Radish wine?

[Jericurl]

This weekend I'll be tearing out a large portion of my summer garden and planting my fall/winter items.

I plant black spanish radishes and I'm wondering if I should plant a few more than usual to harvest and make into wine.
These are the radish I plant.

 

[pjd]

Jericurl, I don't want to discourage you from trying anything. that being said, I remember when I started this hobby I wanted to ferment everything. now I only want to ferment something I wish to drink. It takes the same amount of work to produce a wonderful Shiraz or Zinfandel as it does to produce something that likely will be used for cooking if your lucky or something that will be dumped. I would plant strawberries or blackberries and then really have something to ferment into wine. The radishes might be good fermented with sauerkraut.

 

[Jericurl]

Ahhhh, yes. Sauerkraut, my other love! lol.

Yes, I'm already going to be planting a fair amount to ferment with kraut and peppers.
It was just a curiousity that I wanted to see if anyone had explored.
I know that some radish and beets can be rather high in sugar content and was more curious than anything.

 

[pjd]

wow! radish, cabbage and peppers, hopefully hot peppers fermented into a kraut! it cant get much better than that!

 

[Jericurl]

It is absolutely delicious but it will light you on fire!

 

[pjd]

What peppers do you use?

 

[jamesngalveston]

you can ferment almost anything... you should draw the line somewhere.
if you want saur kraut wine, drink the juice, its all ready fermented.
your a very new wine maker that does not have the whole picture in a frame, yet you want to take on the fruits/vegetables that almost no one use....good luck to you.
maybe you will be the only to drink, i do not know.
arent you the person with having trouble with prickly pear.
good luck...again./

 

[Jericurl]

arent you the person with having trouble with prickly pear.
good luck...again./

I haven't started it yet, don't jinx me!

Pjd,
I use cowhorn peppers.

 

[cedarswamp]

You wanna try a radish wine, try a radish wine. I'd start with a small batch though.

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