LJPelletier
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So I was reading about some of the pumpkin wines this morning, and got thinking... I had a can of pumpkin sitting in my cupboard that I was never going to make pie with. Maybe I'd try making a tiny batch of pumpkin wine... after all, I have a 1 Gal carboy and air lock, just sitting there. So...
I got in my kitchen and decided I would add some apples too, as I only had the one can of pumpkin. Took 4 bruised apples, and a pear from my fridge. Cut away all the peels and seeds... then I chopped it all up, put it in a blender, and liquified it with a bit of water. At this point, I decided I was also going to use up the last over ripe banana I had sitting on my kitchen counter... blended it with some water too. Dumped it all into a clean 5Gal bucket. Took the pumpkin, and blended it with water too, so everything would be liquid.
I then took a kettle of boiling water, and poured it over the liquid fruit mixture. Then added another gallon or so of hot water and stirred it up. I then added the potassium bisulphite, pectic enzyme, and tartaric acid.
Next, I took about 10 cups sugar, added some lime juice, and some hot water... stirred until disolved. Added to 5 Gal fruit must. Stirred well, took SG reading. Not high enough, so took about another 4 cups sugar, disolved in hot water, and mixed that in. Now the SG reading is 1.100 (potential alcohol 13%).
I also added 1/2 tsp liquid tannin. I will let the must sit overnight. Add 2 tsp yeast nutrients. Pitch Lalvin EC-1118 into 5Gal primary bucket.
My Apple Pear Pumpkin Banana Wine Ingredients
4 apples, peeled and chopped
1 pear, peeled and chopped
1 small ripe banana
1 can pumpkin pie mix
2 tsp pectic enzyme
1/2 tsp potassium bisulphate
1 tsp tartaric acid
1 tbsp lime juice
1/2 tsp liquid tannin
about 2 Gal H2O
about 14 cups sugar (brought it up to SG 1.100)
2 tsp yeast nutrients
yeast packet (I'm using Lalvin EC-1118)
I got in my kitchen and decided I would add some apples too, as I only had the one can of pumpkin. Took 4 bruised apples, and a pear from my fridge. Cut away all the peels and seeds... then I chopped it all up, put it in a blender, and liquified it with a bit of water. At this point, I decided I was also going to use up the last over ripe banana I had sitting on my kitchen counter... blended it with some water too. Dumped it all into a clean 5Gal bucket. Took the pumpkin, and blended it with water too, so everything would be liquid.
I then took a kettle of boiling water, and poured it over the liquid fruit mixture. Then added another gallon or so of hot water and stirred it up. I then added the potassium bisulphite, pectic enzyme, and tartaric acid.
Next, I took about 10 cups sugar, added some lime juice, and some hot water... stirred until disolved. Added to 5 Gal fruit must. Stirred well, took SG reading. Not high enough, so took about another 4 cups sugar, disolved in hot water, and mixed that in. Now the SG reading is 1.100 (potential alcohol 13%).
I also added 1/2 tsp liquid tannin. I will let the must sit overnight. Add 2 tsp yeast nutrients. Pitch Lalvin EC-1118 into 5Gal primary bucket.
My Apple Pear Pumpkin Banana Wine Ingredients
4 apples, peeled and chopped
1 pear, peeled and chopped
1 small ripe banana
1 can pumpkin pie mix
2 tsp pectic enzyme
1/2 tsp potassium bisulphate
1 tsp tartaric acid
1 tbsp lime juice
1/2 tsp liquid tannin
about 2 Gal H2O
about 14 cups sugar (brought it up to SG 1.100)
2 tsp yeast nutrients
yeast packet (I'm using Lalvin EC-1118)