Who Makes Their Own Beer Or Wine?

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Posted by Theresa111 • 7/28/11
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Have you ever or do you sometimes make your own beer or wine?

Having global members there could be a few of you with grapevines in your vineyards or on your property, and maybe a few of you who get into beer making.

Please let us know if you do or ever wanted to do this. Let's talk!

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Theresa111 (7/28/11)

This always makes me laugh. Lucille Ball / I Love Lucy / Grape Stomping Scene /

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiCwDBJB5Y0

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sugarpies (7/29/11)

I used to make my own orange and peach brandy. I've never made my own beer or wine though.

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  Theresa111 (7/29/11)
  
  I am all ready to hear about orange and peach brandy making, because I simply adore sipping a mysterious brandy, which has been flavored to perfection. Knowing how splendid is your palate, I have to have this recipe.
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  Christopher51 (7/30/11)
  
  My best and oldest friend used to make that. Then he started making some sort of a cherry brandy. It was shelved for a year and his best friends would get a bottle at Christmas. It was oh so good! One year I took the cherries and made a filling for a quasi-black forest cake. I then used the liquor in a glaze. It was obviously good because there wasn’t a crumb left. Unfortunately, between the wine and my eating the excess cherries, I’ve not got a clue as to how I made it. :-D
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  sugarpies (7/30/11)
  
  I'll have to see if I can find it. I learned how to do it from my grandmother.
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Theresa111 (7/29/11)

Member Rebecca just tweeted about this interesting article:

www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jul/29/science-magic-beer

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Belle (7/30/11)

I stopped with bathtub gin!

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  Theresa111 (7/30/11)
  
  Good thing you stopped.
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  Christopher51 (7/31/11)
  
  Me too, every since I discovered Tanqueray. :-D
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  Theresa111 (7/31/11)
  
  The two times I drank gin I had violent headaches. No wonder they call it blue ruin.
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Christopher51 (7/30/11)

I don't brew anymore. I do, however, perform professional sampling services. Warning, it's a long and arduous process and may take several pints to reach a conclusion. So be patient. :-D

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Theresa111 (7/30/11)

Oh ... a few pints before you would make a decision. ha. Good one.

I made brandied fruit one time and included the original recipe on Food For Thought under Retro Recipes. I haven't tried beer or wine making, although I would love to visit wine country and taste wines and cheeses for a few weeks.

Every time I think about wine making I remember this video of Lucille Ball!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AGkG1LYOrc

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  Theresa111 (8/01/11)
  
  Funny video.
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Theresa111 (8/02/11)

This is an interesting video about homegrown hops and a photograph to show you what they look like.
www.homebrewjunkie.com/2008/08/how-to-harvest-home-grown-hops-video.html

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