Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 In a message dated 8/28/2006 9:36:37 AM Central Daylight Time, illneverbecool@... writes: > How are you juicing the grapes? Are you using a juicer? I've done > grape juice in the green star twin-gear two or three times now and it > is such a chore to get through a case of grapes! Have you any tips > for me, Craiker? > > My idea this year was to buy fresh, unpasteurised pomegranate juice > and make honey wine with that. But I'd love to do grape, too if it > were less work. > B. > I think the pomegranate juice will make excellent honey wine. Pomegranate has some very healthful compounds. I have always believed that wines (ferments) made of differing compositions, herbal included, could be used therapeutically. I have no experience or positive proof of this, it just seems natural to believe so. You asked about juicing the grapes. I have no shortcuts or machinery. I picked five gallons of grapes today in the rain. I hiked up the highway just less than a quarter of a mile and finished my grape gathering for the season. The grapes are now sitting overnite in the kitchen sink still in the plastic bucket, soaking in a saline solution. In the morn. dw will thoroughly rinse and cull the mass before putting them in a large enameled pot. They will be simmered and stomped with a potato masher until the mass is all broken up. The juice will then be strained thru a regular stainless wire mesh strainer into a sterilized plastic food grade quality bucket that has a spigot installed near the bottom. Some juice may be pulled off for jelly, etc but I will use about three or three and half gallons of juice to pure water and sugar to equal five gallons +, a bit over to compensate for losses from settlements and clearing. Pure Mustang grape juice and sugar would be a bit of an eye opener. HTH. C R PS: Never run whole grapes thru a juicer if they are not seedless, the seeds will taint the taste of the Must. I have no experience with grape seed extract, so the compost pile get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 .... I have always believed that wines (ferments) > made of differing compositions, herbal included, could be used > therapeutically. I have no experience or positive proof of this, it just seems natural to > believe so. There's a long tradition--digestifs for one. .... The > grapes are now sitting overnite in the kitchen sink still in the plastic bucket, > soaking in a saline solution... Why the saline? B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 There is this book, " Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation " by Harrod Buhner. I haven't read it but am so intrigued by it that I keep looking at it. I don't know if he covers wine, sounds like it's pretty much all fermented alcoholic beverages, from the reviews. > ... I have always believed that wines (ferments) > > made of differing compositions, herbal included, could be used > > therapeutically. I have no experience or positive proof of this, it > just seems natural to > > believe so. > > There's a long tradition--digestifs for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 In a message dated 8/28/2006 10:03:16 PM Central Daylight Time, illneverbecool@... writes: > The > > grapes are now sitting overnite in the kitchen sink still in the > plastic bucket, > > soaking in a saline solution... > > Why the saline? > > B. , only that I had company come just as I finished picking the grapes and I could see that it might be 24 hours before I could attend to them. The salt in the water was just to keep any bacteria down. No special procedure. C R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 --- In , " haecklers " <haecklers@...> wrote: > > There is this book, " Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of > Ancient Fermentation " by Harrod Buhner. I haven't read it but > am so intrigued by it that I keep looking at it. I don't know if he > covers wine, sounds like it's pretty much all fermented alcoholic > beverages, from the reviews. Haek, I've got it out from the library right now; I love this book. I love the way he writes and the things he says. Anyway, he writes a lot about meads. You should get the book, I actually thought of you as I read it. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 OK I will. I swear, curiosity is getting the best of my credit card! I think I'm one of Amazon's best customers! > > > > There is this book, " Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of > > Ancient Fermentation " by Harrod Buhner. I haven't read it but > > am so intrigued by it that I keep looking at it. I don't know if he > > covers wine, sounds like it's pretty much all fermented alcoholic > > beverages, from the reviews. > > Haek, > I've got it out from the library right now; I love this book. I love > the way he writes and the things he says. Anyway, he writes a lot > about meads. You should get the book, I actually thought of you as I > read it. > B. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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