Johnny Mc > wrote:

> Well, I bought the Kool-aid and all to try this exquisite
> wine recipe. I bought strawberry kool-aid. I am going for
> "Chateau Trailer Park de Strawberry Hill"

> One of my beer brewing friends is married to a French lady.
> She loves good wine, but she also has a taste for Boones
> Farm Strawberry Hill. She will be the one whom I test it
> on, hehehehe But, with no warning about the recipe.
> I hope to get it going tonight.

If you are seriously going to brew this stuff, be aware that
without the Kool-Aid you are brewing up mash that would be
the input to a moonshine sill as described in amazingstill.com.

When I was in the Navy about 40 years ago, some good ole boys
from Tennessee brewed this in the barracks because there was
no fire needed and it was reasonably odorous. They used a
plastic-lined garbage can with a hole in the lid and a piece
of fine mesh coving the hole. They used pop rivets to fasten
the mesh to the lid. They used bakers' yeast because that was
all they had available and they added yeast daily until a yeast
smell was barely noticeable. My recollection is that it took
at least two weeks. The Kool-Aid was my idea because I found
the yeast taste to be repugnant.

If Mad Dog 20/20 comes in Strawberry, you may want them to taste
that first so the Chateau Trail Park does not overwhelm them.

Dick

> If you are seriously going to brew this stuff, be aware that
> without the Kool-Aid you are brewing up mash that would be
> the input to a moonshine sill as described in amazingstill.com.
>
> When I was in the Navy about 40 years ago, some good ole boys
> from Tennessee brewed this in the barracks because there was
> no fire needed and it was reasonably odorous. They used a
> plastic-lined garbage can with a hole in the lid and a piece
> of fine mesh coving the hole. They used pop rivets to fasten
> the mesh to the lid. They used bakers' yeast because that was
> all they had available and they added yeast daily until a yeast
> smell was barely noticeable. My recollection is that it took
> at least two weeks. The Kool-Aid was my idea because I found
> the yeast taste to be repugnant.
>
> If Mad Dog 20/20 comes in Strawberry, you may want them to taste
> that first so the Chateau Trail Park does not overwhelm them.
>
> Dick

Oh no! The main I deal is to overwhelm the little French lady with the
repugnant Chateau Trailer Park! She is very straight forward and exercises
no tact when telling you what she thinks. I am looking forward to her
comments, hehehehe

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I may use a Champaign yeast so it ferments out dry and high in alcohol. I
can add a little honey if fermentation slows or stops. My brewing friend is
a commercial beekeeper, so I get honey for $1.50 per pound ;o)
Then I can add Sweet-n-Low to sweeten it to taste, then bottle and force CO2
to add the tiny bubbles.

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"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
...
> Johnny Mc > wrote:
>
>> Well, I bought the Kool-aid and all to try this exquisite
>> wine recipe. I bought strawberry kool-aid. I am going for
>> "Chateau Trailer Park de Strawberry Hill"
>
>> One of my beer brewing friends is married to a French lady.
>> She loves good wine, but she also has a taste for Boones
>> Farm Strawberry Hill. She will be the one whom I test it
>> on, hehehehe But, with no warning about the recipe.
>> I hope to get it going tonight.
>
> If you are seriously going to brew this stuff, be aware that
> without the Kool-Aid you are brewing up mash that would be
> the input to a moonshine sill as described in amazingstill.com.
>
> When I was in the Navy about 40 years ago, some good ole boys
> from Tennessee brewed this in the barracks because there was
> no fire needed and it was reasonably odorous. They used a
> plastic-lined garbage can with a hole in the lid and a piece
> of fine mesh coving the hole. They used pop rivets to fasten
> the mesh to the lid. They used bakers' yeast because that was
> all they had available and they added yeast daily until a yeast
> smell was barely noticeable. My recollection is that it took
> at least two weeks. The Kool-Aid was my idea because I found
> the yeast taste to be repugnant.
>
> If Mad Dog 20/20 comes in Strawberry, you may want them to taste
> that first so the Chateau Trail Park does not overwhelm them.
>
> Dick

Johnny Mc > wrote:

> I may use a Champaign yeast so it ferments out dry and high
> in alcohol. I can add a little honey if fermentation slows
> or stops. My brewing friend is a commercial beekeeper, so I
> get honey for $1.50 per pound ;o) Then I can add Sweet-n-Low
> to sweeten it to taste, then bottle and force CO2 to add the
> tiny bubbles.

I get honey for $1.50 a pound if I buy 60 lbs and I drive to
Dutch Gold Honey in Lancaster, PA. But putting honey in this
like putting a three piece suit on a skid row bum.

E-mail me at telling me where you live, etc.

Dick

>
> I get honey for $1.50 a pound if I buy 60 lbs and I drive to
> Dutch Gold Honey in Lancaster, PA. But putting honey in this
> like putting a three piece suit on a skid row bum.
>
> E-mail me at telling me where you live, etc.
>
> Dick

I may add 50 cents worth, hehehe

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