My god, it's disgusting. It tastes like drinking grape juice after brushing your teeth. The reason for this is because your humble narrator didn't add enough sugar and the yeast have consumed literally all the sugar in the grape juice, leaving the tartness and grapey-ness but with absolutely not a scintilla of sweetness.
It is drier than the Atacama desert, and burns slightly. People on homebrew forums say "hurr baking yeast will make CO2 but not ethanol" but they're dumbshit retards who don't know how yeast metabolism works. This has to be at least 12% abv. For $3 a gallon. I mean that's cheaper than gas was last year.
It may not be very good, but it's my wine and somehow (like the desk I built out of plywood scraps and 2x4s) makes it all worth it.
Fedoraman !FeDoRAqAy6 joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#626,064
Disgusting and uncivilised.
Metæ? (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 6 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^][v]#626,068
@previous (Fedoraman !FeDoRAqAy6)
Oh right, I'll just go buy prepackaged, industrially made, flawlessly consistent wine like you, a typical USAmerican
Fedoraman !FeDoRAqAy6 replied with this 11 years ago, 13 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^][v]#626,071
@previous (Metæ?)
I will have you know, Sir, that I only buy the finest wines.
Metæ? (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 3 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#626,072
@previous (Fedoraman !FeDoRAqAy6)
Right so you drink Moet et Chandon instead of Korbel. Still prepackaged, instrially made, flawlessly consistent, off the shelf you can drop in your shopping cart and swipe a credit card for atthe checkout.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^][v]#626,073
I'm fairly sure this is how all new world wine is made.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^][v]#626,075
gas is about $1.75 a gallon here now..
once while a teen I developed an uncommon heart ailment called pericarditis after drinking some tasty home made blackberry wine a friends mom had made and gobbling dexidrine over the course of a few days...probably coincidence though..
wine sure does not have to be expensive to be good...I think wine snobs drink crap wine just because it is high priced and think they look sophisticated drinking it...fuck that..
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#626,084
Have you tried the yeast made specifically for wine making?
|βʒ| Meowth joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 25 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,090
That's pretty cool, @OP, even if it didn't taste the greatest.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,093
@OP
You can't be an expert homebrew expert on your first go. You do need a log book though, because when you've done it 20 times exact measures and timings are hard to remember. Especially if it's weeks or a month between brews.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 6 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,123
@previous (G) > you can't be an expert homebrew expert on your first go.
who says?
> when you've done it 20 times exact measures and timings are hard to remember.
ever seen rainman?
Triptych !!/xkPL9myM joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,127
that's actually pretty cool
Anonymous H replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,132
@previous (Triptych !!/xkPL9myM)
especially since The Man charges all that tax on store bought shit
Anonymous H double-posted this 11 years ago, 58 seconds later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,133
maybe I could put together a still...and make some one ninety..
Anonymous G replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,151
@previous (H)
I doubt you could put 2 Lego bricks together
Anonymous H replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,153
@previous (G)
I could whip yo damn ass...how you like THAT...dildo..
kook !!Phkn/3Gic joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,155
I know how to splinter bones.....I can butcher flesh...I am an animal..
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,189
@626,071 (Fedoraman !FeDoRAqAy6)
We all know that this is false AND that you lie without even a twinge of remorse.
Triptych !!/xkPL9myM replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,190
@626,132 (H)
no i approve of that
those taxes go to things like education and roads and health care
Syntax joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 28 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,199
> but with absolutely not a scintilla of sweetness.
I am sure you must have considered this butttt - How about adding something to sweeten it up a bit.
I think Green might suggest Fig Juice. (seed free of course)
Metæ? (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,254
@626,084 (Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6)
No I'm too lazy to buy it off Amazon. @626,090 (|βʒ| Meowth)
Thanks! :D @626,093 (G)
I will when I go to Phase 2 and start making 5 gallon batches with real ingredients. @626,132 (H)
Avoiding the federal and state taxes makes it taste sweeter than honey.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 49 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,284
LOL YUCK
Metæ? (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 5 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,437
Night 2, I have no idea how much (in terms of ethanol) I've drunk, since I don't have the instruments to measure the alcohol content of my homemade wine but I'm four pints in and feeling decently buzzed! This is a lifetime first for me (last night was assisted by Everclear and Pepsi). This is lifetime first, getting inebriated off my own wine.
Note to self: buy 5 gallon food grade plastic bucket from Lowe's, and proper wine making yeast.
Anonymous H replied with this 11 years ago, 1 hour later, 23 hours after the original post[^][v]#626,462
@previous (Metæ?)
you don't know about everclear..
Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 4 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#626,530