!!! Looks good.</font></font>

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

Good to see I'm not the only one, the dandelions have been in full force here also, so after a couple days of picking I threw a three gal batch together.

I used one of Jack's recipes also, except I added a couple Cinnamon sticks and a couple of cloves.

 

[Waldo]

A spiced Dandelion wine!!! That should be very good JW

 

[smurfe]

Im in central Illinois. I have a 5 acre yard that is full of dandelions. So, I could have made 300 gallons probably. I just got tired of picking and stripping them.. LOL... I have 8 gallons of blackberry, 4 gallons of fresh cranberry/concord, 3 gallons of elderberry, 3 gallons of persimmon aging in the background. Some of it cant be seen in the pic.

I am from Central Illinois but moved south 10 years ago. I remember the acres of Dandelions to. I normally have them here to in groves but didn't have a single Dandelion this year for some reason. What part of Central Illinois you from?

 

[touchtoomuch]

I live in Lerna (Cumberland County), was raised in Newton(Jasper County), Work in Champaign (Champaign County).... Where did you move to???

 

[smurfe]

I live in Lerna (Cumberland County), was raised in Newton(Jasper County), Work in Champaign (Champaign County).... Where did you move to???

Well, well, well. We are from the same area. I was born in Mattoon and most all of my family is from there. I grew up in Tower Hill and lived in Shelbyville after high school. I worked for years as a firefighter/paramedic all around you.I doubt very muchthey are still alive but I had a great aunt and uncle that lived there in Lerna. Nice to meet someone from the old stomping grounds! Look forward to many more posts from you.


Smurfe

 

[PolishWineP]

Bert decided to pick some flowers last weekend. He did most of the picking and I did some token picking. We stripped the blossoms from the stems and froze enough for 1 gallon.
The field aka our back yard

A bowl of golden goodness

 

[touchtoomuch]

Well, the wine is clearing very well. I haven't tasted it yet, but i'm sure it tastes nasty like all young wines. I thought I would post another pic.




Randy Dhom

 

[rgecaprock]

Pretty wines and beautiful flowers everyone!!!!

 

[Wade E]

Looking very nice already!
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[JWMINNESOTA]

Looking good TTM, it will "fall out" and clear very nice, I missed it on my first batch (on the left) happened almost over night, maybe I will see it on #2 as I started it about two weeks after the first. A lot of work to make these, hopefully they pay of later!

 

[swillologist]

They are looking good JW. Is that rhubarb in ones to the far left? Edited by: swillologist