It sounds like your yeast is still quite active, so burp the balloons as needed. Laurie, this is incredible. making this now am confused about the yeast. My grandma made Dandelion honey, made with blossoms and probably sugar, unfortunately I don’t have a recipe so need to google it, but I loved the taste, this wine must be awesome with the orange/lemon parts!! Again, it’s very easy for bacteria to creep in. After two or three days (shipping time), they turn white and try to go to seed. Have you tasted it? What if you don’t have a recipe? OK I am sorry if this is ridiculous, but…are the petals firmly packed or loose? We generally have plenty of fruit jellies available so I don’t do many flower jellies, but dandelion petals do make a lovely golden jelly. Now I have learned from my mistake. Found your post from Fat Tuesday It caught my eye because for the past 2 weeks I’ve been covering how to cook with dandelions over at my blog. My question: Is the measurement of blossoms to be packed such as brown sugar or loose such as chocolate chips? That should be fine. You could age it in a gallon jug until it stops fermenting and then rack for a clearer wine. I haven’t tried it because of the higher risk of accidentally making a batch of vinegar, but in the original version of Wild Fermentation, the author reserves about half a cup of petals to add until after the wine cools. If you wanted to make a larger batch, yes. Yep, they are a fleeting beauty. a couple of questions, though: I have looked at what others have to say about wine-making in general and I’m wondering if I need to add sulfites to the recipe? I did this because I remember my mom's recipe having peelings in it. But then if it were a fragrant flower it would not make the splendid wine it does.I sometimes make a syrup from the petals to use instead of plain sugar in cakes or to pour over crepes and here you can detect the dandelion's special flavour – barley sugar. Glad you enjoyed it. Or should I add more water to the steeping? Also, as an information seeker myself, I hate it when I go to a website, have questions, and can’t get through to anyone. For the initial ferment? If I remember correctly, the initial ferment at three days smelled exactly like you described – not something I'd want to drink, rather musty/foxy. I looked a number of recipes, but thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. Good luck with your wine! Country wines made with mixed blossoms will have unique flavors, but as long as there are no bitter flowers, it should be fine. I’m interested in a clearer wine, so I read to “rack” it in a carboy for a few months before bottling. Thank you in advance. Thanks, Todd. Thanks! What is the different between a water lock & air lock? On the counter is fine. 3) Are the raisins absolutely necessary? All parts of the plant can be eaten including the root and flowers. Never ferment in aluminum or iron, as it can react with the wine. As an added bonus, you constantly crack me up… goat-pee-free zone! Wild yeasts, although traditional and potentially bumping up medicinal qualities in the brews, can be a little tricky. The petals, being petals, don’t tend to pack quite like either brown sugar or chocolate chips. An airlock uses water to block and trap gasses. Just made my first batch of dandelion wine. I’ve read different accounts. Thanks so much for posting this project. Thanks in advance for your help. Or, should we cork as is and store in basement? Going to start making wine this week and wondered what you are using to cover the pot for the first stage after you pour the boiling water on the petals to steep. Best ever memories of childhood!! When you said strain the solids in step 5, you’re talking about the dandelion petals right? Thank you for the great article and all the comments. Part 1 (Greens) Watching movies is a good way to help the time pass more quickly if you’re cleaning the blossoms alone. We will look for a more sanitary field for our next attempt. I'm still waiting for this year's dandelions to get uncovered by the latest snowfall, but this post gives me hope. If corking.. does that mean you have to buy a special corker? At least the flowers are easy to pick (more than can be said for gorse flowers) and the gallon of blossoms needed can be collected in 20 minutes. When the dandelion plants are growing in the spring, but before they set buds, cover them with upended nursery container pots (with holes). Picked dandelions and picked off the yellow flower stems to have 3 quarts Everyone that got it for Christmas wants it again. My fella says if the bubblier is dry it lets in bacteria. Thanks, my first try don’t ant to ruin it. Today’s quarantine rabbit-hole lead me from Ray Bradbury to this page. While steepping the flower petals, do they need to be in the refrigerator or just on onthe counter? General rule of thumb – if there’s sugar and yeast, it will ferment. You only need one pack per batch, so it’s 63 cents worth of yeast. I usually end up with around five bottles of wine. The recipe itself is pretty standard fare and very easy, producing a rich, strong, medium sweet wine. A wine made from dandelion flowers and usually other ingredients, including citrus. It’s all good. I can’t wait to try the Dandelion wine recipe. Hello! If you do want it clearer, you could dump all the bottles into a larger container, let it settle for a day, and then rack more carefully. Wondering if you have any advice/tips. We often throw in extra because the boys pick so many. The most popular color? I use organic raisins. You can hear Deb Cavanaugh and Dandelion Wine (feat. By picking some flowers, we encourage it to keep flowering over a longer period of time – making more food for the bees. Ray Bradbury is America's foremost writer of science fiction and fantasy. Never fear – it’s not unusual for the steeping petals to development enough funk to hang with George Clinton. Apparently, it sounded like there were bombs going off or they were being shot at. Thank you for this wonderful recipie! Can I use that for fermentation of this or other wines? Do you generally have mold issues in the house? I saw someone mention facebook so I presume you have a page. My kitchen is normally warm enough that it starts fermenting readily. 2) Bring the water to a boil and pour it over the flowers in a large pot or crock. Before moving to a carboy, I like to filter out the fruit so only liquid goes into the carboy. How to Eat Dandelions (& Why You'd Want To), Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots - The Natural Detoxifier, The best dandelion recipes for every season: 35 tasty ways to use this free superfood all year long - Green Home DIY, Dandelion Recipes - 20 Ways To Use This Versatile Flower ⋆ A Rose Tinted World, 6 Ways to Get the Musty Smell Out of Clothes and Towels. It smells like a string cheese or vomit. I have not made dandelion mead, but I see no problem with doing so. Once they close, it's tough to get the petals off. When you say – cover and steep for three days – how tightly covered is that? Any chance I could use your first reading to get a ballpark for when I test it? Kinda like using sap for maple beer. The original recipe used bread yeast, which will work, because it feeds on sugars, but I typically just use a packet of wine yeast, which is more than enough for a batch of wine. I’ve shared your recipe and story link in my post “Yank That Dandelion – And Eat It!?“. Also, safe to double the recipe? Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. Between body temp and room temp is an easy safe range. If you wanted to use them to speed the process up, you could. love the comment but for homemade blackberry wine I use panty hose ,several thickness from the legs to strain the wine off the berries or a thin curtain several thickness sewed into a bag ..also do this straining when I rack in bottles at the finish just put my bag over the funnel..hope this is helpful. (Not recommended for plastic, as this will speed breakdown.) If you think anyone (seems a lot of people talk about having an abundance of dandilion) still have any they would pick and sell – not sure if there are any strange restrictions on sending flowers or if freshness would be compromised, etc. If more people learn to appreciate and use dandelions, then they’ll stop spraying all those toxic herbicides all over their lawns to kill the dandelions and there will be more dandelions for humans and all the pollinators. In the book The Wildcrafting Brewer, the author focuses on nothing but fermenting with wild yeast in a variety of ways. I’m going to try strawberry- rhubarb next, and then maybe lemon balm. I have a 3gal jug, will all the extra air make a difference since this is a 1 gal recipe or do I need to get a smaller jug? I left it another day and the temperature spiked. We’re currently at the balloon stage of the recipe, they look like they are ready to take flight. It’s also known as 4 cups or 32 fluid ounces. After searching for dandelion recipes I ended up here and have been following your instructions and I’ve been having a lot of fun so far making it! ), Those are called swing top or bail top bottles. I don’t know how I can phrase it more clearly, as I already have “I aim for 3 quarts of yellow dandelion petals” in the post. And at http://homedistiller.org/sugar/wash-sugar/maple they say: “Yes, you can use maple syrup to make alcohol. Folks in the past used to ferment many different brews without the tech and sterilization we have available now. I’ve been using the wine yeast linked in the post – or whatever I pick up at the local home brew store, depending on the year. When you move on to final bottling, or if you’d like to do your first round of aging in your jug after the active ferment has settled down, it would be better to minimize headspace. => Printable Dandelion Wine Labels. Roadsides and fields, hedgerows and untended lawns turn golden and a single field may blossom with a million flowers - one of the greatest, but least appreciated, sights in the countryside. There were a couple of parts of the instructions I wanted some clarity on. Plenty for us and the bees and butterflies, too. The balloon bottle thing is entertaining, but a proper carboy with airlock will definitely do the job – plus an additional racking will help clear the sediment, so they look nicer for wedding guests. I suspect others are curious to see if it can be saved, too. Another question I forgot to ask. 2) the liquid doesn’t fill the carboy entirely. Never put Bill Clinton directly in your wine. Either way, I’d probably pack them in a cooler (if it’s warm) for the ride home. The one thing you’ve really left out is sterilization. I just found this online. Thanks for this recipe. BTW, we used the whole flower bud. I’ve removed the stems and leaves. And if I can, do I just put the lid on loosely? Most of the sugar is consumed during the fermentation process. English [] Noun []. I wonder if you can make dandelion jelly. I am very excited to try this! Do not THAW them before boiling and do not freeze ANY greens from them they turn to mush. The original recipe didn’t mention one way or another, but I typically give my homemade wines a stir each day and check on their progress. Thank you again :))))). The recipe packs a kick even under normal conditions. Sorry for the confusion. For a single batch, it would be oversized. What did you do to get the fines out of the liquid? Great pictures, Laurie. I am so glad I Googled “dandelion wine” and found your post! (His recipe is a little different than this one in other ways, too.) How do you know when it’s ready for bottling? Thank you so much. No emotion is spared: joy and terror, tragedy and hope, all wrapped up in prose that is so beautiful it hurts. Good luck! Thank you for the recipe and your time. I was wondering if fermentation needs to take place in a cool place? Okay to use in the following season, or should there be a year or two wait? That’s beyond the scope of my knowledge. If you know of a similar recipe please let us know! I did this to my elderberry wine 2 years ago. Sometimes it’s a challenge to balance doing the projects with writing about the projects, but hearing that people are interested keeps me going. And I want the best flavor. I just love dandelion and chamomile together. I also notified that many other recipes online say to use golden raisins. When we get dandelions, we get LOTS OF DANDELIONS! It’s your brew, so you are certainly welcome to experiment with adding whatever you like. any advice? Wish we’d seen this site before we processed the whole flower bud. Inside you'll find 30 Daily Lessons, 20 Fun Activities, 180 Multiple Choice Questions, 60 Short Essay Questions, 20 Essay Questions, Quizzes/Homework Assignments, Tests, and more. Anyway, despite the sketchiness of his character—both literally and figuratively —the Lonely One has no small job in Dandelion Wine: he represents death itself. February 26, 2020 By Laurie Neverman 294 Comments This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission. So many answers and still so many questions! Does it matter which sort of yeast do you use? Thanks for the advice. I know if conditions are dry, it really brings out the bitterness in wild greens. It took weeks for the fermenting to stop. Thanks. Among his most popular adult books are Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Death is a Lonely Business.In addition, he has written several books for children, including Switch on the Night. So about 2 months since starting. Anything non-reactive (like a stockpot, as you mentioned), will be fine. I will wait for the fall crop if these are too old. “Cool” should be cool enough that you don’t kill your yeast. Dandelion wine making is an important part of the home-brewer's calendar, and it's a wonderful drink. I haven’t tried it, but since the base is something like tea, it might work. Now thanks to you I can make my own. Remove any green parts. Yes, a funnel does make filling bottles easier, if you go straight to bottles from the crock like I did in the post. I usually give mine 2-3 months in a carboy when I use a carboy. We used to sit on a board that lay across the just-ending fermenting concoction for the promise of a shot-glass full of this wine. Great work Laurie. I wonder if it depends where they grow? You want to minimize the amount of white pith added to the brew. I was trying to get 3 quarts of petals but I see now that is not what you meant. Did you rack the wine, & if so how many times? What about empty 500ml plastic bottles? Using sound judgment to be more self-reliant. Required fields are marked *, Rate this recipe Or is that the way they look all the time? I noticed there’s some sediment in the bottom of the bottles I could try straining out again? If it was off, it’d most likely have more of a vinegar flavor, not a bitter or sour flavor. For better or worse, I haven't tried it yet. Flavor will change a bit with different handling, but Mother Nature likes to make hooch. That allows extra time for any remaining active yeast to settle down, and more fines will settle to the bottom of the carboy. The flowers tend to stay up above ground level and so should avoid the worst of the fallout, but any washing that’s thorough enough to completely remove urine and feces will probably wash all flavor out of the dandelions. Hi, this is my first time making wine. Is it ok to save the dandelions in a ziplock bag and store in the refrigerator or freezer until I have enough to make full fill my recipe? If you used the whole flower bud, it may be beyond saving. I ask because I got some decorative glass “rocks” to put in a bird bath, and they were specifically labeled that they should not be in contact with food. I usually process strain and add the lemons and oranges on the third day, but if it’s extremely hot and humid in your home, straining and adding fruit after two days may be better, to get the yeasts in and start the fermenting sooner. Is all we can say!!!! In the early 1970’s I made a very similar recipe of Dandelion Wine from a 1948 Culinary Arts Institute Cookbook. #gigs #music #rusticbarnpub #foodstock #rockandroll #rootsmusic #rockandroots #band Would it be insane to add some simple sugar to it? I've had friends who don't normally like wine comment that they do enjoy this “spring tonic”. A couple of silly questions: Can I use cheesecloth to cover the crock while it’s steeping? sure hope you see this post soon. Firmly packed is preferred. The yeast dregs are loaded with B vitamins. I hope this answers your questions! With only a small space above the wine, the fermentation process can fill that gap with carbon dioxide, helping to prevent spoilage. owijgvolvnda. I was wondering if I can use organic, raw sugar for all three pounds in the dandelion recipe? Sure helps to have some helpers to pick all those dandelions and help clean them. Thanks…looking forward to trying this. Hi there! Well most people I know substitute maple syrup for honey in their mead recipes.”. Are you talking about the same species, with smaller flowers? Still confused whether you are required to collect 3 quarts of blooms then pick the petals from them or if you are required to collect 3 quarts total of straight petals?? As an experiment, if the batch is big enough, you could try sugaring half and bottling half. My mother used to make it when I was a little girl. Is this normal? Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, 1999, Avon Books edition, in English The petals are on day 1 of the three day steeping. They still brewed up a fine assortment of country wines that were enjoyed by friends and family alike. Working with wild yeasts is as much art as science – and there’s no money to be made promoting wild yeasts over selling commercial yeasts and all the equipment that goes with current wine making trends. Dandelion Wine is the tale of a small-town summer in 1928, told through the eyes of the colorful characters who inhabit it. The commercial yeasts are bred to hold their own and crowd out the competition. I decided to come and ask you how it is supposed to smell after the 3 days of steeping. At http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/sugar.asp, they say: We tend to think of honey as liquid sugar — a super-thick syrup flavored with various flower nectars. Wow dandelion wine! Dandelion wine by Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. x. PS. I believe grandma used bread yeast, and the old book “How to Make Wine in Your Own Kitchen” (1963) includes a number of recipes with a slice of bread or small amount of wheat biscuit cereal paired with bread yeast for fermenting. I have labeled them so that if they do end up tasting different, I'll know which one, and why.Lastly, despite reading the recipe several times, I still had it in my head that there was only a handful of raisins in each, and when I finally realized that there is a pound of raisins in each jar, I was like, "Whoa! )in the last couple years? Thank you so much for this recipe! full title Dandelion Wine. They add body. A quart is a a unit of capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints, equivalent in the US to approximately 0.94 liter and in Britain to approximately 1.13 liters. Besides being a medicinal plant, the dandelion is a tasty and highly nutritious vegetable. Bees love dandilions. Dandelion v-neck t-shirt, cute dandelion vneck shirt , Womens Dandelion vneck tee, Dandelion lovers gifts, Dandelion flower v-neck t-shirt CharlotteWilsonGB 5 out of 5 stars (7) Some of the commercial yeast strains can be pretty vigorous, so that’s not terribly unusual. And the bubblier is DRY. I just left it in the carboy to settle out.Siphoned now, it tastes like wine, a little sharp, but I think in the right direction. The possibilities are endless . Originally published in 2010, last updated in 2020. Over 75% of the sugars in honey are dextrose, levulose and maltose. The petals by themselves do tend to develop a rather earthy odor after steeping, but once the petals are strained out and the sugar and fruit is added, the aroma shifts to sweet and yeasty. All measurements are in U.S. measurements, given that I’m from the U.S. I’m a little tight for time this morning, but but there are these awesome unit conversion tools available online – completely free! Also, how do we know when the wine fermentation is done? I suspect that the wine yeast will be the most expensive part of the setup. Just wanted to thank you for your website! So I have spent the day picking and plucking dandelion, tedious but oddly relaxing. I’d like to ask whether in a separate saucepan with a little extra water I can whizz up and boil the raisins, oranges and lemon flesh so that I can get all the contents straight into my air-locked container (demijohn x2)? There is a boy and his brother, awakening to consciousness of the enormous scope of being alive. It’s all good. Otherwise, you’ll end up with exploding bottles, like my sister, Mary, when she stashed them in a closet. It does normally smell somewhat odd, with some mild fermentation going on, so aged cheese is probably okay. Thank you so much for you wine instructions ..I tried making dandelion wine in 1973 using your crock method. Make sure to store in a location where the mess will be contained if it explodes (the top blows off – the swing top bottles are unlikely to shatter except under extreme conditions). I tried my first wild yeast mead (honey wine) last year and ended up making vinegar. Do not seal bottles tightly before they finish fermenting, and don’t put them somewhere warm. Getting ready to try your recipe and I’m so excited! They both tasted like overly sugary herbal tea, and I couldn't tell the difference between the jar with the greens, and the jar without. Stir daily with a wooden spoon or non-reactive stir stick. My neighbor made this mistake when she tried to make dandelion wine, and she ended up throwing out the whole batch. Gentle heat gets the yeast going more quickly. Thanks. I looked in my crock.. and my dandelion pedal water has molded Is it because its humid/ hot in my house? Our ducks free range in the yard, but their droppings tend to be quite obvious, so we visually avoid the poop and call it close enough. Once it’s done I’d like to out it into bottles and cork them off. For aging in the basement, I cover with a light towel, too, just to keep the dust off. I wasn’t sure if they were supposed to be saved and put back in the crock. Hopefully 2 quart jars of tightly packed petals will make some decent wine! Dandelion wine recipe. Love this recipe! Simi , here is a recipe for Dandelion Jelly ! What did I do wrong? The math is reliable on average, so don’t worry about the give or take. Both species are edible in their entirety. The petals do get sterilized by the boiling water poured over them, so if you’re comfortable with “close enough”…. I normally use about 3 quarts of the cleaned petals because I like more dandelion in my dandelion wine and we have so many, but as you mentioned, there’s a wide variation in recipes, so precise amounts are not critical. I use my crocks for wine and other ferments, and don’t worry about precise flavor profiles, so crocks make sense for me. It took me about three hours to process the flowers and I nearly gave up a million times. For dandelion wine, use the yellow flower petals only. (She passed away in January 2010, and we hadn't made wine together in many years.) I cover my crock with a clean cotton towel held down by a rubber band. After about 2weeks the citrus solution was still bubbling so we decided to strain and bottle with balloons anyways. The book was published in 1957, perhaps over twenty years after the era which it is about, thus providing an inevitable theme of nostalgia throughout the book. The end product is not very sweet. My dad said, don’t let the kids drink any of this, it’ll kill them, it’s so strong! Or did I misread that?Have a happy day!Roxannehttp://www.5degreesofweirdness.blogspot.com. You’ve also sparked my wine-making curiosity now, I am already coming up with ideas for the next wine I will try to make, I am thinking of something with licorice and blueberries could be nice, those are 2 popular ingredients here in Finland. I’ll be doing here in northern California! Collect the blossoms when they are fully open on a sunny day. The boys and I sat down to a session of “second picking” to remove the yellow petals from the blossoms. It’s still aggressively fermenting. If you age in a carboy or other fermenter for 6 months or so before final bottling, fermentation should be largely complete. It’s only the reality of quarantine and nothing better to do that kept me going. I like it. I plucked a 3 quart saucepan full of nothing but yellow petals. Interesting. Most places give back like 15c for bottles, so offer them a quarter or something. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I can’t wait to try making it this spring! I’m planning on trying this. First off, this is best made with fresh flower petals. Can you used dried dandelion flowers instead of fresh? The 1.25 pounds of honey for 1 pound of sugar is based on the fact that most honeys average around 80% solids, give or take 2%. I absolutely love to drink wine, but I do not like sugary stuff, as I am a huge but about balanced blood sugar. I actually have 5 bottles from sparkling lemonade. I have heard of floating toast on the top of country wines – I expect that’s for the yeast content, too. I have to go buy more raisins!" Wayne Chills on electric guitar, Shows Leary on bass and Tommy Love on drums) at Foodstock 4pm on Sunday, November 3rd at The Rustic Barn Pub. Linda & Karen. I’m about to be buying bottles to make this recipe: approximately how much does one batch (as per these instructions) make? but wondering if anyone has tried it, and what it does to the flavour? Ray Bradbury would be proud. Looking forward to Resurrection Dandelion wine next Easter! I live about an hour away from the collection site I have picked out and plan to use them immediately, but I’m concerned they may spoil or lose some of their perkiness , moisture, and potentially flavor before I use them. I didn’t mean to have someone else pick the petals from the base but it sounds like even shipping the flowers won’t work so I’ll collect here! Think classic wine cellar conditions. Dandelion Wine is the tale of a small-town summer in 1928, told through the eyes of the colorful characters who inhabit it. Either invest in the commercial cleaners (they’re not very pricey and a little goes a long way), or simply wash as well as possible with regular dish soap and hot water. I’m sorry, I haven’t tested mine. Washing them makes them close up IMMEDIATELY, which makes processing them much more difficult. I do normally buy organic raisins to reduce the contaminant level. Alcohol is a natural preservative, and country wines like this have a fairly high amount of alcohol, so it may still be okay to bottle. If you'd like to download a pdf copy of my dandelion wine labels, just click here. I would think it should take less than a month in most cases. Smaller bottles would be fine as long as you can find a way to seal them. Now that’s a blog post right there. I love the cookie idea, will definitely try it! You’ll probably want to rack off the wine and leave the lees behind for a clearer finished product. I now have enough for another batch. (I don’t recommend this.) I keep the crock covered with a flour sack towel, same thing with carboys if I have them on the kitchen counter. Also, you should really be using an airtight carboy with a one-way valve for fermenting. Hi Laurie, but this trick seems to make the leaves less bitter when used in salads or cooking like spinach…. ahhhhh you fixed it!!!! Best regards Steve. Sharon. an important part of the home-brewer's calendar, and it's a wonderful drink. We did the same thing, measured it by the petals alone lol and didn’t catch our mistake till reading your post just now! Thank you for clarifying. Doubling the recipe shouldn’t be a problem, other than taking more time to pick and pluck the flowers. See what I mean. Once picked, it doesn’t take long for the blossoms to start closing, and then the petals become difficult to remove. After you cover the dandelions with the boiling water do you just let them stew for 3 days, and then add all the rest of the ingredients? Don't pick dandelions for wine or eating from an area used by pets for their “bathroom”. I’m guessing there are details about additives that stop the fermentation at a specific point to keep the bottles from exploding. "I added the peels, boiled for a bit, and then strained out the solids. Some sort of wine yeast would be best, but just about any yeast will work in a pinch. Now it doesn’t seem to be bubbling (I think I killed the yeast). I aim for a fairly snug packing of 3 quarts. If you are working alone, it may be best to pick some of the flowers needed, remove petals, then pick more flowers and repeat. Or make separate batches. Keep us posted. Seems like a lot of work, but you could leave the container open for the final ferment instead of bottling or using an airlock, and it would eventually turn to vinegar. Thanks for the recipe and tips! Although the flowers can make an appearance at any time of the year, 99% of them bloom in a flamboyant spring flush which runs from the end of March to the beginning of May. I wonder how this will effect the turnout though?? Depending on the dog, droppings should be obvious, but pee spots might not be. Is it Ok to mix the three together? Some cloudiness is not unusual, especially if you didn’t rack more than once. They all seem to stick with lemons and oranges (assuming those are for acidification). Or does this process prevent that? Have you ever tried to make this wine without boiling dandelions, using just “wild” yeast that live on the petals to do fermentation on their own? Cups ? So, my initial fermentation is starting its second week. The smell changed from fruity to vinegar very abruptly. Pound…And they ’ ll end up with exploding bottles, so aged cheese is probably a investment... Resources that they do enjoy this “ spring tonic ” a 20qt porcelain enamel pot! 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