Posted on 08/03/2012 3:37:07 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good afternoon/evening FReepers. Yep, it is Beer Thirty Time Once Again!
Happiness is a bubbling airlock!
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Good evening/afternoon brewers and winemakers. I have had to donate my funds used to buy my ingredients to brew a beer this week to repair the AC in my wife’s car. Got to keep her happy in this 100-degree weather in NW Texas. So no brewing this week for me. She does not like beer at all but likes a nice wine every now and then. She also is a very big fan of Black Cherries. I was thinking about making a Cherry wine or soda for her to have while I enjoy one of my beers. Anybody have recommendations on a good soda/wine recipe using Black Cherries?
We are having some Jack grilled Daniel’s Honey Teriyaki marinated chicken with grilled zucchini tonight. I will have a homemade Porter with mine. Wife will have sweet tea.
I hope all of you and your Brews and Wines are doing well. Stop by and share what you are brewing or let us know what your favorite brew, wine or spirit is.
I grew three towers here in dry ass Utah, each tower had 4 vines. I had cascade (huge producer), Willamette, and nugget. I would get about 2 dry lbs from the cascade and about 8 oz of willamette, and about the same from the nugget. Some hops produce better if you have other plants nearby to pollinate.
Neighbors thought it was a series of radio antennas. The towers were 17’ high and had a sliding collar on the pole so that I could raise the lines and then train the vines onto them. When harvest time came I could just drop the vines to the ground. First year I had to carry 5 gallon buckets of water out to them, second year I set up irrigation with mushroom head soakers at each vine.
Are they a vine and needing support?
Hey thanks for that recipe. How long does it take until it can be drinkable?
They are a vine yes and grow on just about anything.
I have mine growing on twine that I attached to my 2nd floor roof with I Bolts.
They grow clockwise and that is the way that you start/train them.
That is good info. I guess they could be grown horizontal on something also?
We are going to move the wines to secondary after about 3 - 4 weeks and then we will bottle after about 3 months. I think our plan is to bottle end of November. They are usually drinkable then but certainly get better after a couple of months in the bottle.
Thanks!
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