Make Homemade Wine, Cider and Beer From Anything! (Almost). : Get Creative and Use Ingredients From Shops, Gardens, Nature and Your Own Kitchen. Make Homemade Wine the Easy Way.

So, You Want to Make Your Own Wine, Beer, Cider? Excellent. You're in good company. Maybe you've got a garden overflowing with apples. Perhaps you've picked a mountain of blackberries. Or maybe you've reached the slightly more questionable stage of wondering whether parsnips, dandelions or pine needles can become alcohol. Sometimes, Homemade wine making is part science, part art and occasionally a spectacular exercise in bad decision-making. And that's the fun of it! You don't need a vineyard in France, expensive equipment or a degree in fermentation. You need curiosity, patience, a willingness to experiment — and the ability to accept that not every brilliant idea will taste brilliant. This book is your ingredient encyclopedia for the adventurous home fermenter. From familiar fruits and berries to vegetables, flowers, herbs, botanicals and the downright weird, each entry explores what an ingredient can actually bring to an alcoholic drink: Sugar. Acidity. Tannin. Colour. Body. Aroma. Flavour. Some ingredients make magnificent wines. Some are better blended. Some are useful for adding a little character. And some are included because, frankly, someone was going to try fermenting them eventually. So pick an ingredient, start experimenting, keep notes and don't be afraid of the occasional disaster. After all, every winemaker has made a wine that ended up being more suitable for the sink than the cellar. Let's see what you can turn into wine.