Got a promotion at work with a raise and I have a friend who home brews beer. Another friend who does other brews that are sort of inbetween. Every time I went over there I thought “WOW this is a WAY cool hobby.” He showed me his recipe at one point and how much it cost, I did the math and his price of making beer was far cheaper than buying it in a store by HALF.
Well… I enjoy wine. Red wines most specifically. I thought “well… surely you must be able to make wine too at home?” and heard it was more of a hell of a science than a brew. I thought “Well, it sounds fun.” So instead of going out and buying a $50 or more bottle of wine, I can make 6 GALLONS of it at home for price of ONE bottle and it’ll make something crazy like 24-32 bottles of the stuff.
Well I just made my first batch today, so it’s fermenting. So I’m excited, I have to wait a week before I can check up on it…
But just because I’m excited…
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I am extremely excited to try my first batch. It’ll be ready in roughly 4 months.
(UPDATE)
ITS FERMENTING!
Hehe… smells so good. I added two packs of yeast so it’d ferment sooner and what’ya know, I just got home and heard the lovely burbling upstairs. “blub blub… blub blub”
Video clip… here
