nwaite

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Yaaaa! Now your talking.

TheTooth

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I don't have any historical data, but I'd guess that "cowboy wine" would most likely be a fruit wine made from whatever fruit would reasonably grow in the region it was served. Country fruit wines have been made from all sorts of fruit. I've even seen recipes for dandelion wine.

turtlescales

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I was thinking this too, what about mesquite wine?

nukinfuts29

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You would be correct. It would be the fermentation methods that would fit the period. I will have to use modern ingrediants closely matched to back then (if not the same) but the instructions/methods will or should create an end result that is period appropriate.

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KevinJ

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I believe cider was very popular in the US around that time (depending on your cowboy period). Ciders popularity started to fall in the early 1900s.

Kevin

turtlescales

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Maybe hit up the local historical society for some details, though they'll talk your ear off

nwaite

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This is kinda making me want to do this for a few old timers I know. Please let me know if you find a good recipe to us.

Jacob_Marley

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"Before Prohibition, Missouri was the second-largest wine-producing state in the nation."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_wine

Maybe a wine named after the explorer Zebulon Pike.

nukinfuts29

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Interesting, going to give that a read.

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