December 2014 Wine of the Month Club

[Jericurl]

Apple/cranberry sounds really good!

My recipe is based off a couple of entries/suggestions from November's WOTM Club thread and my own cranberry sauce recipe.
I think next time I will probably cook all of the cranberries until they pop, then mix in all the other ingredients.

WOTM has been a lot of fun for all of us I think. I hope it continues for a long time.

 

[Jericurl]

Allllllllllllllllmost there.......

 

[Jericurl]

Ugh! Still not moving...

 

[fabrictodyefor]

So sorry, jericurl. I had a plum that I started last month and it seemed to stay stuck at 1.010. I had added Goferm through the process also...then I pitched another yeast but it didn't seem to make a difference. After a couple of weeks I just racked it to a car boy and I'm going to hope for the best.

 

[Stressbaby]

Looks to me as tho while not moving very fast, it's still moving.
You went from 1.012 to 1.010

 

[the_rayway]

Finally racked mine today. Ended up with just over 1.5 gallons! Looks as if it's finished at 1.004, so I added the kmeta.

Taste so far has a fair amount of tannins, a tart pear taste, and a little bit of mystery. Quite sure it's all the different flavours trying to figure out their pecking order. I'm thinking about adding a very light touch of tannin riche extra to it for the vanilla and waiting it out for a bit.

 

[calvin]

Racked and sweetened my "sonic mint". I used more mints turned into a simple syrup as a sweetener. Brought it up to 1.015. I hope time makes this wine better. I wouldn't share it with my friends. It was crystal clear before sweetening and now it's cloudy again. At least there isn't any rush to get this in a bottle.

 

[aryoung1980]

Sample the Sneaky Pete this morning. I was pleasantly surprised! Its a nice light and dry white wine. I'll give it some more time before bottling and then I'll report back with a more detailed flavor description.

 

[aryoung1980]

Sneaky Pete has been bottled. It's hard to tell in the photo but it is a brilliant straw/golden color