Dorothy Wise

Home Made Country Wines - Beer, Mead and Metheglin Dorothy Wise

This classic book contains a detailed guide to making homemade and country wines, beers and meads, with information on tools and equipment, ingredients, techniques, common problems and pitfalls, and many other related aspects. Written in simple language and full of helpful tips, this book constitutes a must-read for the novice enthusiast, and is not to be missed by collectors of such literature. Contents include: "Wine Making", "Beer Brewing", "Some Useful Facts and Figures", "Wine Vocabulary", "Wine-Making", "Competition and Exhibition", "Home Brewed Beer and Cider", "Mead and Metheglin", "Wine Recipes", "A Few Ancient Recipes", etc. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly hard-to-come-by and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on winemaking.