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So recently I wasted three entire packets of ec-1118 on a one gallon batch of cranberry wine, it just wouldn't start I belive to the acidity level, I ended up pitching two packets lol that didn't work, so I tried using a starter and that worked. Anyways I have three packets of Ec-1118 invested...

Just make sure to wash them REALLY REALLY REALLY well because especially if there not the organic kind pesticides are a big issue on the peels.

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I made mine with the banana peels and the fruit themselves I made sure to buy the organic kind of banana and washed them very well, I also used raisins for body

Does the banana flavour really come through in yours after a year and a half?

How long are you planning on letting this age a year or two?

Wow that's a lot of bananas, did you use raisins at all or any other type of fruits? What yeast did you use?

Lol lets get this thread rolling again! I woke up this morning and remembered I had 3 1/2 pounds of cranberrys I had gotten for 6 dollars from a Walmart reduced rack. I also remembered I had a can of cranberry frozen concentrate (Minute Maid) in my freezer I said why not let's make wine! My...

Wow that's crazy, how many pounds of bananas did you use and you must of lost a lot of wine on the first racking, what did you use to top it off again when you racked it?

Thanks much ten80, I did notice slot of fruit looking pulp boiling when I put it into the secondary, that is what I assumed I just haven't seen so much from my blueberry wine.

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I'm currently in the process of making a banana wine and it's currently in a secondary fermentation, I'm not sure what a contamination looks like in secondary, so I just wanted an opinion if it was a contamination or not. I smelled the top of the airlock and it smells fine to me but what do I...

Yea I'm just not sure if it's going to turn out to be a old Milwaukee or a Heineken yet it's should have a strong peach flavour in theory though

I was thinking of making a 5 gallon batch of wine using a 100 ounce can of clingstone peachs, the peachs have no preservatives added besides vitamin C. On top of these peachs I was going to add 10-15 cans of Minute Maid frozen peach concentrate which also has no preservative besides vitamin C...