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jema
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 12:33 pm Post subject: Novelty wines
Some interesting recipes here: https://duramecho.com/Food/NoveltyWines.html

cab

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:20 pm Post subject:

I've made a couple of those!

Coca cola will ferment, that guy got it a little out, but it's not terribly nice. You need to let it rest for a while, let it go good and flat, and get a nice active yeast going.

Chocolate (cocoa) wine turns out nice eventually. Takes a heck of a long time to become good.

I haven't tried rosemary or chamomile or any of the others... Soem of them are truly 'interesting'.

jema
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:25 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

I haven't tried rosemary or chamomile or any of the others... Soem of them are truly 'interesting'.

We have plenty of Rosemary, so I think I will have a play at that one.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:26 pm Post subject:
Ooh yuk, I thought I'd tried some funny brews in my time but cola wine? Mushroom wine? Maybe i'm not as adventurous as I thought. Which reminds me- has anyone tapped birch trees yet this year- I supect we've missed our window of opportunity but have lost the plot a bit this year.

jema
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:32 pm Post subject:

sally_in_wales wrote:

Ooh yuk, I thought I'd tried some funny brews in my time but cola wine? Mushroom wine? Maybe i'm not as adventurous as I thought.

Which reminds me- has anyone tapped birch trees yet this year- I supect we've missed our window of opportunity but have lost the plot a bit this year.

Aside from the little issue of not having a tree to tap, I think I would be quite worried about my inexpert attempts to tap a tree being harmful. I guess it cannot be that iffy to do though.

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