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I have, fermenting awaw, 45 lts of frangipani, 30 lts of apple with celery, 30 lts of passion fruit, 30 lts of rosella and 20 lts of buni. Living in Bali fruit is easy to obtain. A recent success was carrots and ginger.

I've now made Frangipani wine (Plumeria) using 88 and also using 80 flowers for each 5 lts. They are both much better than my original attempt. Now I am about to start making it with 85 flowers. More later!

! Today started 10 liters of passion fruit wine. I have to stop for a while as I've run out of fermentation locks. All my equipment, yeasts and acids have to be bought outside the country - makes it a little difficult at times.

Today I have started a 50 liter batch of mango wine. Sound over the top? Well, a friend arrived yesterday with 22 kgs of mangos from his garden...what is one to do?

Hi, StressBaby - Following your input about Frangipani wine, I have started some with 70 flowers, some with 80 flowers and some with 88 flowers (following your original advice). Give me a few months and I'll report with a comparison.

Snakeskin fruit / frangipani SB, Yes, it is salak. I know that in a couple of small villages they are selling salak wine, but are secretive about their recipe - of course! It's delicious. When I started making frangipani wine, I completey forgot that it is plumeria and so only searched for...

Frangipani wine Thanks for the info and I will certainly check those recipes. I have been experimenting with it since July, 2016 and have made 115 liters in that time - all drunk, mainly by enthusiastic friends. My quantity of flowers has been determined during this time - I have used less...

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Frangipani wine FRANGIPANI WINE Bali has many Frangipani trees, with flowers either yellow or red. My neighbours and I all have the yellow variety and so that is what I use for the wine. There are no published recipes for it, so it has been a matter of trial and error over the last three...

Frangipani Wine I live in Bali - there are frangipani trees everywhere. Last eyar I decided to research the flowers, and found that the stem is not good for humans to use but nothing wrong with the petals - so I made wine from them. No recipe so everything was by trial an Yesterday I collected...

The list of what I have made in the past is too long, so I'll just tell you what I have fermenting right now: Buni berry - 40 lts (makes a great "burgundy" Frangipani flowers - 40 lts Rosella - 20 lts Dates - 40 lts (makes a great "port") 2nd run on the same dates - 40 lts (similar to muscadine)...

I live in Bali, Indonesia. Most days of the year are around 95F and the interior of my house is rarely cooler than 70F. I use 20 lt food grade plastic carboys. My only rule about temperature is that nothing will be in the direct sunlight. All my wines - tropical fruit, some flowers and...