Just got back into making wine as well as the beer that I have been brewing for a while.
I do it the easy way, buy a pail of grape juice, which is a filtered and pasteurized must of pure grape juice, throw in some yeast and let it go.
Reds and white, makes some quite drinkable wine.
If you want to fortify it, there are adjuncts available.
Max.

 

... getting drunk with it will give you the biggest hangover you'll ever have other than wine.

I was once at an event with an open bar, and they were serving top-shelf drinks. I was enjoying Rusty Nails and the bartender was far too generous with the Drambuie. I awoke during the night to a hangover that resembled food poisoning. Other than the white lightening I once drank from a mason jar in college, the Drambiue was the most toxic thing I've ever experienced.

 

Sure it wasn't the Scotch!
Rusty Nail, My favorite.
Jägermeister. my least favorite!
Max.

 

Sure it wasn't the Scotch!

I am, but I'm not completely sure why. I think the Drambuie flavor was still permeating my body the next morning, and the total volume I drank didn't come close to explaining the way I felt. Sooo....

 

I am, but I'm not completely sure why. I think the Drambuie flavor was still permeating my body the next morning, and the total volume I drank didn't come close to explaining the way I felt. Sooo....

Maybe you got hit with a Micky.

kv

 

Maybe you got hit with a Micky.

kv

One never knows. It did hit me very suddenly. But I also felt like I was sweating Drambuie flavors the next morning. So there's that.

 

Just got back into making wine as well as the beer that I have been brewing for a while.
I do it the easy way, buy a pail of grape juice, which is a filtered and pasteurized must of pure grape juice, throw in some yeast and let it go.
Reds and white, makes some quite drinkable wine.
If you want to fortify it, there are adjuncts available.
Max.

@MaxHeadRoom

That container in the picture... I find plastic, at any stage of the vinification process, kind of inappropriate, maybe because I still think that everything is oak, glass or some other "noble" material. On the other hand I know that stainless steel and so many "recent" ones, do exist since long time.

Plastic made "corks" for starters.

 

That container in the picture... I find plastic, at any stage of the vinification process, kind of inappropriate, maybe because I still think that everything is oak, glass or some other "noble" material. On the other hand I know that stainless steel and so many "recent" ones, do exist since long time.

The Plastic Carboy is used for initial fermentation, approximately 5 to 7 days, and is Food Grade.
Then it is racked into a glass fermentor for aging and final fermentation.
The picture just shows the carboy used for bottling stage only after this.
BTW, mine doesn't stay in the bottle long enough to warrant expensive corking!
Max.

 

Then it is racked into a glass fermentor for aging and final fermentation.

What capacity @MaxHeadRoom ? Out of curiosity, would you mind showing a picture of it? Thanks.

Is there any electronics involved in controlling the process? I vaguely recall something designed for that purpose...

BTW, I only consume wine, mostly Malbec nowadays. No idea of how to produce some, really.

 

What capacity ? Out of curiosity, would you mind showing a picture of it? Thanks.

5 Imp Gallons - 23 Litres.
You mean a pic of the Glass carboy?
No electronics involved, just mother nature.
Max.

https://torontobrewing.ca/products/...MIqtWqhcLk4AIVVrnACh3tuw8EEAYYASABEgI_1_D_BwE

 

Tonight's Libation

As many 'tipples' of advocaat possible sans coma! -- 'Tis been one of 'those' weeks

Y'all Enjoy your weekend!
HP

 

advocaat...

I had to look that up.

Gross.

Each to his (her) own, I guess.

 

As many 'tipples' of advocaat possible sans coma! -- 'Tis been one of 'those' weeks

Y'all Enjoy your weekend!
HP

That is usually a Christmas treat around here, maybe I will treat myself to a Warninks tomorrow.!
Max.

 

As many 'tipples' of advocaat possible sans coma! -- 'Tis been one of 'those' weeks

Y'all Enjoy your weekend!
HP

Is that a twist or just eggnog? Eggnog Yuk.

kv

 

I prefer Advocaat straight up.
The other traditional use is a Snowball.
Max.

 

Gross.

Sez a stout 'enthusiast'!

TTFN
HP

 

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OMG! The subject of the photo resembles an older --albeit uncomfortably 'proximate'-- image of Alep -- Ahem! Someone near and dear to me -- and at her favorite pastime! -- @cmartinez a paparazzo!? -- Who would have thought it?!

TTFN
HP

 

OMG! The subject of the photo resembles an older --albeit uncomfortably 'proximate'-- image of Alep -- Ahem! Someone near and dear to me -- and at her favorite pastime! -- @cmartinez a paparazzo!? -- Who would have thought it?!

TTFN
HP

Ahem! Why's he get credit???

 

Ahem! Why's he get credit???

Ummm... Because I didn't see your earlier post of the self-same image...

Well anyway --while not quite a 'ringer'-- the image could quite plausibly be that of @Aleph(0) - a scant decade on! and the imaging device a right handy 'track accessory' for one possessed of well-neigh 'infinite' patience

TTFN
HP