Homemade Hootch

I've just recently started a new batch of fruit wine and it's been a while since I last shared the cost so I thought I would review this again. 

You can see that the cost is about $1.30 a bottle!!

The frozen fruit is the most expensive element.  I no longer count the wine bottles as they've all been re-used at least half a dozen times or more.  They don't owe me anything at this point.

This quick drinker is called Dragon's Blood and is Danger Dave's of the winemaking talk forums evolution of Lon's Skeeter Pee. It's a fruit wine with a lemon back that is ready in 2-3 weeks start to finish. It peaks at three months old so making it now will mean it's ready just in time for spring!


Any other wine makers out there?

Wine Making

I haven't written about it a lot, but some of you may know that I've been making wine for a couple of years now. I took a bit of a hiatus while I was pregnant, but over the last month I've been getting back into the swing of things. I have two kits going - a Gewurztraminer and a Shiraz. The kits have everything I need in them except for bottles.

Those wines take a little while to age to get good - so while they are doing there thing I'm starting a third batch.

This quick drinker is called Dragon's Blood and is Danger Dave's of the winemaking talk forums evolution of Lon's Skeeter Pee. It's a fruit wine with a lemon back that is ready in 2-3 weeks start to finish. It peaks at three months old so making it now will mean it's ready just in time for summer!

You'll find a link to the forum and original recipe above if you're interested in the original. I'm making a Tropical Coconut Variation. It's heavy on the strawberry and has mango and peach along with lime and coconut.

If anyone's interested I'll share the recipe, but for now here is the cost breakdown:


You can see that the cost is under $3.50 a bottle!! If my town had a bulk store I could probably get it down to $2.50-$3.00 which is what the original blend cost me as frozen fruits the biggest expense second to the wine bottles themselves. 

I've included the bottles here - but am working on a bottle collection, soon, even that will be eliminated from the cost breakdown.



Including this fruit wine, I have about 90 bottles that I'm going to need, so it's probably time to take an inventory on that.

Spilled Milk

...or Wine as the case may be.

We unpacked a load from my mom's small utility trailer earlier this week, and found a box that had some of my home made wine in it....It had frozen, and then thawed and the corks had popped.

So sad!

Thankfully it wasn't a full case, and the bottles are still intact.

So Jordan, under some duress did a taste test.  So far, the first sip is better then expected.

Bottling Day!

 Last night was bottling day for my Reisling I bought from Costco a month or so ago.

Just wanted to share!