I have some very sweet raspberry wine and would like to make a dessert sauce with it. Any ideas for recipes?
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We have most of a bottle of a very sweet raspberry wine and would like to make a dessert sauce from it. I will be using it to top raspberry wine brownies and vanilla ice cream.
Any suggestions for recipes/directions?
Chocolate Raspberry Ganache:
16 oz. semi sweet chocolate
16 oz. heavy cream
heat cream to boil, stir into chocolate until smooth.
Wine Reduction:
Place wine in heavy saucepan, reduce on medium flame by 1/2.
Add the wine to the chocolate ganache, stirring constantly
if it gets stiff heat over double boiler until workable.
enjoy!
can someone please let me know why sugar and yeast are add to make wine?
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i’m asking, because at work we had a presention, on how to serve wine upper class restaurant. And some reason wine making came up. So now we have some unanswered question now. One is why is suger and yaest is needed to make wine? And why does wine taste different if made the same why but grown in different climates? can anyone answer please.
yeast and sugar aid in the fermentation process that produces alcohol
Different wine tasts different in different climats because of water and soil differences which change the grapes that the wine is made of.
How long is homemade wine good for?
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Making our own! How long can we keep it around?
The longer life wines are the balanced wines that taste good and have a balanced pH level. The good tasting batches don’t last long because you find occasions to drink them quickly, so storing may not be as much a problem as you think. The site referenced below says that up to two years can be ok for a nicely balanced homemade wine.
The shelf life of a homemade wine will depend on the ingredients and pH level. You should experiment, because no one can tell you this with precision unless they know what the ingredients are and how much of each ingredient is used. It can be a fun trial and error thing you can do, until you finally get it right.
Flavor can even be affected by the temperature of the room the bottle is kept in; if the temperature is kept constant it stays stable and nice, but if it varies by more than a few degrees, the wine ingredients can become volatile (break down too easily for longer term storage). If the bottle is filled all the way to the cork or not, if the bottle is stored in a darker place, on its side and rotated on a regular basis, or badly kept, unrotated, warming gently while upright in the sun…
Don’t think you’ll notice the flavors that much to rotate and otherwise "babysit" your wines? Well, try this- when you sip your wines for tasting, open your mouth for a second to let the air hit it, then let it coat your mouth and swallow. Then breathe out your nose. As you exhale, you will smell/taste the flavors closely. (Your nose actually helps you taste flavors on your tongue and you can even smell as you exhale through your nose.)
In the past when I have made wines, there has been settling of the ingredients at the bottom. Some batches tasted better after shaking it around to mix it. Some were ruined that way. The best wines have little to no sediment as the sediment adds volatility that can change flavors in time.
How do you make wine at home?
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I’m looking for a guide or tutorial (with pictures) for how to make wine at home. I remember seeing one that used milk jugs, water balloons, and juice concentrate but I can’t find it. Small-scale, 2 gallons at the max.
I’m looking for a guide or tutorial (with pictures) for how to make wine at home. I remember seeing one that used milk jugs, water balloons, and juice concentrate but I can’t find it. Small-scale, 2 gallons at the max.
I’m not looking to make any quality wine, my budget is extremely limited and I’d rather make it easy.
If you want to make wine, you may as well make something worth drinking. Get CJJ Berry’s book First Steps in Home Winemaking. Except for not requiring food-grade plastic, his instructions are good and some of the recipes are outstanding.
Can I make vinegar with my leftover must after making homemade wine?
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I’ve drained off the must and have it left over after pulling the juice off for wine. Is there a way to add water or more sugar or something to turn that into vinegar?
To make real vinegar, you’ll need a mother of vinegar. Leaving out must will only give you bad wine.
what is the most unusual homemade wine?
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i’ve been brewing my way through the credit crunch and have made pretty much everything from prison pruno to windfall cider. now that ive mastered the art of turning free stuff into alcohol i feel the need for challenge so im desperately seeking the ultimate unusual homemade wine.
Definitely baby mice wine is the most unusual I’ve heard of, the name says it all, and no, Im not joking one bit, its popular in China and Korea
http://www.junch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/babymicewine2.gif
Or if baby mice arent exactly your thing, you could also look into some Chinese Snake Wine
I am making wine at home. I have a balloon attached to the top of the jug with 4 small hole in it…?
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to allow the gas caused by fermentation to be released. However the yeast bubbled up and filled the balloon… some of the foam leaked out of the balloon. Has this ever happened to anyone else, will the wine be okay???
Sounds like you just over filled your container. The nice thing about yeast is it will keep working. Just let the wine keep fermenting and it will tell you when it’s done.
Home wine making question…?
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White ZInfadel….how long does it stay in the carboy? and is it safe to remove the fermentation valve to pull a sample out to test?
I’m assuming this is from a kit?
If so, follow the directions that came with the kit as far as racking and aging go. If it’s not a kit, then you should rack every month or two, whenever there’s a good 1/2 inch of lees on the bottom of the carboy.
Yes, you can remove the airlock momentarily to draw samples, just make sure your thief/pipette is sterile, and make sure that nothing falls into the wine. Then put the airlock back as soon as possible.
Finding a Natural Stress Relief
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Consider where you naturally turn for stress relief. Is it a bar, the TV or Krispy Kreme. Many of the places and things people turn to for stress relief are not natural stress relief.
A Healthy Lifestyle
Living a healthy lifestyle can give natural stress relief. Ways to find natural stress relief include eating good healthy food, spending time with friends and getting some enjoyable exercise and fresh air.
You should have a diet that is complex in carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables while being low in fat to have a good, healthy diet. Any fat you eat should be “good” fat, or foods that are rich in omega-3 oils and antioxidants.
People talked about the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet a few years ago. There was less cardiovascular disease and cancer in people who lived in Mediterranean countries than the people in the US, even though they have more fat and calories in their diets. It was found that the Mediterranean diet consisted of plenty of complex carbs, fruits, vegetables and monosaturated omega-3 oils. In addition they had a little nice red wine which is high in antioxidants along with love and laughter, time spent with family and friends. That is a recipe for natural stress relief.
Natural stress relief can also be gained by enjoyable exercise. This doesn’t mean goal oriented or competitive exercise. Rather it means a nice walk in the evening, skiing on a sunny winter day or just tossing a Frisbee with the kids. With these exercises you don’t have to monitor your pulse or worry about the amount of time spent exercising. While doing something that moves your body you simply need to relax and enjoy yourself.
Natural stress relief can also be provided through loving relationships and spiritual practices. In fact the most important factors in developing stress resistance are friendships and spirituality.
Health Care and Natural Stress Relief
Some you may still be stressed out even when living a healthy lifestyle. Sometimes you will need help to deal with the large amount of stress in life. Sometimes you may need to find help from a health care provider.
Natural methods and remedies aren’t very big in traditional western medicine. When getting help for stress from a physician they may have some good ideas about lifestyle changes, but typically anything they prescribe to help the situation won’t be natural.
Natural stress relief methods are more likely to be used by alternative health care providers. To help relax your muscles and make sure your spine is adjusted there are massage therapists and chiropractors. Scents that are most likely to help relieve your stress can be found through aroma therapists. To help relieve stress you can also consider color therapy since some color are soothing and others are stressful. You can get advice about stress relieving plants through herbalists.
A naturopath is an alternative practitioner who uses a full range of therapies for natural stress relief. Just like doctors, naturopaths go to four years of professional school and many of them are also certified medical doctors. Physical therapies, herbs, nutritional therapy and many other methods are used by naturopaths to help you deal with your stress. Perhaps the best aspect is the fact that they help teach you what you uniquely need to learn so you can find natural stress relief.
The foundation of natural stress relief is living a healthy lifestyle. To deal with stress your physician can help too. However, an alternative care practitioner may be the best answer if you are looking for natural stress relief.
Matthew Keegan
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/finding-a-natural-stress-relief-79519.html
where in dundee can i find home wine making stuff?
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i am looking for demijohns plastic buckets yeast and anything else
google maps is your friend: