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Bottled several cases today:
2022 2nd Run Zin & Sonoma (amazing… and it has a little nut finish, interesting)
2023 Pecan Caramel Dessert Wine. What is there to say. Omg.
2022 Beet Wine (wonderful… it smells like a dark raspberry but has an earthy flavor and not at all like beets)
2023 Merlot~ this originally tasted like a bit of an overripe fruit, but now… not at all… truly wonderful…
2022 2nd Run Zin & Sonoma (amazing… and it has a little nut finish, interesting)
2023 Pecan Caramel Dessert Wine. What is there to say. Omg.
2022 Beet Wine (wonderful… it smells like a dark raspberry but has an earthy flavor and not at all like beets)
2023 Merlot~ this originally tasted like a bit of an overripe fruit, but now… not at all… truly wonderful…
Did you ferment on the chopped beets? I did and the flavor was very intense. It took two years to really lose the beet taste. Most who taste it can’t place the fruit.
I shredded them with a kitchen aid and then boiled the pulp to soften it a bit. I added sugar to 1.090, pectic enzyme, and step fed with Fermaid O and K. I used a starter and I think RC212. I’m sure I used oak in the primary as well. I’ll have to go back and look. I'm fairly certain I did an extended maceration and then let it sit. When I tasted it this summer it still had a bit of a beet taste. Now though, it’s amazing. It is dark raspberry on the nose with a hint of chocolate perhaps. It smells syrupy but then it’s not at all. It’s quite earthy and fairly dry. You wouldn’t know it’s beet wine. Well, I wouldn’t
… I do lIke the earthy-ness of it.Ohio Bob
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A nice, unseasonably warm day for digging up horseradish roots. The grinding operation has to be a garage activity per orders from the CEO. Made a gallon, will last the year, froze most of it. I like it as hot as I can possible make it.
I am celebrating the happiest day of my life, 58 years ago!
Happy anniversary!
Here's to another 58 years!
Congrats, Rocky!!!!
Wonderful! Congratulations!
Way to go. I’ve been married 41 years, unfortunately it has been to 4 women.
I can’t speak to the others but you got a good one this time!Way to go. I’ve been married 41 years, unfortunately it has been to 4 women.
Congratulations Rocky. I’m 20 years behind you
Same here. People don't seem to realize it takes time to pick out the right one - gotta try them out. Kinda like buying a new car.Way to go. I’ve been married 41 years, unfortunately it has been to 4 women.
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Today Tim’s wife and daughter are here to pick up there wines , Carol and Moreen still miss Tom ( the originator of this thread).
For those of you who didn’t know of Tom, here’s a good wine maker and can even better Beer .
For those of you who didn’t know of Tom, here’s a good wine maker and can even better Beer .
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I meant TOM , sorry
Flew out a couple of days ago to SoCal to be here for our grandson's 3rd birthday. I stashed a set of clubs out here this past year. Managed to squeeze in yesterday as a single. Weather here DNS!
Back home our golf course currently looks like this.......
Back home our golf course currently looks like this.......
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