Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Fine Clary Wine
Clary (Salvia sclarea) is a biennial herb that has a long history of use to remove irritants from the eye and to flavor alcoholic beverages. German wine merchants in the…
Clary (Salvia sclarea) is a biennial herb that has a long history of use to remove irritants from the eye and to flavor alcoholic beverages. German wine merchants in the…
Rhubarb is one of those wine foods that you either hate or love and rhubarb wine is not at the top of most people’s favorite wine list. There is, however,…
Cherry wine is one of the many different kinds of fruit wines that are especially good for cooking or as art of dessert. You can purchase them on line but…
The use of elderberries has a long history going back to ancient days. In addition to being used for wine, elderberries have medicinal properties and are good for jellies and…
Mead, also called honey wine, is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey with water sometimes with the addition of spices, hops, grains or fruits. Archeological evidence indicates that it…
My maternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, includes two recipes for porter in her book, Old time Recipes for Home Made Wines, one for bottling, the other for immediate use. Porter…
Strawberry wine conjures up thoughts of spring and a cool refreshing drink with a great aroma and taste. Although modern recipes call for such things as pectin enzyme, wine tannins,…
Sparkling wine makes an everyday event special so champagne is a wonderful drink to lift the spirts and make an occasion memorable. My dear paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, in…
My paternal grandmother, Helen S. Wright, included two recipes for ginger beer in her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines. Traditionally ginger beer is made from the fermentation…
My paternal grandmother, Helen S Wright, included a recipe for wine made from scurvy grass in her book, Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines . In times past scurvy-grass…