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i am 3 days into my primary and broke my hydrometer :( so i cannot tell the alcohol content. when i get enough cash to purchase a new hydrometer i will pick up some pectic enzyme but it may be too late. thanks for the pointer

hmmm, well it is an experiment. one that im not super dedicated to but i will see how it goes.

aged for a year in bottles or is that including its 2nd and 3rd fermentations? My experience with Banana wine is YOU MUST use pectic enzyme with it or you will end up with banana jelly floating on the top of the primary. as for pectic enzyme, i am new to wine. does it need to be added...

so i made a banana wine today and had a lot of left over banana mush that i strained out and didnt want to waste (it is really sweet). i added water to this mush and pitched a lallemand nottingham ale yeast in it. im not sure what it is going to taste like but i will leave it on primary for 5...

just placed a banana wine into primary. this is my first venture into wine and i did it because i had a bunch of extra 1 gallon glass bottles. i decided upon banana because its cheap and interesting. i followed this recipe http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/bananawine.htm but changed...

i may be wrong. but isnt cascade a very sweet citrus bittering hop? i think the over tones of a dark chocolate or vanilla will sit well if the alcohol is high enough