I’ve posted before about the gin that my other half simply loves. We are once again traveling in our RV, Sophie, and you can guess in which town we are staying for a few days.
Category: Food
Mango Margaritas
I had always preferred the traditional lime margarita, but that changed when we spent time in Mexico last fall. My wife had a mango margarita at the suggestion of a waiter. It took a couple of more visits to restaurants before she convinced me […]
Wine: Secondary Fermentation
The wines are now doing their thing in the glass carboys. I plan to wait until after we return home from our summer RV travels to bottle them. Then it will be two or three years before they are at their best to drink.
A Wee Bit of Wee Beastie
I can hear it now. How can you drink 5 year old Scotch? If it is Wee Beastie, “With Great Satisfaction” I answer. One person’s Nectar of the Gods is another’s hog slop, and so be it. To me boiled turnips aren’t fit for […]
Wine as a Hobby
In the past five years I have bottled over a thousand bottles of homemade wine The above is a short video of a batch during primary fermenting. What you see on the top of the must is a layer of Zante Raisins which I […]