I had a few friends taste my "Dandelion Disaster" and they said they
like it :-)..

It is not a show quality wine (yet) but it is a nice semi-dry white
wine.

I will have another tasting this fall and give an update.

Later,
A. J. Rawls
Anchorage, Alaska, USA

On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:03:16 -0800, A. J. Rawls
> wrote:

>I guess we will see what happens:
>
>5/22/2004 - Picked Dandelions, Started Must
>5/24/2004 - Added Oranges and lemons
>5/25/2004 - Sprinkled on 1 packet of Monatracet Yeast and 6 tsp yeast
>nutrient
>5/28/2005 - Racked into 6.5 gallon carboy and 1 gal jug.
>5/28/2005 - Added 500ml wine conditioner to Carboy (mistake).
>5/29/2005 - added 250ml White grape concentrate to carboy and jug.
>6/2/2004 - Added 2 cans Welch white grape concentrate to carboy.
>7/18/2004 - S.G = 1.012
>9/12/2004 - S.G = 1.012, no airlock activity
>3/15/2005 - Added SuperKleer.. Clotted up on top of cloudy wine and
>did not clear.
>4/2/2005 - Wine hazy with substantial lees.
>5/1/2005 - Filtered wine thru a #2 SuperJet Filter, Added potassium
>metabisulfite.
>5/8/2005 - Bottled Wine
>
>
>
>>Newsgroups: rec.crafts.winemaking
>>From: A.J. Rawls > - Find messages by this author
>>Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:31:57 -0800
>>Local: Mon,May 31 2004 12:31 am
>>Subject: Dandelion Woes...
>>Reply to Author | Forward | Print | View Thread | Show original | Report Abuse
>>
>>Okay.. I added 250ml of White Grape concentrate and it is still
>>fermenting. I will give it a few days and see if it continues to
>>ferment. Iwill check specific gravity and TA tomorrow and get some
>>baseline readings and keep a log from there. I picked 6 gallons of
>>blossoms yesterday.
>>
>>
>>Later,
>>A.J.
>>
>>
>>On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:34:54 +0200, "ed montforts"
>>
>>
> wrote:
>>>DON'T THROW IT AWAY (yelling very loud!) Please! Add 500 ml of white grape
>>>concentrate anyway. Throw half a liter out if necessary. Mature that wine,
>>>and keep us informed. The only way for one of us to experience waht happens
>>>when... We would all be grateful!!
>>>Ed
>>
>>>"A.J. Rawls" > schreef in bericht
...
>>>> Disaster :-(
>>
>>
>>>> I racked into a 25L carboy, I decided at add 500ml of white grape
>>>> concentrate and grabbed the wrong bottle and poured in 500ml of Wine
>>>> Conditioner.
>>
>>
>>>> I guess I better start picking again... This disheartening
>>
>>
>>>> A.J.
>>
>>

As with people, sometimes the first impression is not the correct one.

Ray

"A. J. Rawls" > wrote in message
...
>
> I had a few friends taste my "Dandelion Disaster" and they said they
> like it :-)..
>
> It is not a show quality wine (yet) but it is a nice semi-dry white
> wine.
>
> I will have another tasting this fall and give an update.
>
> Later,
> A. J. Rawls
> Anchorage, Alaska, USA
>
> On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:03:16 -0800, A. J. Rawls
> > wrote:
>
>>I guess we will see what happens:
>>
>>5/22/2004 - Picked Dandelions, Started Must
>>5/24/2004 - Added Oranges and lemons
>>5/25/2004 - Sprinkled on 1 packet of Monatracet Yeast and 6 tsp yeast
>>nutrient
>>5/28/2005 - Racked into 6.5 gallon carboy and 1 gal jug.
>>5/28/2005 - Added 500ml wine conditioner to Carboy (mistake).
>>5/29/2005 - added 250ml White grape concentrate to carboy and jug.
>>6/2/2004 - Added 2 cans Welch white grape concentrate to carboy.
>>7/18/2004 - S.G = 1.012
>>9/12/2004 - S.G = 1.012, no airlock activity
>>3/15/2005 - Added SuperKleer.. Clotted up on top of cloudy wine and
>>did not clear.
>>4/2/2005 - Wine hazy with substantial lees.
>>5/1/2005 - Filtered wine thru a #2 SuperJet Filter, Added potassium
>>metabisulfite.
>>5/8/2005 - Bottled Wine
>>
>>
>>
>>>Newsgroups: rec.crafts.winemaking
>>>From: A.J. Rawls > - Find messages by this author
>>>Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:31:57 -0800
>>>Local: Mon,May 31 2004 12:31 am
>>>Subject: Dandelion Woes...
>>>Reply to Author | Forward | Print | View Thread | Show original | Report
>>>Abuse
>>>
>>>Okay.. I added 250ml of White Grape concentrate and it is still
>>>fermenting. I will give it a few days and see if it continues to
>>>ferment. Iwill check specific gravity and TA tomorrow and get some
>>>baseline readings and keep a log from there. I picked 6 gallons of
>>>blossoms yesterday.
>>>
>>>
>>>Later,
>>>A.J.
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, 28 May 2004 18:34:54 +0200, "ed montforts"
>>>
>>>
> wrote:
>>>>DON'T THROW IT AWAY (yelling very loud!) Please! Add 500 ml of white
>>>>grape
>>>>concentrate anyway. Throw half a liter out if necessary. Mature that
>>>>wine,
>>>>and keep us informed. The only way for one of us to experience waht
>>>>happens
>>>>when... We would all be grateful!!
>>>>Ed
>>>
>>>>"A.J. Rawls" > schreef in bericht
m...
>>>>> Disaster :-(
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I racked into a 25L carboy, I decided at add 500ml of white grape
>>>>> concentrate and grabbed the wrong bottle and poured in 500ml of Wine
>>>>> Conditioner.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I guess I better start picking again... This disheartening
>>>
>>>
>>>>> A.J.
>>>
>>>