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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteanxious 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. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHi there, how did your rhubarb gin turn out? Glad to have found your blog, and hope you enjoyed the recipe.
ReplyDeleteThe 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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