{"id":982,"date":"2017-01-14T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T15:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/?p=982"},"modified":"2017-01-14T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T15:38:24","slug":"update-retrospective-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/update-retrospective-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Update-Retrospective Addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my most recent post, I neglected to provide an update on the specifics of a nocino comparison experiment. In 2015, I decided to compare nocino made with three different infusion media: grappa, brandy, and red wine. In early 2016 I made the three different infusions the basis for a Kingdom Arts & Sciences project. \u00a0Over the course of 2016, I had many individuals taste the 3 different infusions as well as the “original” vodka-based nocino.<\/p>\n

Why red wine? In Nocino Part IV<\/a>, I speculated that prior to the widespread use of distillation procedures, nocino may have been made with a common beverage such as wine. \u00a0Many medicinal remedies in the Middle Ages were wine-based. \u00a0So, I chose a generic red wine as one of my infusion media.<\/p>\n

The results of many tastings were interesting. \u00a0I don’t have actual “data” but tasters overwhelmingly thought the red wine infusion was desirable. Some tasters mentioned the lower alcohol content as a major factor in their preference for the wine-based nocino. \u00a0Others suggested that the red wine complimented the flavors of the green walnuts. \u00a0A few people also expressed a liking for the brandy-based nocino over the “traditional” vodka-based infusion. \u00a0So, it appears as if the wine-based nocino is a clear “winner” over distilled media infusions.<\/p>\n

When my 2016 shipment of Persian walnuts arrived at my home I was off to Lilies War. \u00a0My lady Simone (Lady Solange de Grimfells in the SCA) constructed three different batches of nocino: vodka, brandy, red wine. \u00a0Instead of white refined sugar we used dark brown sugar. We are anxious to give this batch a taste in the near future.<\/p>\n

One of my goals that still remains to be fulfilled is the “oaking” experiment that I mentioned in Nocino IV<\/a>. That one will have to wait until after my retirement in May 2017!<\/p>\n

Cheers!!!<\/p>\n

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Nocino – June 1<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my most recent post, I neglected to provide an update on the specifics of a nocino comparison experiment. In 2015, I decided to compare nocino made with three different infusion media: grappa, brandy, and red wine. In early 2016 …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,8,13,10,17],"tags":[30,23,28,24],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brewing","category-cordials","category-history","category-nocino","category-walnuts","tag-digestif","tag-green-walnuts","tag-unripe-walnuts","tag-walnut-liqueur"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5IN7p-fQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":986,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socpsy.com\/casks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}