Monday, June 11, 2012

Homemade Hooch



The last couple of days have been all things fermented.  We did our final racking of the 9 gallons of wine we put down last fall.  The remnants of the wild grape wine made a fine sangria, and the little taste of the elderberry/rhubarb did not disappoint.  I cannot wait until this fall!


Last year I made homemade vanilla extract, which has a rather large vodka component.  This year in the spirit of the cordials that I have learned to love, I found a recipe on pinterest for  rhubarb gin. 


Well 'tis the season, rhubarb season that is.  So the rhubarb gin is steeping.  Such a simple recipe and process, I cannot wait to taste the rewards in just about a month!  By the way, I have a new favorite word....macerat.. the act of allowing the rhubarb, in its natural form, to just steep in it's juices with sugar...and get oh so happy!


I have also begun my first homemade sourdough starter, but that fermented diddy will be for it's own post once I get further into the process...and process it is!  I'm looking forward to our pending homemade hooch.  There is after all, more to come.   What do you think a good chunk of that honey is going towards in the fall???  Why mead, another little venture into homemade hooch.

4 comments:

  1. my husband and i make wine too. well, my husband mostly. i drink it. a lovely blog, here... so glad i found it through "be yourself..." peace, e.

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  2. anxious to hear how your wine turns out! and i'll have to get some rhubarb down in some gin. i've currently got beech leaves steeping in gin and today i poured a bottle of vodka over a bunch of elderflowers. next, we'll need to invest in a still. ;-)

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  3. Hi there, how did your rhubarb gin turn out? Glad to have found your blog, and hope you enjoyed the recipe.

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  4. The rhubarb gin turned out great! It's all gone ;-) Just getting bottles ready to bottle the wine, and are prepping to put another batch down too!

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