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Starting a Plum Wine

Posted on 2013-08-25 by George

Friday I cut up twelve pounds of plums (pitting them, but leaving the skin on). I found a great deal at the supermarket and decided it was time! I found a recipe in Terri Garey’s book for “Plum or Nectarine” … Continue reading →

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Back Home, Busy

Posted on 2013-07-28 by George

Well, I finally got back home last weekend. While gone, Clemson received record amounts of rain, and experienced a lot of flooding. Our vegetable garden fared better than expected, but not spectacularly. The weeds were even more impressed by the … Continue reading →

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Catching Up, part 2

Posted on 2013-06-27 by George

Continuing the recount of June… Mint Liqueur My mint liqueur has finished maturing, but I have not really had an opportunity to check it and see how my test results will come out. And it will likely be a while… … Continue reading →

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May 20, 2013: Honeysuckle

Posted on 2013-05-21 by George

Yesterday, while we were out planting muscadine vines, my kids noticed we had honeysuckle growing in the yard. They promptly took to tasting the liquid in the blossom, and then started picking way more of the blossoms than they could … Continue reading →

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May 5, 2013: Braggot, Take 2

Posted on 2013-05-05 by George

This evening, I began the process of putting together another braggot. I’d love to say everything went as planned, but no. I started by throwing 2.5G of water into a primary fermentation bucket (having first sanitized with my saved solution … Continue reading →

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