My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers
sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation
for a kit? Any tips I need to know?

Dick

Well, I have not seen or made a sherry kit, but if she likes PORTS,
which I consider close, (what do I know? smile)then the 3 gallon
WinExpert makes a great Ruby port. My neighbors like it, I like it, and
it's almost gone, again.

I'll be anxious to hear about Sherry kits, though. DAve

Dick Adams wrote:
> My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers
> sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation
> for a kit? Any tips I need to know?
>
> Dick

Dick Adams wrote:

> My passion is Mead and some beer. My child
> bride prefers
> sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any
> recommendation
> for a kit? Any tips I need to know?
>
> Dick

I don't know about a kit but years ago my Dad and
I made a Sherry as per recipe in C.J.J. Berry's
book. We compared the wine to a bottle of
Harveys Bristol Cream and no one could tell the
difference. I now longer have the book but I
believe the recipe used apricots, bananas,
prunes, raisons and a few other ingredients.

I'm sure that all of the kit companies make a pretty decent sherry.
One point is that they are usually 11.5 litre kits, so you will need a
small carboy, or make two kits in a 23 litre carboy.

The kit that I have experience with is Vineco's Ken Ridge Classic
Sherry. Good feedback, but personally I don't like any sherry, so
....no comment....

However, Vineco's kits are readily available in Canada, but have
nearly non-existent distribution in the US.

Steve

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:31:44 +0000 (UTC), (Dick
Adams) wrote:

>My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers
>sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation
>for a kit? Any tips I need to know?
>
>Dick


I have made Winexpert Sherry kits and they came out very good. I made
creme style and dry sherry and both were good.

My family enjoyed them

Later,
A.J.
The Anchorage Fishwrapper and Litterbox Liner Press

:
> >My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers
> >sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation
> >for a kit? Any tips I need to know?

Dick,
Does she like sweet or dry? I made some cream (sweet) sherry from a
can of Alexanders Chenin Blanc that was awful wine. I just let it
oxidize in my furnace room, added vodka to get the alcohol up and
added sugar to taste. It's still aging but was good last I checked.

Joe

I don't think I would recomend this receipe but back in the 90's I made 10
gallons of dewberry wine from berries my wife spend days picking. I put it
back in a closet and forgot it. Of course the airlock dried out and it
oxidised. I left it there for 5 years after that because I could not pour
it out and I sure did not want to admit I had wasted all her berries.
Finally she was gone for a weekend and I needed the carboys. I started to
pour it out but decided to taste it first to see what really badly oxidised
shere stated like. It tastes like sherry. Whe she got home I had her taste
it and she imediately said, "It tastes just like sherry!". Any way I
fortified it and sweetened some and now have more sherry than I will ever
drink.

You could do basically the same thing with almost any heavy wine but I would
recommend you use a sherry yeast. It might be even better.

Ray

"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
...
> My passion is Mead and some beer. My child bride prefers
> sherry. But, I've never made a sherry. Any recommendation
> for a kit? Any tips I need to know?
>
> Dick
>

Dick -
I've done the WinExpert Sherry kit several times now. Depending on
whether you add all of the "F-pack", you can make something from a
fairly dry Amontillado style, to a very sweet Cream Sherry. If you're
aiming for a very crisp Fino style of sherry (which would surprise me,
but one never knows), you would be disappointed. For what it does,
though, I thought it was quite pleasant. As mentioned in other posts,
these kits are 1/2 size (they make about 11 liters, or about 15
bottles). For a lot of folks, that's a reasonable size. If you want
more, buy two. :-)

Oh, I've done their Port kit as well, and I like it, too, but it's
really nothing like a Sherry. (Well, they both originate in Iberia,
are both fortified, and often sweet. Other than that, nothing in
common.)


Doug