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A Successful Blackberry Wine
January 27, 2011 - 2:47pm | by bobGreat news!!!
A few nights ago Dorcas prepared spaghetti squash with a meatball and tomato sauce. Delicious and low in carbs! (Now, I will admit that I threw some chili flakes on my portion of the food, but I always do.)
Competitive Wine Tasting Tips
December 1, 2010 - 3:37pm | by bobHere are just a few tips that will really enhance your experience at a competitive wine tasting level.
Room Temperature is best
- This will insure that the best aspects of the wine really jump out at you
- This also insures that the worst aspects jump out at you
- Chilled wine conceals so many nuances that this will expose a wide variety of flavors that you would other wise miss.
Decant the wine
Cheese Making Made Easy
November 17, 2010 - 5:04pm | by bobJust in time for your Holiday parties! Can you imagine eating fresh Feta, cream or cottage cheese that you hand crafted. It is easier than you might imagine. All that you need is a clean workspace, one of our Mad Millie Fresh Cheese Ingredient Kits and milk then you are ready to become a cheese maker extraordinaire. Here is a list of the cheeses that you can handcraft using this kit that is perfect for beginners.
Making Mead In Stanwood
October 20, 2010 - 3:30pm | by bob
I was invited by Bonnie Swanson of the Stanwood Camano Beekeeping Association to give a presentation on mead making. For those of you that are wondering Mead is a wine or beer that uses honey rather than sugar for sweetening and fermenting.
Drink Homebrew for Health!
August 7, 2010 - 12:20pm | by bobIt just so happens that those of us who have made the switch from commercial beers to home-brewed beer can almost unanimously agree that we get less of a hangover from our home-brew. There are many reasons for this. One of them is the intake of brewer’s yeast and the vitamin B complex that is naturally in home-brew.
Brewer’s yeast is one of the most complete sources of vitamin B and its complexes.
Wine Making Is Fun
June 18, 2010 - 3:04pm | by bob
Wine making is fun but some of the fun is lost when you are so far behind on all the domestic stuff we need to do in the spring. I should be out in the woods looking for salmon berries and other fermentables instead of sitting behind this computer.
The Role Of Science In Winemaking
June 18, 2010 - 2:58pm | by bob
Wine Analysis and Production is the title of one of my recently purchased reference books. My wife, Dorcas, selected some information from it for a business network talk and I want to share it with you. I am sure you will find it very interesting and informative.
Salal Berry Wine Update
June 12, 2010 - 3:30pm | by bob
I made a salal berry wine a few years back and it gave me nothing but trouble.
Salmonberry Wine
June 12, 2010 - 3:18pm | by bob
Salmon berries are starting to ripen and if you have an abundance you should consider making some wine with them.
Last year my friend Jeremy supplied me with enough to make one gallon and it turned out great for both of us.
Here is the recipe I used for mine so go for it.
SALMONBERRY WINE 6-09
In a pot I put:
