I accidentally let the dandelions steep for a couple more days then I was supposed to. They now have a slight crayon/sulfur smell to them.
I started the primary fermentation anyway, and was wondering if this smell will ever go away? I'm a noob, so any suggestions would greatly help.
I honestly don't know. Hopefully it will get better, but I haven't ever let them steep longer than instructed so I don't know.
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I just finished picking and now I'm ready to roll with the first steps but I have a few questions...
Do I need to chop up the golden raisins when I toss 'em in? I've made a couple different batches of country wine but I've never given them body with raisins before so I'm a little unclear here.
Also, when you measure your dandelion petal amount, do you pack them down, fluff them up, or somewhere in between? Because I can get some pretty radical differences based on how tight they are packed. Also I don't have a scale to just measure them.
I just finished picking and now I'm ready to roll with the first steps but I have a few questions...
Do I need to chop up the golden raisins when I toss 'em in? I've made a couple different batches of country wine but I've never given them body with raisins before so I'm a little unclear here.
Also, when you measure your dandelion petal amount, do you pack them down, fluff them up, or somewhere in between? Because I can get some pretty radical differences based on how tight they are packed. Also I don't have a scale to just measure them.
Thanks!
Dandelions? Are you kidding me?! You're not that far from me, and I haven't seen a dandelion or even a hint of one yet!
You should chop up the raisins, but it's a pain because they're sticky. Just stick with it, and it'll be fine.
I like to weigh the petals- I think I used about 270 grams per gallon. I froze them, so I thought they would be really packed down if I just put them in a quart container. Without a scale, you could just loosely put them in a quart, and call that a good estimate.
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Giving beer a leg to stand on since 2006
You call me a dog well that's fair enough 'Cause it ain't no use to pretend You're wrong
But when it's my time to throw The next stone I'll call you beautiful if I call at all
Hahahahahaha, I should have mentioned that I picked the dandelions this past weekend while visiting folks down in Lansing...It was full on damn near summer down there. Crazy. I wanted to get a jump on the summer wine season and I was really itching to try dandelion this year so I ended up picking about 3qt and freezing them for the ride up. So much for patience being a virtue.
I just finished the hour long boiling stage and I have to say that the orange and lemon peel along with the dandelion petals gave this a very "Frooty Pebbles" vibe in a good way...Kind of like what the people at Frooty Pebbles imagine Frooty Pebbles smells like so they can sleep at night. I can see how this wine can be a siren.
My hat's off to anyone with the patience to pick all those little yellow petals and get enough to actually make a wine. As my wife is fond of telling me, "Sweetheart, you have no paciencia!" What an understatement!
I just finished the hour long boiling stage and I have to say that the orange and lemon peel along with the dandelion petals gave this a very "Frooty Pebbles" vibe in a good way...Kind of like what the people at Frooty Pebbles imagine Frooty Pebbles smells like so they can sleep at night. I can see how this wine can be a siren.
Thats exactly what I was thinking when I did my boil!
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