Dandelion Wine

[britesea]

Reminds me of the mead DH made once, many years ago. He tasted it when it was supposed to be ready and it tasted nasty, so he left the rest in the garage and forgot about it. Fast forward to 7 years later... we unearthed it and decided to see what it was like. It was truly ambrosial... dry, with just a hint of honey at the back of your throat, and crackling. Now, did he keep any notes as to how he had achieved this? Of course not! 20 years later, he still has not been able to exactly duplicate the results...

 

[baymule]

Seven years? And no recollection on how he did it? I hope the first batch was enough to last awhile....

 

[britesea]

It was only 5 gallons. Minus the bit he tasted previously. He had put it into small beer bottles, the last 6 pack was donated to an auction where they decided to auction it off 1 bottle at a time with one bottle opened for sampling. I think one bottle sold for $9.00 (alcohol may have been involved in that).