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After watching Scuba's thread on a $5 wine, and feeling a bit inspired I set off to the store to try my hand at a bargain basement wine. Perusing the isle's , I came a cross the fruits..bananas, over ripe, $1 a bag.
Now I've used banana's to add body, never as the base. Knowing there isn't allot of flavor to be had there I knew I needed a few kickers in the must to make it palatable..maybe. I got three bags of bananas, about36 in all, very ripe. Scourging the cabinets back home, I came across two forgotten cans of cherries, in they go! A Cinnamon stick, in it goes! Found I hadfour bags of wine raisins left, three red and one white...in they go!
Brought the bananas up to a boil, most recipes I found used this method, then simmered for about twenty minutes. Poured the liquid into the fermenter, wrapped the fruits up in a straining bag and in they went.
Added the raisins, cherries, cinnamon stick, brought the SG up to 1.85 using brown sugar. Figured the molasses may add a little flavor to this bargain basement must.
Pitched the yeast on 12/27, racked it this A.M.
As I expected, there is going to be allot of sediment dropped out of this one, so another gal of water, cup of brown sugar, and doing a second run on the fruit to make a top up batch.
Who knows, maybe there will be something worth drinking here, if nothing else, Scuba has shown that in this hobby, anything is possible, even making a wine with very little investment!
Total cost to me, not counting what I already had, $3...count it all, maybe $8-$9.
Brought the bananas up to a boil, most recipes I found used this method, then simmered for about twenty minutes. Poured the liquid into the fermenter, wrapped the fruits up in a straining bag and in they went.
Added the raisins, cherries, cinnamon stick, brought the SG up to 1.85 using brown sugar. Figured the molasses may add a little flavor to this bargain basement must.
As I expected, there is going to be allot of sediment dropped out of this one, so another gal of water, cup of brown sugar, and doing a second run on the fruit to make a top up batch.
Who knows, maybe there will be something worth drinking here, if nothing else, Scuba has shown that in this hobby, anything is possible, even making a wine with very little investment!