Skeeter Pee Timeline

[UglyBhamGuy]

My slurry was blueberry...

Blueberry? Care to share the recipe?

My Step-Dad (works for a produce company, heh heh) came over today and tasted some Apricot "Brandy" my boss made (as far as i can tell, he calls it that because it's kind of hot) and said he would look for a deal on some fruit.
He specifically mentioned blueberries.

 

[NSwiner]

So Darryl did it get moving again ??
I have mine in the carboy yesterday and it isn't drop the SG level as quick as it did before.

 

[Leanne]

What is this stuff like aged?

 

[Julie]

if you use a slurry you will have a very faint taste of the whatever flavor of slurry you use then finishing with a lemon taste. It is a lemon wine.

 

[NSwiner]

Leanne from what I have read aging doesn't effect this one like regular wine .It's stay about the same . Since mine isn't even finshed I can't say from experience yet.

 

[WhineMaker]

So Darryl did it get moving again ??
I have mine in the carboy yesterday and it isn't drop the SG level as quick as it did before.

It's still going real slow.. SG barely below 1.000.. Should I be worried this batch may be ruined? I thought I could smell a very slight sulfur smell last night, but when I took the SG with my wine thief, I tasted it the sample and it tastes fine, just real fizzy...

 

[IQwine]

Skeeter is just fun to make and no aging required. Hard to keep it around very long anyway.

 

[Green Mountains]

It's still going real slow.. SG barely below 1.000.. Should I be worried this batch may be ruined? I thought I could smell a very slight sulfur smell last night, but when I took the SG with my wine thief, I tasted it the sample and it tastes fine, just real fizzy...

I got mine just under 1.00 and finished it off as it appeared to be done.

I would not consider it "ruined" by any means.

 

[skiboarder72]

Checked mine yesterday, just a hair above 1.00... its been a good 3.5 weeks now! Still slowly bubbling away though...

 

[Leanne]

Skeeter is just fun to make and no aging required. Hard to keep it around very long anyway.

Yeah, I just wondered as I won't be drinking until the end of year and wondered if it ages nicely.

 

[St Allie]

Yeah, I just wondered as I won't be drinking until the end of year and wondered if it ages nicely.

citrus wines are not long keepers.. they are meant to be drunk young.

 

[Leanne]

citrus wines are not long keepers.. they are meant to be drunk young.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll be giving my skeeter away then I guess.

 

[St Allie]

you can store lemon/grapefruit/orange juice in the freezer for future winemaking..juice them and freeze into icecube trays.. then put all the cubes in freezer bags. Citrus zest ( peel) can also be frozen once zested ( grated), I tend to use it up within 12 months.. long enough til the next crop of fruit is available from the garden.

Allie

 

[Leanne]

you can store lemon/grapefruit/orange juice in the freezer for future winemaking..juice them and freeze into icecube trays.. then put all the cubes in freezer bags. Citrus zest ( peel) can also be frozen once zested ( grated), I tend to use it up within 12 months.. long enough til the next crop of fruit is available from the garden.

Allie

Thanks. I already do that but I started a batch of skeeter because it sounded like fun to make and am now wondering what to do with it. LOL. Oh well, I'm sure my friends will like it.

 

[Julie]

Yeah, I just wondered as I won't be drinking until the end of year and wondered if it ages nicely.

You should be fine. While SP is an early drinker, 5 months is not that long to go nor is that a very long time of aging. I just opened a bottle that was 6 months old, tasted just as fine as the day I bottled it. You should be able to keep it for a year without any problems.

 

[Minnesotamaker]

Thanks. I already do that but I started a batch of skeeter because it sounded like fun to make and am now wondering what to do with it. LOL. Oh well, I'm sure my friends will like it.

Leanne,
I usually keep a couple cases of Skeeter Pee over the winter so that I have something to drink on the first hot days of Spring. Mine is now about 9 months in the bottle. Shared a bottle with the wife this afternoon while working in the garden and it doesn't seem to have changed from last summer. Tastey as ever.

 

[skiboarder72]

ugh... mine is still fermenting... its been a month now!!

 

[arcticsid]

fermenting for a month!?
Hmmm..

 

[steviepointer]

ski:
What temp has it been at?

 

[Minnesotamaker]

ugh... mine is still fermenting... its been a month now!!

As they say: "Absence makes the heart grow fonder!" The longer you have to wait, the better it tastes!