Comments on: Last bits of summer: plum honey wine. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41284 Kiva Rose Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:39:30 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41284 mmmm, honey wines are my favorite.... yummy when made with rose infused honey too, as it avoids the overt astringence that can otherwise occur when when making rose wine or mead. mmmm, honey wines are my favorite…. yummy when made with rose infused honey too, as it avoids the overt astringence that can otherwise occur when when making rose wine or mead.

]]> By: hank http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41648 hank Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:24:10 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41648 Oh Gawd, T'ej!!!! I was a cook in an Ethiopian restaurant 16 years ago and we routinely got so hammered on that stuff I'd miss the morning distance run I was always supposed to be on. Oh, the agony! I did make a pretty nice dry honey wine a few years back, however. A tip: Go to a brewer's shop and buy Champagne yeast and yeast nutrient -- honey is notoriously low in yeast food, so left by itself it won't always ferment out dry... Oh Gawd, T’ej!!!! I was a cook in an Ethiopian restaurant 16 years ago and we routinely got so hammered on that stuff I’d miss the morning distance run I was always supposed to be on. Oh, the agony!

I did make a pretty nice dry honey wine a few years back, however. A tip: Go to a brewer’s shop and buy Champagne yeast and yeast nutrient — honey is notoriously low in yeast food, so left by itself it won’t always ferment out dry…

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41655 crabappleherbs Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:48:37 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41655 Kiva: Rose-infused honey wine sounds amazing. Next year... Hank: Yeah, honey can be a finicky fermenter. This batch we've had on for a year or so has fermented nicely dry, but it's true that doesn't always happen. The boy has plans for all sorts of experimenting with Champagne yeast, etc. This fall, we're going to try a batch with Tulip Poplar honey -- it's black, almost like dark molasses. Kiva: Rose-infused honey wine sounds amazing. Next year…

Hank: Yeah, honey can be a finicky fermenter. This batch we’ve had on for a year or so has fermented nicely dry, but it’s true that doesn’t always happen. The boy has plans for all sorts of experimenting with Champagne yeast, etc. This fall, we’re going to try a batch with Tulip Poplar honey — it’s black, almost like dark molasses.

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41707 Kiva Rose Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:53:13 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41707 I always just inoculate mine with a shot of my last batch of mead, never had a bad batch yet. I have yet to use anything but wild yeast, but one of these days I'll try some of the boughten stuff I think. Tulip Poplar honey sounds divine. Ever made Tepache? It's a traditional fermented pineapple drink that Huichole guy taught Loba and I to make. Pineapple rind and flesh covered with water with some added brown sugar (or honey), cinnamon and other spices. You're only supposed to let if ferment three days but I've definitely let it go longer. Traditionally served with cold beer. I love home fermentation. I started a Peach skin honey wine thing today, some with cardamom and some without. Yum. I always just inoculate mine with a shot of my last batch of mead, never had a bad batch yet. I have yet to use anything but wild yeast, but one of these days I’ll try some of the boughten stuff I think.

Tulip Poplar honey sounds divine.

Ever made Tepache? It’s a traditional fermented pineapple drink that Huichole guy taught Loba and I to make. Pineapple rind and flesh covered with water with some added brown sugar (or honey), cinnamon and other spices. You’re only supposed to let if ferment three days but I’ve definitely let it go longer. Traditionally served with cold beer.

I love home fermentation. I started a Peach skin honey wine thing today, some with cardamom and some without. Yum.

]]> By: The Herbwife's Boyfriend http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41762 The Herbwife's Boyfriend Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:33:22 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-41762 The thing that appeals to me about playing with the boughten is that one can choose a yeast for its flavor neutrality, thus giving a potentially cleaner expression to the delicacy of the ingredients. Generally, though, I am a wild yeast man. The thing that appeals to me about playing with the boughten is that one can choose a yeast for its flavor neutrality, thus giving a potentially cleaner expression to the delicacy of the ingredients. Generally, though, I am a wild yeast man.

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-42296 Kiva Rose Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:00:45 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-42296 Good point, Herbwife's Boyfriend... I'll have to ponder that. Good point, Herbwife’s Boyfriend… I’ll have to ponder that.

]]> By: SacredAngel http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-59406 SacredAngel Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:05:36 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/09/19/last-bits-of-summer-plum-honey-wine/#comment-59406 So yeast was used in the honeywine described in this post? I have to say reading this has totally inspired me. I really want to try this. So yeast was used in the honeywine described in this post?

I have to say reading this has totally inspired me. I really want to try this.

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