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I made some rhubarb years back. You?

Ever head Hawaiian fruit punch and Everclear pure grain alcohol, Richard?

I drank some homemade schit yrs ago was hung ovr 3days 🤯

Evry try toilet hooch Donald?

That one time at Cell Block D

My Mother made dandelion wine when I was a kid. When it aged a couple of years it tasted a lot like cream sherry, think Harvey's Bristol Cream.

Guy I used to work with made all kinds of country wines. His favorite was peach. He gave me.a bottle of grape. It was ok but a little sweet for my taste.

We used to make homemade wine from the wild grapes that grew in South East Texas.They were not worth a damn to eat,but they made really good wine.If you want to kick up the alcohol,add some Everclear.You can't really tell it's in there,but a glass or two will give you quite a buzz.

I have made rhubarb, raspberry, blueberry, kiwi, blackberry and plum wine. Plum (from prune plums) and blueberry were not as good as the others. Rhubarb has a couple quarts of pineapple juice mixed into the "must" and some sweetener to take the edge off the sharpness. Kiwi was surprisingly good too.

I've been engaged in home winemaking with two friends for over 15 years. It is a fun hobby. We just bottled our Pinot Noir. We each got a little over 6 cases. That was the yield of 500 pounds of grapes. We currently have 500 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon aging in our oak barrels. Should be ready to bottle next year.

When I was about 13, Mom decided that we would make rhubarb wine. Our church was not big on the consumption of alcoholic beverages (grape juice for Communion). While we were cutting up the rhubarb and putting it into this large crock, at least 75% of the congregation stopped for one reason or another and found us so engaged in the back yard. Mom had some lie about making a huge batch of sauce to freeze. This no doubt fooled no one, as they each no doubt had a bottle of something even stronger stashed somewhere in their respective houses. This recipe was something that she had come across that involved aging the mix in the crock. Turned out to be truly gawdawful stuff.

Beet wine is not bad

I used to make it when I lived in South Carolina. My Dad had a house in NC only 30 miles from me with some rows of grapes in the backyard. I guess I made it for about 6 years. First couple years I was able to make something like wine…. But after some trial and error I got it down. I wouldn't call what I made top shelve but it would mess you up.