Fruit

Summertime Fruit Liqueurs

Summertime Fruit Liqueurs

Sweet liqueurs from ume, loquat, rhubarb, plums, and other local fruit.

Tepache

Tepache

sweet, tart, and funky naturally fermented pineapple beverage.

Velocipede Vin d'Orange

Velocipede Vin d'Orange

Wine infused with sour oranges, sugar, and vanilla bean, then aged 6+ months.

Ardennes Friend

Ardennes Friend

Strange, strong (10% ABV) beers brewed with caramelized invert sugar and Belgian yeast and aged with chunks of toasted oak and stonefruit.

West of Wallonia

West of Wallonia

Grisette-style beer (low-alcohol wheat beer brewed with saison yeast).

Pluomeshu

Pluomeshu

Umeshu is made from tart unripe ume, sugar, alcohol, and time. I've made it several times over the years, but my favorite variant used a different stone fruit.

Wild-fermented Cider

Wild-fermented Cider

Raw cider fermented without added yeast or sugar-- still, cloudy, and tart.

Small Batch Cider

Small Batch Cider

Eighty pounds of Adina apples from an Oakland backyard transformed into a dry, sparkling cider.

Cherry Shrub

Cherry Shrub

cherries macerated with sugar and herbs, strained, then mixed with vinegar-- a shelf-stable syrup excellent with sparkling water.

Crazy Cow

Crazy Cow

Milk stout, with caramelized backyard figs added for a secondary fermentation.

Yuzu and Makrut Lime Shrubs

Yuzu and Makrut Lime Shrubs

another favorite shrub batch: oleo saccharums of yuzu and makrut lime.

Strawberry-Peppercorn-Balsamic Shrub

Strawberry-Peppercorn-Balsamic Shrub

strawberries, peppercorns, and balsamic & cider vinegars.

Assorted Citrus Shrubs, Batch 3

Assorted Citrus Shrubs, Batch 3

four new single-citrus shrubs: bergamot, makrut lime, calamansi & lemongrass, meyer lemon & peppercorn.

Blood Orange and Meyer Lemon Shrubs

Blood Orange and Meyer Lemon Shrubs

my first home experiment extracting flavor from fruit with sugar and blending it with vinegar.

Caramel Apple Cider

Caramel Apple Cider

hard apple cider with a hint of caramel