Tuesday, November 4, 2008

SAL, COME ON AND GIT OVER HERE!

Our kitchen has turned into a brewery.  Yes, that’s right!  I’ve lost my countertop space for I-don’t-know-how-long.  When my oldest son was small, I used to say that when he became famous he would credit his mother for all the scotch tape she bought for him…then it was for all the twist-ties she gathered for him (even raiding her friend’s hoard)…now it will be (or should be) for all the house-space she gave him.  There’s a basement & garage filled with medieval weaponry, and now a kitchen full of medieval brew.


He has been making MEAD.  The house fills with the smell of yeast for a few days, and the brew bubbles and churns.  Then there’s a period of slowing down, and quiet contemplation until it is bottling time.


I believe this kind has pumpkin in it.

    

This is elderberry wine, resting amongst the bagpipes in his bedroom.


The finished mead product:  Ancient Orange



8 comments:

  1. This is just the sort of thing that warms my heart. Praise God for you and for your son!

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  2. LOL. Look at what I have to look forward to. :)

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  3. The finished product is beautiful! 
    Signed,
    The friendly neighborhood Bleinheim's Ginger Ale provider

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  4. I weep for all the little yeasties that must sacrifice their lives in this most noble endeavor. :p

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  5. Looks very nice in the bottle. Wonder how it tastes.

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  6. How lucky you are !!This loks exciting .
    Love
    michel

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  7. Wow, I bet that's good stuff!  Thanks for the encouragement!

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