Wine on a tight budget
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I added 2 lbs. of honey to the Welches Concord so I guess that's now a
melomel. Tha Dole Orange, Strawberry, Banana was so godd I could'nt
resist snagging a gulp. I brought both bathes to a starting SG of 1.083.
I added 2 lbs. of honey to the Welches Concord so I guess that's now a
melomel. Tha Dole Orange, Strawberry, Banana was so godd I could'nt
resist snagging a gulp. I brought both bathes to a starting SG of 1.083.
Wade,
Keep us posted on the wines. I'm at a point in my career were high dollar kits are out of the question and low cost alternative country wines are the best I can do.
Have you tried the welches (walmart brand works too) white grape/peach? This has become my FAVORITE wine so far, and very cheap! I used 10 each 1/2 gallon Walmart white grape/peach and added 4 cans of Welches frozen concentrate. The peach flavor and noseis like fresh peaches! Out of the 30 bottles, I'm down to 4 bottles after drinking and giving it out to friends.
Another option that is reasonably cheap is the Oregon canned fruit wines! Walmart carries them as well as my on base commisary (I'm military). I've made blackberry and plum from these canned fruit. The blackberry was a port and I've not tried it yet and the plum is in the carboy as we speak.
I've learned that you don't have to put out a fortune to make a very drinkable country wine. Some are so good you don't want to share
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Keep us posted on the wines. I'm at a point in my career were high dollar kits are out of the question and low cost alternative country wines are the best I can do.
Have you tried the welches (walmart brand works too) white grape/peach? This has become my FAVORITE wine so far, and very cheap! I used 10 each 1/2 gallon Walmart white grape/peach and added 4 cans of Welches frozen concentrate. The peach flavor and noseis like fresh peaches! Out of the 30 bottles, I'm down to 4 bottles after drinking and giving it out to friends.
Another option that is reasonably cheap is the Oregon canned fruit wines! Walmart carries them as well as my on base commisary (I'm military). I've made blackberry and plum from these canned fruit. The blackberry was a port and I've not tried it yet and the plum is in the carboy as we speak.
I've learned that you don't have to put out a fortune to make a very drinkable country wine. Some are so good you don't want to share
Thanks for the info. You know I have a Walmart down the road and shop
there often but never even thought of looking for these. Its not a
super Walmart but it does have a little freezer section so I'm sure
they'll have the frozen concentrates.
there often but never even thought of looking for these. Its not a
super Walmart but it does have a little freezer section so I'm sure
they'll have the frozen concentrates.
The Wally World near my home is a super wally and it has everything. I am making most of my country wine from concentrate these days. The raspberry, concord, and cherry that I've done recently have been done by concentrate.
I picked up 5 gals of whitegrape/blueberry/kiwi juice,4 white grape frozen concentration tubes, 1 gal of spring water, and 2 bananas tonite. Just ordered the other stuff I need from George. Going to start this this week sometime.
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Looks great....what's cookin'...???
Got to look at that fruit stuff at Super Wally....would be interesting to throw some puree in with some apple wine.
Some friends went wine tasting and liked some apple/blueberry....they ordered a gallon blueberry puree and added it to their apple....will be interesting to see how it turns out....
Got to look at that fruit stuff at Super Wally....would be interesting to throw some puree in with some apple wine.
Some friends went wine tasting and liked some apple/blueberry....they ordered a gallon blueberry puree and added it to their apple....will be interesting to see how it turns out....
Those are the two I started the other day. I'm having a lot of problems
posting pictures all the sudden even though they're small enough. They
were resized using the Microsoft program that Masta posted which works
great. Anyone got any ideas. One of them that I cant post even by
itself is 53.7 kb's.
posting pictures all the sudden even though they're small enough. They
were resized using the Microsoft program that Masta posted which works
great. Anyone got any ideas. One of them that I cant post even by
itself is 53.7 kb's.
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What happens when you try to Post a photo...I still have problems...but can live with it...
