A Little Update + Piccies

We're about half way through the year and my thoughts are turning to the next brew so that I stay on target for 50 gallons this year. All of which means it's been a busy(ish) time in the winery. Last night I bottled a gallon of Pomegranate quickie, the last one. Hopefully the first batch of the Elderflower quickie will soon be ready to drink, otherwise I'll have to drink the really good stuff when I fancy a tipple rather than saving it for special occasions.

Talking of good stuff, I also bottled the last gallon of Mint wine last night. The first gallon was nice, but didn't have much of a mint flavour, tho it was cooling. So for this lot I waited until the mint in the garden had grown enough to allow me to crop a little and still leave plenty. I took 6 big sprigs, 3 each of Garden mint and Apple (or maybe Morrocan) Mint. Then gently washed them and stuck one in each bottle. To help ensure nothing weird happened I added campden (1 tablet) to the gallon of wine and then siphoned into the bottles containing the sprigs of mint. The hope is that I'll get some good flavour extraction, and put the mint back into this wine. If not then it's a nice wine anyway, being over 18 months old. Looks pretty too