depends on the situation... alone..working in the studio, i'm more apt to choose a good merlot. yet, with friends, i really enjoy sharing a good shiraz...a bit lighter. toss in dinner, and what i choose changes again..
sooo... for me.... my wine choice remains situational....
lately i've become very fond of our homemade shiraz (it's south african). having said that, i've enjoyed drinking terrible wine (outta a box, outta a bag....) because the company shared made it all worthwhile.
I really like the last batch of mead I made. 2 gallons of honey 6 gallons of pomegranate juice. 14 vanilla beans 1/2 cup of lavender flowers 10 cardamom seeds
I put them in a carboy last June. There was so much honey the hydrometer floated above the scale, up to the directions. That means, there's no way to tell how strong it is. The alcohol content is literally off the charts.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
mykingdomforanam: I really like the last batch of mead I made. 2 gallons of honey 6 gallons of pomegranate juice. 14 vanilla beans 1/2 cup of lavender flowers 10 cardamom seeds
I put them in a carboy last June. There was so much honey the hydrometer floated above the scale, up to the directions. That means, there's no way to tell how strong it is. The alcohol content is literally off the charts.
What did you (make)get?
I would assume there was a fermentation taking place (did you add some yeast?).
mykingdomforanam: I really like the last batch of mead I made. 2 gallons of honey 6 gallons of pomegranate juice. 14 vanilla beans 1/2 cup of lavender flowers 10 cardamom seeds
I put them in a carboy last June. There was so much honey the hydrometer floated above the scale, up to the directions. That means, there's no way to tell how strong it is. The alcohol content is literally off the charts.
It is interesting that you make your own mead
Mead would be an ancient traditional drink from here, but I never hear of people making it themselves
I think the reason people don't make meade in Ireland is because it's hard to get the alcohol level up and because the end product if watery and tastes a bit like bile. Refined white sugar is your only man for good grog
I can't quote on this phone, or see anybody's name if it's not in a quote box.
For the guy who's interested... by adding so much honey to pomegranate juice... The alcohol content is so high, I was unable to measure it with the hydrometer; because the mix was so dense.
It's a very strong and sweet honey wine called, "mead."
It's written about in our most ancient literatrue... Persian cuniform, the Hindu Vedas, Eutruscian writings, Homer wrote about it. They found Midas' castle with so many vessels of grape mead, they believe his legendary gold was mead; and mead is also in the Viking's Poetic Eddas.
The word is so old, it's almost exactly the same in every language.
I read so much about it; but never found it in a store: so I made it.
I think that some of the oldest mead was made with pomegranate juice.
There's lots of sites online with mead recipes. I recommend using one with more honey.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
mollybaby: It is interesting that you make your own mead
Mead would be an ancient traditional drink from here, but I never hear of people making it themselves
Elderflower wine yes...yum
Poitin, yes
Elderflower Poitin. .yum :-)
Thank you Molly!
mykingdomforanam: I can't quote on this phone, or see anybody's name if it's not in a quote box.
For the guy who's interested... by adding so much honey to pomegranate juice... The alcohol content is so high, I was unable to measure it with the hydrometer; because the mix was so dense.
It's a very strong and sweet honey wine called, "mead."
It's written about in our most ancient literatrue... Persian cuniform, the Hindu Vedas, Eutruscian writings, Homer wrote about it. They found Midas' castle with so many vessels of grape mead, they believe his legendary gold was mead; and mead is also in the Viking's Poetic Eddas.
The word is so old, it's almost exactly the same in every language.
I read so much about it; but never found it in a store: so I made it.
I think that some of the oldest mead was made with pomegranate juice.
There's lots of sites online with mead recipes. I recommend using one with more honey.
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