When new homebrewers start out, they often only have a few pieces of equipment. The volume of alcohol in fermentation can vary based on the recipe, the type of alcohol, and the fermentation conditions. The amount of head space you should leave may vary greatly, depending on who you ask. What is Head Space in…
Homebrewing with a Wine Kit
A wine kit is a great way to get into home brewing if you’ve never brewed before. If you’re an experienced home brewer, you may consider picking up a kit just for a quick and easy recipe (cause home brewers are home drinkers, amiright?) I picked up a Wine Kit for a California Pinot Noir…
Making Blackberry Wine
At this time, this post DOES NOT contain any affiliate links. Blackberries grow like weeds in the Pacific Northwest. With stolen time, I managed to pick around 12 pounds this year to make jams and jelly. The majority went to blackberry wine. Blackberry wine is super versatile and can be made as sweet or dry…
How to Bottle Homebrew
You only need a few simple supplies to bottle your own homebrew.
Favorite Wineries: Longshadow Ranch, Temecula
Raving review about the Longshadow Ranch Winery in Temecula, California
Quiet in Camas – Exploring the Hood River Gorge
While researching places to stay around Portland, we found this quiet looking town on the river about an hour’s drive from the Portland airport. Camas, Washington, boasted a historic, quaint hotel that we very much wanted to try out. Our local friends also recommended the wine tasting in Hood River, only another few hours down…
Hop on and off.. and on… and off… Rome
Foot sore, hot, tired, and ready to be home, we wanted to make the most of the last day of our honeymoon and the last day in Rome. We got an extra day to flights being rescheduled. We had too many things on our to do list to make it by foot, and we were…
Cooking Lessons
Wine tasting in Tuscany is very different from the typical experience in the United States. In the US, wine tasting is much like going to a bar. There’s a winery with a tasting room, or just the tasting room itself, where you can order a flight of preselected wines, or you can choose from a…
Pasta and Wine
The days in San Gimignano blur together a little bit. Our goal was to really take time to relax, and with the heat that meant naps and hanging out at the pool. We did take some time to explore San Gimignano more. One of the best places we got gelato was at Gelateria Dondoli, which…