Dandelion Wine: An Experiment

[BryWisteria]

@MeganB

It would be a tragedy to go through the hard work you did just to have it turn out not good

Right!?! I was scared - it took hours to pluck all those little yellow petals! What a waste it would be

At least with the blackberry wine it’d only be the ingredients wasted if the batch spoils or comes out bad. It was probably 10 minutes of picking and washing - way less than the dandelions!

@Feathertip

Did everyone agree that the wine missed the mark or did everyone have to fake it?

Luckily they dropped the bottle off so we could taste test it privately! I think our neighbor was giving away the wine because they couldn’t drink it themselves

@Feathertip

We made a strawberry wine twice

That sounds so neat! How did the second batch turn out? If you have tips about fruit wine, I’d be grateful to hear them!

@georgia

I have noticed that the nasty flavor seems to be in the “milk” of the stem.

That’s a good point! I’m glad I did enough research to know to only use the yellow petals (not the green base nor the stem) in the dandelion wine. The wine we got from the neighbor, however, was from grapes, so I’m not quite sure where their batch went astray. A mystery!

@georgia

Thank you for sharing your process!

You’re welcome! I love seeing everyone’s crafts and projects they share here, so I’m happy to share this little endeavor of my own. I’m happy you enjoyed seeing it develop!

@Amethyst

Hopefully, the blackberry wine will be just as good!

Thank you, Amethyst! Hahaha I only had a gallon of this dandelion wine, so it’s not quite enough to give away. If I can perfect a recipe, I’ll consider in investing in more/larger fermentation jugs. Then there should be enough to share!