Do you ever go outside on a nice autumn's night, With a clear sky above. In the company of your spouse enjoy a nice glass or two of home made wine? Your under the stars, enjoying a nice brisk air, bundled up next to your best friend which happens to be your spouse (wife in my case, she is my best friend) and look for shooting stars and satellites. And she says, one more glass, do an eskimo kiss and just live life again?
2007-10-27 07:26:10 · 14 answers · asked by Tinman12 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I bought a wine making kit once for Christmas. Little did I know that they had sent me something that looked like raisins and took forever to age!
I did try homemade wine one Christmas party. My former landlord was Croatian and made her own wine. I had one glass of this and my face was numb, I couldn't get this silly grin off my face! They gave me anther glass and I had to scoot down the hallway, with my back to the wall to my apartment, I could not stand up on my own. Man, did I have a HANGOVER that I never ever forgot
Thanks Felines: I would never have thought of that. I used get a headache whenever I drank so I had to give it up completely
2007-10-27 07:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by slk29406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The very best wine I ever had was made by a former (Italian) landlord, who used some of the wierdest stuff as flavourings...my most favourite of his was his dandelion wine. It looked wonderful in the glass...a pale straw yellow and clear, and it went down SOOO smoothly.
Wickwire...you CAN'T poison yourself making wine, unless you use a poison fruit or plant to start out with. But if you stick to most berries, and pay attention to what you are doing, you should get a very potable product a couple of years down the road.
You know, Tinman, I just happen to have a very substantial growth of red currant bushes out in a corner of my yard. And kitty corner across from them is a whole bunch of black raspberry canes. No one eats these things except the many birds and critters...maybe I should think about making wine again?
2007-10-27 17:06:01 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but beside gardening and knitting, I may look into this. A lot of people do. I have a perfect shed out the back. Then will have to experiment. This should be fun, You just gave me a new hobby. That's lovely about the Eskimo kiss.
2007-10-27 20:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by Telma G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A big YES on that one ...we make home made wines drink it all and do the Eskimo kisses and let the fresh Air cool our excited body temperatures ...coz we may end up breaking Bottles while doing the body to body press ups !! lol
i just passed some bottles to our neighbours ..wishing them a Happy Halloween ...hope they do enjoy as we do at all times ...
Did you want to try a bottle of my fresh fruity home made wine ?
Gadd i just love the fresh smell of wine..hmmm so tempting !!
2007-10-31 00:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the first thing about wine, except that our fair commonwealth has some fine wineries, and I've been pestering hubby to take me on a tour of one that's about 50 miles from here. I don't suppose drinking it counts, does it?
You sound like a happy, contented soul. Good for you.
SLK -- I've heard wine is loaded with histamines, and if you're going to drink more than one, you ought to take an antihistamine to forestall that hangover.
2007-10-27 14:45:16 · answer #5 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have a lot of fruit in the garden so every year her ladyship makes rumtoft, by the time Christmas comes along it is like Uboat fuel, Wow I would hate to measure the alcohol content drink the liquor and eat the fruit with thick cream, cant wait for Christmas.
2007-10-30 16:16:53 · answer #6 · answered by Lord Percy Fawcette-Smythe. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I made some sloe gin once and kept it in a dark room for about three years to fully mature,when I remembered it and went to get some to drink it all the bottles were empty. I was telling my son's this and said it must have somehow evaporated.They solemnly agreed then burst out laughing and said they had drunk it about two years before and put the corks back in the bottles.
2007-10-27 17:42:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried it once, corked it too soon, and had about 10 gallons of wine explode all over my workshop. It was purple from floor to ceiling. Sure smelled good though. Out of 10 gallons I was able to save about 1 quart. It was very tasty (concord) and was pretty strong. I'll try it again though.
2007-10-27 18:01:19 · answer #8 · answered by Yeti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but back in the 80s my husband and I with another couple made Kahlua and fruit and berry cordials. We did this for a few months, but none of us were drinkers so we finally just stopped. It was fun for a while.
2007-10-28 01:00:34 · answer #9 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you got it pretty good there Tinman. Good for you and the missus. Thats what life is all about. Enjoy!
2007-10-27 17:06:03 · answer #10 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋