Question about a possible new recipe

[MedPretzel]

Hi.





I'm thinking about making a potato-banana wine (just a gallon) to use to top up or to enhance my "blah" wines. Potato is good for topping up because it takes on the taste of other wines. Banana is good for body. What do you think??





THanks!

 

[Hippie]

Sounds good to me.

 

[MedPretzel]

You think my thinking is correct? It seems too easy!!!!

 

[Hippie]

Sure, just boil the tators and use the juice from them and mash the bananas and put into a bag during fermentation for lots of tannin extraction.

 

[MedPretzel]

I'm gonna start that tomorrow. I will keep you posted.

 

[Hippie]

OK. Waiting......

 

[MedPretzel]

I started it today. It does not show promise, because the potato part of the recipe stinks like &^%$.... Iam not happy with it, but it's just at the beginning. I hope that over time the smell will calm down.

 

[Hippie]

You should take pics every time you start a wine and after it is racked to glass, and post them. Then you will be Queen of finevinewines forum.

 

[MedPretzel]

It's a one-woman show here, so it's kind of hard to rack and take decent pics at the same time. I don't want to be queen -- just like to help people where I can.

At least I try.

 

[Hippie]

No,I mean take the pic after it is in the carboy.

 

[MedPretzel]

Yes, I will do that sometime today. It's such a rainy day here, so not much to do than... MAKE WINE! heehehe

 

[Hippie]

I hear ya. I can't think of a better way I would rather use a rainy day, other than sleep, but that's overrated.

 

[MedPretzel]

Well, fermentation took off overnight. It seems to be doing well. The smell went away, and it smells vomity, so everything is on track. I will transfer to the glass jug when it hits 1.040 or so.

 

[Hippie]

It smells vomity so everything is on track......


Alrighty then......

 

[MedPretzel]

Oh, the smell of fermentation reminds me always of vomit -- that slightly acidic smell. If I smell it in my wines, either someone puked in them (very off track), or they're fermenting (i.e. right on track)....

 

[Hippie]

OK. I love the smell of fernenting wine. Every time, even the Rotgut smelled good while fermenting.

 

[MedPretzel]

Gosh, I can't believe I'm writing this, but I never said the smell of fermenting wine is bad.

 

[Maui Joe]

Vomit, good or bad in smell?

 

[RAMROD]

Different strokes for deferent folks lol.

 

[Maui Joe]

What ever melts your butter!