"Bob" > wrote in message
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> "Ray Calvert" > wrote in message
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>> Back in '95 we had a bumper crop of dewberries and my wife picked a LOT

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> Always use glycerin once active fermentation has stopped. It will never
> dry out.
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Good advise, about 15 years too late. That is the only time I have ever
done that and if I had never done it I would not have made this discovery or
had this war story to tell.

Oh, I did neglect to say that after I discovered the taste I did fortify it
to 16% to get a better effect. I did not go all the way to 18% showed that
adding that much everclear diluted the taste too much..

Ray