Help me with ideas on Banana-Peach wine...

[starsfan]

Hello everyone! So, I have never made wine before and I am about to make my first Wine Expert shiraz kit....but as I am doing that I also want to start a banana/peach wine.

I am hoping for some of you experienced folks to help me achieve my goals as I do have a few things that I am trying to accomplish.

So aside from just banana and peach, I also want to have a hint of vanilla flavor...and I also want to have a hint of brown sugar /molasses flavor. obviously I want the fruit to be forward...and I am looking for something that is sweet but not sickening sweet....and hopefully I will have a decent abv% but not rocket fuel by any means.

I have yet to see where someone used Vanilla extract in a wine, or brown sugar....so I am perplexed at how I get these flavors to come through in the wine.

So I thought you guys might have some ideas for me. I am wanting to make a 6gal. batch....so please help me come up with a plan/recipe to accomplish this goal! ;-)

Thank you,
Steve

 

[fabrictodyefor]

Wow, you are jumping in head first with the peach/banana! Hopefully someone who has made something similar will come on here and give you some advice. Never have done peach yet. The only advice I would have would be on the vanilla....I would use a vanilla bean or two after fermentation in the secondary. good luck with it

 

[starsfan]

Wow, you are jumping in head first with the peach/banana!

Yeah, I tend to like just jumping in and getting myself in a whole lot of trouble! LOL

;-)

in my head, this wine taste AMAZING!!! we shall see.....

Steve

 

[Wolfe]

Hi Steve,

I'm going to start a Peach/Banana next month and found a Jack Keller recipe here

http://winemakermag.com/2-10-can-t-miss-country-wine-recipes

I was going to use this as a base and maybe add some caramelised or burnt honey, having read some interesting posts in the mead section.

Might be worth a look

Cheers

Dean

 

[jh0330]

have you ever thought of adding oak to your wine?
this adds a bit of vanilla-like flavour