Umeshu and other Wine - this Japanese wine has no business being this delicious or the adventures of making a homemade wine.

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Anyway, for the uninitiated, Umeshu is a type of Japanese liquor, which is made by sake, plums and rock sugar. what I love about this wine is that it is so delicious and really smooth taste. you can barely taste the alcohol. it is quite different from the Korean plum wine because the Korean uses sochu which is distilled rice wine, while Umeshu uses sake which is a fermented rice wine.
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I have been addicted to this liquor since I have tasted it years ago and been buying it ever since. and the dangerous thing about it is, it is so good and smooth that you are basically drinking juice, and you're getting hammered but don't notice it.

Anyway, I am actually getting tired of buying expensive Umeshu which is sold here for 30 USD, where it should be 15 USD. Fortunately, I saw some plain 2 liter sake for only 5 USD. So, I had a brilliant idea, how about I make my own Umeshu, I mean how hard can it be??

so I bought some sake, and rock sugar, and for the plums, unfortunately, I can't get any Japanese plums, but I found a suitable substitute with plum-apricot hybrid fruit. So, i filled a bottle with the plums, rock sugar and sake and let it sit for 3 months.

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so, here it is, after three months. it is delicious, but still a far cry from those umeshu that are store bought, probably because I didn't seal it properly and because i used plum-apricot hybrid instead of real japanese plums.

anyway, what are your experiences in making your own homemade wine and wine recommendations
 
I've never really had the opportunity to get into bootlegging. Though I suspect I'd probably be making moonshine rather than knockoff Japanese Jesus juice if I did.
 
I don't drink wine. Personally, I dislike 99% of all wines.
The best champagnes are drinkable (to me)
I can drink sake - served hot as intended.
I enjoy cider and mead.
I personally enjoy and brew my own beer - I prefer to follow the German Beer Purity Law from the 1500s.
My beer beats the shit out of poser 'microbrews'. I am SO sick of Grainy flavor in every god damn microbrew. THAT'S A BREWING FLAW.
Also, fuckers that make brews that taste licorice-y every batch piss me off. ONLY TOAST GRAINS IN DARK ALES.
 
Umeshu can be good, but is generally Barefoot-tier. If you want to save money, buy actual wine. A decent Moscato, Riesling, or Lambrusco will be just as sweet and tasty for >$10, and won't involve you drinking that prison-alcohol looking concoction.
 
BillionBisonBucks said:
Umeshu can be good, but is generally Barefoot-tier. If you want to save money, buy actual wine. A decent Moscato, Riesling, or Lambrusco will be just as sweet and tasty for >$10, and won't involve you drinking that prison-alcohol looking concoction.
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Can confirm. European and South American imports tend to have a more reasonable price to quality ratio than weeb imports. Though I personally prefer dry wines to sweet ones.
 
Alex Krycek said:
I brewed a Kolsch over the summer at my roommates dads place. Came out pretty good.
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Awesome dude. Kolsch is one of my all time favorites! Did you try to match the mineral profile of the water? (advanced technique - not many people do) .
Anyway, brew on!
 
Orange Rhymer said:
Awesome dude. Kolsch is one of my all time favorites! Did you try to match the mineral profile of the water? (advanced technique - not many people do) .
Anyway, brew on!
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Unfortunately no. I just used good old fashioned distilled. The guys dad does a few brews every year but this was my project, I’ll have to bring it up to him next time he has a batch planned.
 
BillionBisonBucks said:
Umeshu can be good, but is generally Barefoot-tier. If you want to save money, buy actual wine. A decent Moscato, Riesling, or Lambrusco will be just as sweet and tasty for >$10, and won't involve you drinking that prison-alcohol looking concoction.
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ScamL Likely said:
Can confirm. European and South American imports tend to have a more reasonable price to quality ratio than weeb imports. Though I personally prefer dry wines to sweet ones.
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Would like to do that, but fancy wines costs at least 40 USD unless its like the garbage red wines that sells for 10 USD.

On the other hand, I don't just want to buy a bottle of gin for 1 USD and mix pomelo juice on it. I think I am past the days of drinking just to get drunk.
 
huckbeine said:
Would like to do that, but fancy wines costs at least 40 USD unless its like the garbage red wines that sells for 10 USD.
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We're not talking about fancy wines, there's a decent amount of stuff in the $8-$15 range that's a lot better than you'd think it is. You just have to browse a bit to find it.
 
I say this as a self professed alcoholic:

Wine is for faggots and soccer moms.
 
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