AstroBootes
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Something I've had on the back burner for years, but now have a crop of plums/peaches that require harvesting. The peaches will have to wait 'til next year...ate 'em all!
The plums have, hopefully, lit the fire.
I made some grape wine, circa '73, from some concord grapes I picked up in upstate NY. The trip home was fantastic....smell of grapes fermenting all the way...guessing about 50+ lbs. I figured it was too late to eat them, so decided to, do as the Egyptians did...drop 'em in a bucket and see what happens. Well, they continued to ferment...Note: I didn't add anything to this must, ie., yeast/sugar...don't remember adding anything else either. At some point, I decided to bottle the juice. Yup...right from the must into some bottles I had laying around, and corked 'em. Shortly thereafter, I wrote a book on'how to decorate while sleeping'. Walls in the apartment were a beautiful burgandy!
It was then I decided I best read up on winemaking...no internet in those days. The first sentence was something like "the secondary fermentation stage can be violent..." DOH! To make a long story short...I ended up with about a dozen bottles of a nice burgandy wine. It was great!! Gone within a month...all twelve bottles. I did use airlocks.
Sorry it this was a bit long-winded, but I continue to laugh at my first experience. I just purchased some equipment from George.
btw: astrobootes is from my other hobby, astronomy..astronomy and wine drinking are great companions.
Feel free to offer any suggestions/pointers, and I look forward to an enjoyable relationship with both this forum and wine making/drinking.
cheers...bob
I made some grape wine, circa '73, from some concord grapes I picked up in upstate NY. The trip home was fantastic....smell of grapes fermenting all the way...guessing about 50+ lbs. I figured it was too late to eat them, so decided to, do as the Egyptians did...drop 'em in a bucket and see what happens. Well, they continued to ferment...Note: I didn't add anything to this must, ie., yeast/sugar...don't remember adding anything else either. At some point, I decided to bottle the juice. Yup...right from the must into some bottles I had laying around, and corked 'em. Shortly thereafter, I wrote a book on'how to decorate while sleeping'. Walls in the apartment were a beautiful burgandy!
It was then I decided I best read up on winemaking...no internet in those days. The first sentence was something like "the secondary fermentation stage can be violent..." DOH! To make a long story short...I ended up with about a dozen bottles of a nice burgandy wine. It was great!! Gone within a month...all twelve bottles. I did use airlocks.
Sorry it this was a bit long-winded, but I continue to laugh at my first experience. I just purchased some equipment from George.
btw: astrobootes is from my other hobby, astronomy..astronomy and wine drinking are great companions.
Feel free to offer any suggestions/pointers, and I look forward to an enjoyable relationship with both this forum and wine making/drinking.
cheers...bob
