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[gundy89]

I know there is a thread for the beer guys. Anyone else do wine? I just started this spring. So far I've done a batch of Riesling, Vignor (sp?), Skeeter Pee, Rhubarb, Mango, Blueberry, and just started a Jalapeno peach. The riesling and Vignor were 6 gallon kits. the fruit wine in 2 quart recipes. Branched off and made my own recipe for the jalapeno peach. We'll see how it turns out.

I'm not much of a wine drinker but the wife is. It's pretty amazing how cheap a bottle of wine is when you do it yourself. The riesling and Vignor turned out to be around $2 per bottle. Skeeter pee was around 75 cents a bottle. It's an original hard lemonade. Not like mikes, more like lemonade with liquor in it.

[Jim916]

I just started doing wine too. I have been doing wine and beer.

I have done a merlot, a cabernay , and a strawbery lemonade skeeter pee.

Right now I have a dandelion wine ,a cherry, and a blackberry port style going.

My next one to start is a regular skeeter pee for our halloween chili party. It went over really good last year.

The jalepeno peach wine sounds interesting.

How did the rhubarb wine turn out?

[gundy89]

The rhubarb is still going. I've been tasting it and I think it's going to turn out good.

How'd you do the Strawberry lemonade? That sounds fantastic!

[Jim916]

The strawberry lemonade skeeter pee was good. I used strawberry pie filling, but I think if I did it again, I would use regular strawberries.

I bottled the skeeter pee in 12oz bottles, and it is about 10% abv. I forgot to warn a few people how strong it is. My mother in law really likes it! This year I am making just the regular skeeter pee.

I also made some welches white grape raspberry wine, I have not tried it yet though.

I am doing the fortifying stage of my port style wine today. Adding everclear and brandy.