Coconut Brewing

[Dan88]

G'day

I have recently sailed into Tahiti from Cabo, Mexico and am keen to get brewing from local produce. I have been wondering for some time if there is a method for brewing inside a coconut, by drilling a hole, adding required ingredients and sealing it with a water valve, to ferment inside the shell.

AS the island is riddled with coconuts (and many other fruits) and I am rather poor at the moment, I was hoping to set up shop brewing basic wine/spirits on the boat.

Does anyone have any good ideas and or recipies that could be used for the good of the yachtie population???

Dan

 

[Skyforger]

-Pineapple juice (or maybe banana)
-Orange juice
-sugar
-some ginger

Ferment inside a coconut.

The sheer tropical-ness will blow people's minds.

Also, what local produce is readily available? I can only make educated guesses as to your options.

 

[maddprofessor]

I did see a thread about brewing inside a pumpkin...

 

[Skyforger]

Colonists used to make 'beer' out of the juice of roasted pumpkins, before they got around to planting barley fields.

But that could be awesome for halloween - just jam a straw into a pumpkin, and drink pumpkin ale! I'd have to be flat, though.

To the OP: you could serve whatever concoction you come up with in a similar way, whether or not you end up actually fermenting inside a coconut. Just drill a hole, replace the milk with homemade wine or beer, and serve with a straw.