Looking at the calendar today I realized it’s May! Oh, how the time fly’s by. We had many events in the party room this winter. We had all our dinners (Friendsgiving, Bacchus Christmas, 2 Harry Potter, Valentine’s, and Italian) we hosted vow renewals, birthday parties, wedding showers, rehearsal dinners and so much more. November through[…]
Brewmaster’s Blast Been brewing up a storm this summer. Got a number of new beers coming on line shortly or just recently. The Spinner Strawberry Belgian Ale is back. Made a Farmhouse Lager similar to the Pegasus. Think Pegasus with a more tart finish. And, I just finished the Torpedo Bomber Wet/Green Hop American[…]
Winemaker’s Musings Sep 2017 What a summer! Harvest is now well underway and will be done in just 3 weeks. Fairly typical. But, the way we got here was anything but ordinary. We had our most successful Blues Festival of all time and sold out the venue requiring us to turn away hundreds. Then,[…]
Wow. Just pumped the reds out of the barrel today and sampled them…. Wow… My friends. This is the best Chambourcin I have ever tasted., and that is before I have even filtered it! Amazing. Most of you know I seldom if ever brag about a wine, but this one is special. I would call[…]
Well, we just went through half of our beer in one day during the Blues Festival. What an event. Nearly two thousand attended. I think we handled it fairly well, except for about an hour where the lines got longer than I would like. We will keep on working on our service for these[…]
Winding down peak season now. It was hard to keep up with beer demand this summer with our brewing system, and the fact that I love lagers which take 4 times longer to make, therefor tying up tank space on me. Just got done brewing a pumpkin beer. It was an “interesting” experience as the[…]
Interesting season we had here at Soaring Wings. Good heat, but a bit too much moisture. We worked our butts off to get it right though. Overall impressions are the semi-sweet to sweet wines will be killer good. The dry wines, good to excellent. The jury is still out as they are all in the[…]
Winemaker’s Musings What a spring! The vines are looking great. We are seeing the largest and best growing crop in several years. As most of you know the last couple years have been a bit lean. We began a new foliar fertilization program that targets essential micronutrients the vines need at different parts of it[…]
Brewmaster’s Blast January 2016 As I said before we have a unique beer on tap right now with our Vanilla Porter. We have also added a couple more new ones. Our Holiday/Winter/Xmas ale is amazing. Orange peel, Cinnamon, Black Cherry, and Vanilla, make this beer an amazing addition to your mouth. We will be[…]
Winemaker’s Musings January 2016 Pruning is coming along well. Jimmy and Jeremy have been doing a fine job of it. Will probably plant another experimental ½ acre of some new hybrids form Minnesota. They have very good tannin in them and I am curious how they will do here “down south”! As I said[…]