I just love it when anything that I’m fermenting starts the bubble! It puts a smile on my face!😊My homemade fermented salsa was almost creeping out of the jars this morning though!😭😂
I'm relatively new to mead making and just recently did my first bottling with corks. I soaked the corks in warm water to make them softer and was able to put them in the bottle just using my hand. They appear to be well sealed.
Hi Heidi that is interesting to hear about the honey wine this is the first time I heard of this one I would love to try making some honey wine thanks again for sharing this with us.
We don't make as much Wine as we used too, hubby still makes Ale. We equally use cork & flip topped bottles. I have some 10 Year Old Vikings blood Mead, & to be honest, I'm nervous to taste it. It may be good for Wallpaper remover though. Lol. I make Sloe Gins, for Christmas gifts, they're pretty in flip top bottles. TFS, & take care too everybody. ❤🙂🎅🎄
Thanks for another great topic. I have made several wines, meads, and a few vinegars following your method. Each batch was good and fun to make! Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your loved ones ❤
I love chosen foods avocado oil. Now I’m going to start saving the bottles. It makes sense that the Italian brand wine bottles and jars are best quality. It’s seems the Italians make everything with pretty good quality.
I agree. Even though I can and sometimes do make my own pasta, when it comes to purchasing it, I only buy Italian. Same goes now with Italian cheeses such as mozzarella and parmesan
@@RainCountryHomestead your making my Italian heart happy. Yes they use Italian semolina flour in their pasta which I find is a much better quality and probably with less chemical use. Same goes for there dairy. Italian cheese is why I can’t be a full vegan, I’m only vegetarian. I blame Italian cheese lol
I don't drink, but you made a comment about stopping the process early and having a cider. That intrigues me. Do you have any other videos about this? 💚💚🌞🌞
I have mentioned it in some of my wine making videos. It is a matter of just taste testing it at about the three week mark and then stopping it when it gets to where you want it. It of course still has alcohol so that is the deceptive thing, it can taste like a wonderful fizzy drink and you may not notice the alcohol but it is there!
How do you store cleaning brushes, supplies? Thanks for doing what I wish I could do :) So fun to watch and learn. Sounds likes cool fountain show when you open the wine. Thanks for the great tips! Blessed day!
I made 3 gallons of elderberry mulberry wine. I let it ferment until no bubbles observed for a week. Measurement difference looks like @12% alcohol. However when I bottled up with corks and 2nd daybin botyles corks blew and hit the ceiling. I recorked and they blew again. I wanted a sweet wine and I love the taste but I can't get corks to stay in. Tried both rubber, silicon and wood corks. All blew twice
It is best in that case to use the bottles I showed in the video since corks will simply not hold if there is still sugar for the wine to work through.
It would depend on if they are porous, if they are, then no. Unless you want y our wine to turn to vinegar, you do not want to store it in anything porous
I had wine going, it bubbled nicely for the entire month. I strained it and then a few days later Hubs helped me rack it. We meant to do it again but life happened so it sat on my counter, not in direct sunlight and not warm. However now that Hubs and I recovered from the flu, I looked and it looked like scummy bubbles on top. Hubs thinks we need to rack it and then bottle it. My mead never bubbled but built back pressure I had to release periodically. After a month we strained it, racked it, put a lid on it and stuck it in the darkest coolest room in the house. It doesn't have scummy bubbles. But I wonder if I did something wrong and if the wine is okay to drink.
When you stop the fermentation do you use a yeast stopper? I've been reading up on doing meads and they like different additives like a de-fizzer. Would love a step by step video if you made one!
Good morning Heidi.☀️ About the swing top bottles - are there replacements for the little rubber rings? Some of mine are old and cracked or broke off. Blessings! 💜
Yes, there are, and in fact they now have silicone with last MUCH longer. I had to get them because several of my rubber ones were deteriorating and I also had a couple of garage sale find swing tops that did not have any. Here are the ones I got: amzn.to/3FiRMLG
Hi! Thanks again for a great, interesting and informative video. I’m planning to make grape wine for the first time, since I just found a fantastic deal in the market. My question is: can I use regular wine bottles to store the resulting wine? These are dark green bottles with a screw lid. Thanks!
I have a lot of recycled Azure standard vinegar bottles and olive oil bottles. The lids are plastic. Do you think those would work for storing my wine? I just racked it the first time a few days ago.
One more question...when you mentioned your pasta water it made me think...I was wondering what it might be like if you used the pasta water, after cooking your pasta, let that cool, and then use that as a liquid to make vinegar for a solvent. Hmmm, might try that.
Howdy Heidi… Sorry for all the messages today, I’m benge watching your playlists… Since Vodka is so expensive to buy nowadays… To use in Tinctures… Can moonshine be used in its place??? Like wine can… Can making Moonshine be more cheaper ??? And if so have you made moonshine??? And if so do you have a video on it??? Since I’m in Tennessee and moonshine is sold here… the prices are not cheap… but was wondering if it would be easy to make??? Thank you Blessings
If you are taking about using for tinctures, yes, you can use moonshine that it is often quite strong and would not be my choice for pretty much anything that I would use my homemade wine for. No, I have never made it and do not have videos on it
@@RainCountryHomestead your awesome for answering all my questions…ok that just made me decide not to try it… If my vinegar’s turn out good , I’ll have the confidence to try making your wine recipes… Ps I’m making 10 vinegars since I’m experimenting with them to see which ones I like the best… Blessings to you and your husband
Can our expired red Roccasto wine be used in compost. The wine store told us not to drink it if it's expired. It's been kept in a cool dark place, dark bottle of course. We have seven bottles that we don't want to throw out. Thanks
I am sure there is nothing wrong with it. I have never heard of wine expiring though it can change in flavor or turn to vinegar if it is exposed to oxygen for too long
@@RainCountryHomestead that's what I thought also. The wine store may have just wanted to sell more wine. Do you know if it can be used in the compost? We never finish a whole bottle.
No, that is not at all what I mean and I would never add chemicals. It will stay fermented but to keep it from going further you want to bottle it up, that is all but it will still stay very fizzy and this is why you need quality bottles.
I have no idea, I do not know what kind of bottle it is and had no idea they made them. We do not have an ikea around here so I am not familiar with them
I’m a couple of days shy of the three week mark on my first batch of apple cider/wine using your method with the homemade fermentation starter. It has been happily burbling along, and is still quite fizzy. I haven’t decided if I’m going to rack it early so it’s more of a cider, or if I’m going to let it keep going. I’m so tempted to taste it to see where it’s at! I’ve heard that using the dregs of the wine as a starter for the next batch will yield a higher alcohol level due to the yeast being more alcohol tolerant. Have you tried this at all? I’m going to try making mead next, so I’m curious.
Do You have a video to share of wine & Hard Apple Cider recipes made totally from scratch without addded Sulfate ,Sulfite, Sulfur, that You Can share ? Looking for a universal Recipe that one can add which ever fruit one desires ...
I have not done a video specific to the apple but the process is exactly the same as shown in the four part wine making series just using straight apple juice (I pressed min from my own apples) that I linked in the description box
I just love it when anything that I’m fermenting starts the bubble! It puts a smile on my face!😊My homemade fermented salsa was almost creeping out of the jars this morning though!😭😂
I'm relatively new to mead making and just recently did my first bottling with corks. I soaked the corks in warm water to make them softer and was able to put them in the bottle just using my hand. They appear to be well sealed.
Ty
Good video. Just love that verse.😊
Great video Mrs. Rain. I love the way you recycle bottles. I got the wrong bottles and need to buy more.
Thanks!
Great info! Thanks Heidi!
Hi Heidi that is interesting to hear about the honey wine this is the first time I heard of this one I would love to try making some honey wine thanks again for sharing this with us.
Thank you for all your kind interaction Lynnette :)
We don't make as much Wine as we used too, hubby still makes Ale.
We equally use cork & flip topped bottles.
I have some 10 Year Old Vikings blood Mead, & to be honest, I'm nervous to taste it. It may be good for Wallpaper remover though. Lol.
I make Sloe Gins, for Christmas gifts, they're pretty in flip top bottles.
TFS, & take care too everybody. ❤🙂🎅🎄
great video. Very informative
Thanks for another great topic. I have made several wines, meads, and a few vinegars following your method. Each batch was good and fun to make! Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your loved ones ❤
I was just watching your video about why to make them even if you don't drink, which I don't. Guess I now have another want to do on my list, lol
🙏
I'd love to learn how to make wine and meads... I just need to get the bottles and the other things 🙏 Kendra
I love chosen foods avocado oil. Now I’m going to start saving the bottles. It makes sense that the Italian brand wine bottles and jars are best quality. It’s seems the Italians make everything with pretty good quality.
I agree. Even though I can and sometimes do make my own pasta, when it comes to purchasing it, I only buy Italian. Same goes now with Italian cheeses such as mozzarella and parmesan
@@RainCountryHomestead your making my Italian heart happy. Yes they use Italian semolina flour in their pasta which I find is a much better quality and probably with less chemical use. Same goes for there dairy. Italian cheese is why I can’t be a full vegan, I’m only vegetarian. I blame Italian cheese lol
Yep, I have Semolina flour (semola) from Italy for making pastas. I have Italian ancestry myself :)
@@RainCountryHomestead beautiful 🇮🇹🙌 that’s probably why you put so much love into everything you do.
Sounds like a plan.
I don't drink, but you made a comment about stopping the process early and having a cider. That intrigues me. Do you have any other videos about this? 💚💚🌞🌞
I have mentioned it in some of my wine making videos. It is a matter of just taste testing it at about the three week mark and then stopping it when it gets to where you want it. It of course still has alcohol so that is the deceptive thing, it can taste like a wonderful fizzy drink and you may not notice the alcohol but it is there!
Hopefully you can find the avocado oil bottles. Our Costco discontinued the bottles they are plastic now. Blessings
Yeah, I noticed that recently online. Misfits Market does carry them though sometimes in both the avocado and the almond oil
How do you store cleaning brushes, supplies? Thanks for doing what I wish I could do :) So fun to watch and learn. Sounds likes cool fountain show when you open the wine. Thanks for the great tips! Blessed day!
I just store most of them under the sink
Im finally down to around 300 bottles.
I made 3 gallons of elderberry mulberry wine. I let it ferment until no bubbles observed for a week. Measurement difference looks like @12% alcohol. However when I bottled up with corks and 2nd daybin botyles corks blew and hit the ceiling. I recorked and they blew again. I wanted a sweet wine and I love the taste but I can't get corks to stay in. Tried both rubber, silicon and wood corks. All blew twice
It is best in that case to use the bottles I showed in the video since corks will simply not hold if there is still sugar for the wine to work through.
I bought some of those swing top bottles from dollar tree. I wonder how well they would hold up?
I personally would be leery about dollar tree bottles for holding wines, meads, or vinegars.
Do you think wine would store good in pottery bottles? I have been thinking of making some bottles to store oils in…
It would depend on if they are porous, if they are, then no. Unless you want y our wine to turn to vinegar, you do not want to store it in anything porous
I had wine going, it bubbled nicely for the entire month. I strained it and then a few days later Hubs helped me rack it. We meant to do it again but life happened so it sat on my counter, not in direct sunlight and not warm. However now that Hubs and I recovered from the flu, I looked and it looked like scummy bubbles on top. Hubs thinks we need to rack it and then bottle it. My mead never bubbled but built back pressure I had to release periodically. After a month we strained it, racked it, put a lid on it and stuck it in the darkest coolest room in the house. It doesn't have scummy bubbles. But I wonder if I did something wrong and if the wine is okay to drink.
I would have to see photos of it to get a better idea. Remember, you can always email me with such things at raincountryhomestead@gmail.com
When you stop the fermentation do you use a yeast stopper? I've been reading up on doing meads and they like different additives like a de-fizzer. Would love a step by step video if you made one!
No, I do not use any additives. Here is my wine making series: th-cam.com/play/PLzVtTPDzFPKFtB45ulnLxFmo0mPdd23wq.html
Good morning Heidi.☀️
About the swing top bottles - are there replacements for the little rubber rings? Some of mine are old and cracked or broke off.
Blessings! 💜
Yes, there are, and in fact they now have silicone with last MUCH longer. I had to get them because several of my rubber ones were deteriorating and I also had a couple of garage sale find swing tops that did not have any. Here are the ones I got: amzn.to/3FiRMLG
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you So Much Heidi! 🤗🤗🤗 I'd searched for them before but maybe I didn't use the right search term.🤷♀️
Hi! Thanks again for a great, interesting and informative video. I’m planning to make grape wine for the first time, since I just found a fantastic deal in the market. My question is: can I use regular wine bottles to store the resulting wine? These are dark green bottles with a screw lid. Thanks!
Yes, I do believe I mentioned that in the video and with the screw on lid it is even easier so you do not have to worry about corks
@@RainCountryHomestead You are right. Thank you very much for the tips!!
Hi Hedi✌What do you think about reusing Kobuchi bottles? you don't have to answer I will do research🙏✌
I do not know what those are
Hey Heidi, I see your chicken was drinking that bottle of wine in the picture! I need to be a little snarky
🤣😂Yeah, that rooster...got to keep an eye on him! haha
We love in Texas. Where do you fet rhubarb
Try your local nursery. I got my starts from a friend years ago
I have a lot of recycled Azure standard vinegar bottles and olive oil bottles. The lids are plastic. Do you think those would work for storing my wine? I just racked it the first time a few days ago.
As long as the lids all have some kind of liner that will cause them to be very air tight
Instead of storing in a cool place, I live in NM, can I store it in a refrigerator after racking?
How many years keep to home not dast
One more question...when you mentioned your pasta water it made me think...I was wondering what it might be like if you used the pasta water, after cooking your pasta, let that cool, and then use that as a liquid to make vinegar for a solvent. Hmmm, might try that.
Possibly
Howdy Heidi…
Sorry for all the messages today, I’m benge watching your playlists…
Since Vodka is so expensive to buy nowadays…
To use in Tinctures…
Can moonshine be used in its place???
Like wine can…
Can making Moonshine be more cheaper ???
And if so have you made moonshine???
And if so do you have a video on it???
Since I’m in Tennessee and moonshine is sold here… the prices are not cheap… but was wondering if it would be easy to make???
Thank you
Blessings
If you are taking about using for tinctures, yes, you can use moonshine that it is often quite strong and would not be my choice for pretty much anything that I would use my homemade wine for. No, I have never made it and do not have videos on it
@@RainCountryHomestead your awesome for answering all my questions…ok that just made me decide not to try it…
If my vinegar’s turn out good , I’ll have the confidence to try making your wine recipes…
Ps
I’m making 10 vinegars since I’m experimenting with them to see which ones
I like the best…
Blessings to you and your husband
Also Heidi
I made 4 fermenting starter’s using your recipe and all 4 came out perfect…thank you
Blessed Be
Can our expired red Roccasto wine be used in compost. The wine store told us not to drink it if it's expired. It's been kept in a cool dark place, dark bottle of course. We have seven bottles that we don't want to throw out. Thanks
I am sure there is nothing wrong with it. I have never heard of wine expiring though it can change in flavor or turn to vinegar if it is exposed to oxygen for too long
@@RainCountryHomestead that's what I thought also. The wine store may have just wanted to sell more wine. Do you know if it can be used in the compost? We never finish a whole bottle.
@@sandyewald2933 I am sure it can but have you ever thought to use it for cooking and marinating?
How do you stop the fermenting naturally, without chemicals?
No, that is not at all what I mean and I would never add chemicals. It will stay fermented but to keep it from going further you want to bottle it up, that is all but it will still stay very fizzy and this is why you need quality bottles.
Is ikea glass bottle safe?
I have no idea, I do not know what kind of bottle it is and had no idea they made them. We do not have an ikea around here so I am not familiar with them
I’m a couple of days shy of the three week mark on my first batch of apple cider/wine using your method with the homemade fermentation starter. It has been happily burbling along, and is still quite fizzy. I haven’t decided if I’m going to rack it early so it’s more of a cider, or if I’m going to let it keep going. I’m so tempted to taste it to see where it’s at! I’ve heard that using the dregs of the wine as a starter for the next batch will yield a higher alcohol level due to the yeast being more alcohol tolerant. Have you tried this at all? I’m going to try making mead next, so I’m curious.
I would go ahead and taste it and while I am sure the dregs will work, I have never tried it myself
Do You have a video to share of wine & Hard Apple Cider recipes made totally from scratch without addded Sulfate ,Sulfite, Sulfur, that You Can share ? Looking for a universal Recipe that one can add which ever fruit one desires ...
I have not done a video specific to the apple but the process is exactly the same as shown in the four part wine making series just using straight apple juice (I pressed min from my own apples) that I linked in the description box