What are you drinking right now !

[Angell Wine]

What are you drinking right now. The wine or beer you made or commercial wine or beer.

 

[pkcook]

I just tried my first taste of mead. It was Oliver's mead (commercial)from Indiana. I was very impressed. I've already started searching the Internet for honey sites.

 

[masta]

Buy wine, beer and mead already made??????


People actually do that !!

Pat,


Here are a few places I have bought honey for mead that I would highly recommend.


http://stores.ebay.com/Abigails-Honey-Farm_W0QQssPageNameZst rkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm


Great honey and awesome pricing....I have always submitted a "Best Offer" of $20.00 for a gallon in the "Buy it Now" auctions. $28.50 including shipping for a gallon of great pure honey is a steal.


http://www.fruitwoodorchardshoney.com/index.html


Excellent honey and good pricing and shipping. Excellent pricing on Tupelo honey and it is one of the best tomake mead with in my opinion.

 

[MedPretzel]

Hahaha, considering that it's 9 a.m. here as I'm reading this, I'm drinking nothing on the list. (Coffee; it's a bit early for wine)





But I practically only drink my own wine. Unless I feel I need a "normal" wine, like a Merlot or Cab Sav or Dornfelder.

 

[Bert]

Have been bottling wine and racking some...needed some top ups ...just have to drink what is left...Man I allmost hate that...But what a nice way to spend a cold Sat.

 

[pkcook]

Masta,


How much does a gallon of honey weigh? I've noticed that most recipes measure honey by weight not volume. Just curious how much mead a gallon of honey would make.

 

[masta]

A gallon of honey typically weighs 12 lbs but might vary a small amount due to the percentage of water in the honey.


For example the honey I have bought from Abigail's Honey Farm is very thick and has less water than others so it weighs 12.5 lbs per gallon.


I have used a ratio of 3 lbs honey per gallon for almost all my meads.

 

[rgecaprock]

Hi All,


All my wines are still in process at one stage or another, so I've been drinking commercial...If you want to try the smoothest most velvety cab try Joseph Phelps Innisfree. I was amazed. If I could make a wine like that!!!!!!!who knows!!!!


Just thinking about honey too, My dad is a bee keeper in W,va, I would love to drive up there and pack my pickup full and drive it to the gathering and just give it to you all.........that is just a little thing I wish I could do. Maybe for the next gathering....I'll plan on that!!!!


Ramona

 

[OldWino1]

My daugheter made cab sav for a christmas gift for her grand mother.


They like this better than store bought. the tried to find comerical that tastes like ours. Have made second batch its gone have a batch in the carbouy that will be ready to bottle in 2 weeks. I try to get 3 months at least before we pack up to grand ma s house with cases of wine. Hey she does return all the bottles. These modern kits are very good.