Today The Man of the House and I bottled four gallons of mead. Mead is a wine that’s made with honey instead of fruit. (You can get the details on making mead at WashingtonWinemaker.com.) It’s difficult to describe the taste of … Continue reading →
Check out PatternReview.com’s list of best patterns for 2007. Don’t dilly dally! The site is a membership site so you have to join up to see a lot of the content. However the above page will be visible until about … Continue reading →
I save the Christmas cards I receive to use as next year’s Christmas gift labels. They make beautiful labels and it’s a nice way to revisit last Christmas. I cut out cute scenes from the front of the cards. I’m … Continue reading →
Today the Man of the House and I headed back to the home brew shop to do some additional work on our merlot wine. Last weekend the grapes were crushed. What makes the red color in red wine is that it’s … Continue reading →
The other day we bottled our peach liqueur. We’d kept in in the wine closet for about three weeks after straining out the solids. We stored it in a big glass bottle and were surprised by the amount of solids … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago I started a batch of peach liqueur. It was time to strain out the solids. You can see the solids. They’re sitting in a strainer that we have dripping into a food-grade plastic bucket. We … Continue reading →
Recently The Man of the House and I went to the local farmer’s market. Several booths had fresh peaches so we bought a bunch and I’ve started a batch of peach liqueur.
Continue reading →Yesterday Erroll and finished processing our Cherry Liqueur. It had been sitting in the wine closet for two weeks. The final step was to siphon it into a bottling bucket . . . and then put it into bottles. We … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago I started a batch of cherry liqueur. Today it was time to strain out the solids. The liqueur is in the white container. The plan is to pour it into the strainer and that will … Continue reading →
Last weekend I made cherry liqueur. The recipe I used is from Cordials from Your Kitchen. (If you’re looking to get started making liqueurs this is a great book. It has loads of recipes and easy to follow instructions.) Cherry … Continue reading →
