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by TheoPlates
Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:20 pm
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: So it seems I have alot of grapes...
Replies: 10
Views: 1775

Re: So it seems I have alot of grapes...

Chris,

Have you tried Gewurztraminer brandy?

The cool climate in New Zealand is ideal for the production of aromatic grapes, that is not over cooked.

A couple of distilleries (Clear Creek and Ransom, Willamette Valley, OR) produced a limited amount some years ago. Needless to say it was fantastic!
by TheoPlates
Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:08 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Member
Replies: 5
Views: 566

Re: New Member

Welcome to HD from a fellow PNWer. When you get to reading about brandy, be sure to check out Cranky’s thread “Let’s get carried away with fruity goodness“. Lots of great info in there pertaining to the making of brandy. If brandy is your thing, I believe either a pot still or a plated column are t...
by TheoPlates
Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:53 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Member
Replies: 5
Views: 566

Re: New Member

Welcome to the forum from another long time distiller. Do your homework before you get your wallet out. SS doesn't do the same job as copper. Do your homework before you get your wallet out because, if you purchase a commercially available SS still in the next week, you may regret it. Thanks for yo...
by TheoPlates
Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:35 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New Member
Replies: 5
Views: 566

New Member

It was in the Fall of 1985 a friend gave me 100 lbs of ripe pears. I mashed them, added enough sugar to bring them to 14 brix, or thereabouts, added a wine yeast, acid, and fermented the mash to dryness in a plastic garbage can. Some weeks later, apon coming from work I found a five gallon stove top...