Rockies Brew » Wine http://rockiesbrew.com All About craft beer & homebrewing in the Rockies Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Brewing Dandelion Wine or is it mead? http://rockiesbrew.com/2009/05/18/brewing-dandelion-wine-or-is-it-mead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brewing-dandelion-wine-or-is-it-mead http://rockiesbrew.com/2009/05/18/brewing-dandelion-wine-or-is-it-mead/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 18:39:26 +0000 Radd Icenoggle http://rockiesbrew.com/2009/05/18/brewing-dandelion-wine-or-is-it-mead/

(More)…]]> Today we made a leap of faith…making dandelion wine. This beverage is a traditional springtime preparation. The recipe I had called for sugar – plain, old suger – and I hate fermentation with just sugar, so I replaced it with organic honey. Is it now dandelion mead?

Recipe for 2 gallons (actually came out at 2.7 gallons)

  • 3 qts dandelion flowers (heads only, remove as much green as possible.)
  • 2.5 lbs honey
  • 3 lemon (zest and juice)
  • 2 oranges (zest and juice)
  • 1 gallon water (sugar takes up some volume)
  • Yeast
Vida collecting dandelions Field of dandelions The harvest
Grated zest The boil Delicious liquid
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