Just a bit of praise

[Nathan Flaminio]

I'm a relatively new player, so I don't know the entire history of who did what, but just wanted to say to whoever came up with the idea of the fruitpress and the juicing/alcohol making processes, you are a genius! I can't express to you enough how much I enjoy this aspect of the game. It satisfies something in me that I didn't even know I desired. I have many barrels of wines and ciders, and have recently started making brandies as well. I don't know why this feels as good as it does, but thank you so much for including it in the game! 

If you ever find yourself in central Wisconsin, I'll take you out for a couple of Brandy Old Fashioneds.  

[LadyWYT]

You should try Expanded Foods, if you haven't yet. One of the things it adds is actual wine bottles, wine racks, wine barrels, and wine aging.  Use with Wildcraft for even more beverage-making fun!

12 minutes ago, Nathan Flaminio said:

If you ever find yourself in central Wisconsin, I'll take you out for a couple of Brandy Old Fashioneds.  

Does it come with those legendary cheese curds?

[Nathan Flaminio]

I've been planning to add that, but it sounds like there may still be some compatibility issues. I'm not sure if it will cause any conflicts with my other mods. 

Cheese curds are a must! One of my favorite places near here also makes an excellent smoked Gouda and a Salsa Jack with a tremendous amount of flavor.

[regex]

My first priority after finding lead is creating a distilling setup, preferably two. My current world seed has tons of pear trees in my area and I've set up an area for six of them, three already vernalized in this first winter. Gonna be a wild summer.

[CastIronFabric]

3 hours ago, Nathan Flaminio said:

I'm a relatively new player, so I don't know the entire history of who did what, but just wanted to say to whoever came up with the idea of the fruitpress and the juicing/alcohol making processes, you are a genius! I can't express to you enough how much I enjoy this aspect of the game. It satisfies something in me that I didn't even know I desired. I have many barrels of wines and ciders, and have recently started making brandies as well. I don't know why this feels as good as it does, but thank you so much for including it in the game! 

If you ever find yourself in central Wisconsin, I'll take you out for a couple of Brandy Old Fashioneds.  

I wish Expanded Foods was working for the new versions. Not because of the wine but because of all the other things you can horde like peanut butter

Edited January 17 by CastIronFabric

[Nathan Flaminio]

22 hours ago, regex said:

My first priority after finding lead is creating a distilling setup, preferably two. My current world seed has tons of pear trees in my area and I've set up an area for six of them, three already vernalized in this first winter. Gonna be a wild summer.

We have four going in a new room next to our alcohol cove, built into a mountainside with a giant smiley face on it, lol. 

I must have gotten really lucky with my spawn location, the amount of berry bushes and fruit trees in our area is immense. I spent a lot of time collecting various cold weather fruit trees and bushes, and I think we have 29 Pink Apple trees, around 20 Pear, maybe 8 Cherry, and several Yellow and Red Apple (I should go count how many of each we have). Most of them produced (a LOT of) fruit after the first winter. We also have a few Peach trees, but none of those produced any fruit this year. Hoping those come in after this next winter. I've gone back to the original trees, which have since regrown, and taken more cuttings back to our base. We'll have enough fruit to feed an army next year, lol. 

For berry bushes, we have five of our ponds in our immediate area completely encircled with a different bush at each. I can harvest enough of each type to make a barrel of brandy (1600 berries, or handfuls of berries is how I like to look at it, 25 full stacks), with plenty left over for pies, porridges, and jams. 

This next summer is going to be insane!