8 years making wine time to try Smoking

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sbws

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May 1, 2017
4
10
Berwick, PA
Hi everyone.  Been on here looking around and seems like a great bunch of people and a lot of knowledge.  I learned so much about wine making on forums just like this, so I'm hoping to pick up a few pointers as a newbie.  Below is a pic of what I'm starting out with.  Cold smoking cheese, seemed to work okay.  I'll know in a week or two.  The soldering iron in the tin can seems to put out good smoke and if I fill it with chips it last about 1 hour. Hose goes into the bottom of the smoker where the drip pan hole is. Temp never went above 75 degrees. Trying to learn cheese before it gets hot here in PA.  Other than that I've done chicken and country style ribs so far.  (In case anyone was wondering, I was covering the soldering iron because it was looking like rain.)

 
Welcome. What kind of winemaking are you in? Grapes, kits?

Like any particular varietals?

Although i am not fond of sweet wines i found that they are the best choice for smoked cheese. That's what my palate tells me, yours might not agree.

I've been making wine too for sometime (with ocasional breaks). Mostly from grapes, juice when i cant get the fruit. Some were fails. Most just ok. The last Sauv Blanc (made from Niagara fresh juice) was outstanding.
 
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Beautiful thing is that you're already used to subtlety in wine making. I also thing cold smoking a tad tougher than the hot smoking of bbq. Low and slow is the only way to go!!
 
I make a few kits a year, mostly the fruit ones.  I grow blackberries and blueberries so I make something from them each year.  This year it was a blackberry port style wine.  I'm thinking sitting around the campfire with some blackberry port and smoked cheese and crackers might make a real good night some weekend.
 
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