Banana wine

[johncrobinson]

Although we are talking wines here It seems for beer brewers the subject of chlorine in brewing water is of major importance.

Yes you can,You don't need the campden with bottled water.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Although we are talking wines here It seems for beer brewers the subject of chlorine in brewing water is of major importance.

Yes you can,You don't need the campden with bottled water.

Excellent! Thanks!

 

[johncrobinson]

I see no one has replied to subtle duck about bottle use so i will give it a go.

About 25yrs ago i had unlimited access to champagne bottles to produce sparkling wine.
Times and circumstances have changed so now i have to recycle beer bottles or buy PET from the homebrew store.
The result is nothing like the same as the carbonation pressure is so,so much lower.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

So my yeast (CML orange yeast) has smashed through the banana wine to dryness in 5 days! Will insert pictures below. I have a lot of sediment though. Is this normal? I did try to filter the best I could before I put in the yeast. It was 9L of sediment at first but now a couple of hours later it’s 4.5L. Going to hope it’ll settle out to a lower level so I don’t lose too much product.

 

[user 39926]

re:Sediment. I'd heard this about banana wine, so I added extra bananas and upped the liquid for mine.

Just racked now, not that much sediment, in fact I had some product left over, not that much. It's also still fermenting slightly - it's gone bone dry, so prob off gassing a bit. Anyway, don't have any fermentation vessels about, didn't want to bottle and I don't want to throw stuff away (I hate that).

So that leaves option 3. Drink it. Just had three glasses (small) of rather nice wine - it's got white wine vibes, not much banana.

I'm going to try this again, I've got some ideas for improvement next time.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I ended up with 3L of sediment so got around 9L of product I think (ish). It's very banana-y though and quite orangey as well what with the orange zest and orange yeast I used.

 

[johncrobinson]

Banana wine is well noted for being full bodied indeed it was often added to other country wines to add body
It is lovely though once it has a bit of maturity on it.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Banana wine is well noted for being full bodied indeed it was often added to other country wines to add body
It is lovely though once it has a bit of maturity on it.

I’m very much looking forward to trying it properly in a few months! I want to make more but I’m poor this month

 

[wombatski]

My attempt at Banana wine went to the drain as it was highly potent of solvent and a real burning alcohol sensation so shall have to try again sometime.

This is delicious Banana Wine Recipe

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I'm going to make this again on payday I think. It was soo good last time!

 

[wombatski]

Mine tasted very nice but hardly even a hint of banana. Made a second batch which didn't taste of banana at all.