Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Spicy Cinnamon Jolly Rancher Infused Platinum Vodka

One of the really great things about Vodka is that you can infuse it with flavors that are limited only by your imagination.  Vodka infused with freshly ground horseradish root is one of my favorites; however, that is not the recipe I'm going to share with you this go-round, guys.  So, What do you need to start, you may ask.  I highly recommend Platinum Vodka.  It's not very expensive and it's 7X Distilled and it's relatively smooth straight, so it makes a good vodka to start as a basis for this drink.  You'll need 375 mLs for starters, and if you can find it at your local liquor store, you can click on the picture below, which will take you to an online shop that carries it (of course you must be 21 years of age to purchase).


Next of course, you will need some Cinnamon Fire Jolly Ranchers.  I recommend to start mixing 10 Jolly Ranchers to 375 mLs of Platinum Vodka in a glass jar that can be sealed air tight.  Mason Jars make a good mixing container, but you can also use an old Vodka bottle you might have laying around the house.
BallĀ® Regular Mouth Pint Jars with Lids and Bands- Set of 12 (by Jarden Home Brands)

1 Liter Sealable Glass Bottle 

Your Jolly Ranchers will dissolve overnight, if you shake them up a bit every few hours and then just let them sit while you are sleeping and during the day the next day.  One of the great things about doing infusions with Jolly Ranchers hard candies is that there is nothing that needs to be filtered out before you do you bottle your creation.  Now, you can keep your infusion bottled in your Mason Jar, or you can re-bottle it for gift-giving.  Check the flavor first and see if it's what you desire.  If not, you can either adjust by adding more Vodka if the Cinnamon Fire is too potent, or you can adjust by adding more Jolly Ranchers if the Cinnamon Fire flavor is too weak. Depending on how strong you like it, you're infusion will be somewhere between light pink and bright red. If the taste is what you want, then you can bottle in bottles such as these for gift-giving.

17 Oz Sealable Glass Jar


Now that you've tasted your creation and bottled it for gift-giving, here's a suggestion for another infusion to try....................Sour Apple Candy Cane.....................We haven't tried this one yet, so look for a future recipe or if you make it before I get to it, leave a comment with your procedure.



Happy Infusing!!!!!









Tuesday, January 22, 2013

"Complete Illustrated Guide to Homemade Wine"

How to Make Homemade Wine

Homemade Wine Guides - a Review by Paul Clark


Last Updated: 16th April, 2009


Making Homemade Wine is proven to lower your cost, increase your wine enjoyment - and is rapidly becoming a popular hobby of millions. Top quality wines can easily be made with the correct instructions. Free, online instructions have been available for a long time but always leave something out - usually key steps you need

Luckily, the last six months has seen a crop of Home winemaking guides, which show exactly how to make homemade wine yourself - using low cost materials, and with no technical knowledge required.

We decided to sit down and review these new guides - our key criteria were ease-of-use, affordability of materials, and speed of setup.
Overall, we were pleasantly suprised with the results - the guides evidently do work, and if you pick the right guide, you could well be up and fermenting your own homemade wine in a few hours.
We reviewed the most popular 11 wine making guides - only 3 met our criteria:

  • Sizeable Money Savings
  • - make quality wine for $1/bottle or less
  • Fast and Easy Setup - in only a few hours, even for novices

  • Affordable Set-Up Cost (well under $100)


Our Choice
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Home Winemaking

 
Rating

9.8/10

"Still the best Home Winemaking Guide in 2009..."By far the easiest-to-follow guide we came across - our own experience says you should set aside maybe 2 or 3 hours to get fully setup.This is the only guide that assumes absolutely no knowledge of winemaking. Impressively, our email question was responded to in under an hour (although it could take a little longer on weekends), and there is an unconditional 8 week guarantee.Best of all, the equipment required is readily available and cheap - we were able to get access to all the things needed for well under $50(this guide even shows you how to get FREE fruit and grapes). Given that its proven to decrease your cost of wine by almost 90%, you could well recoup your investment in under a week.Making homemade wine works with any type of fruit, grapes, flowers, or even vegatables. Aimed squarely at wine "novices", and still our top pick for 2009.April 2009 Update : there is now a promotion running on the site, and it is temporarily available for $27 instead of $97 - AND, you get access to a big online library packed full of videos and other more advanced wine making information - as such, we recommend ordering sooner rather than later.The Verdict: Fast and easy setup; works for complete wine novices(but excellent for advanced winemakers, too); proven cost savings of up to 90% - our top pick Click Here to Get Access to TheComplete Illustrated Guide to Homemade Wine

Highly Recommended 
2. All Winemaking
Our second pick uses the same information as our top pick - and again, we were impressed by the fast support, money-back guarantee and low setup costs.
The guide includes six bonuses (one of which is lifetime access to the home winemakers newsletter and evena kit decapper, arguably worth the cost of the guide on their own).
All in all, its a great package which means you can be enjoying massive savings for very little, very quickly. So why only four stars?
Well, perhaps we were spoiled by our top pick, but we found the price a little higher - and since cost is so important, we decided to knock off a star.





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