Banana Wine

[Revvy]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f56/revvys-jamaican-spiced-banana-rum-bread-92959/

I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I'm just surprised that people don't use the "new posts" button, it's been an almost constantly bumped thread for the last few days. Everytime I look it's pretty much there. And it's pretty much been the top thread in the cooking section as well. I'm just surprised what folks don't see on here, when it's right up there. That's all....

 

[johnnync]

Thanks revvy

I wasnt being a smart ass.........I coulnt find it.

I keep finding things on this site I never knew was here.

 

[Homercidal]

Dammit. I misread the instructions. I had it in primary for a few days extra, waiting to pick up some raisins. Now I have then and find out that I should secondary them for 2 months first! LOL!

That's the way I roll.

 

[Sirthomas42]

The Wife and I put 5.5 gallons of this on today. It looks like muddy washwater, but it smells AMAZING. My whole house smells like banana bread after simmering almost 20 pounds of bananas on the stove! Can't wait...

...ugh, 1-2 years? This is the worst hobby for me, I have no patience!

 

[Homercidal]

My 1 gallon batch looks so amazing that I'm on the lookout for bananas on sale. Wife doesn't understand why I'd want to make more since I haven't even tasted the first batch yet...

 

[rseckler]

Yooper how long did it take to clear?from Fermentation to Bottle?Was this on the dry side?

 

[Yooper]

Yooper how long did it take to clear?from Fermentation to Bottle?Was this on the dry side?

I can't really remember exactly how long it took. I honestly don't pay much attention and bottle usually in the fall or winter most of the time.

It does finish dry, but you can stabilize it and sweeten it to taste if desired. I don't do many sweetened wines and my preference is a dry table wine.

 

[bubbachunk]

I opened a bottle of my banana mead a couple weeks and it tasted like rotten bananas after nearly 2 years of aging

Maybe I let them get too ripe??

 

[Lute]

I'd love to try this recipe but I don't have golden raisins. I have regular raisins though, would it make a big difference if I used regular raisins instead?

 

[Rowdy]

The dark raisins will give it a brown color

 

[Lute]

And we don't want that. Okay, cool. I'll pick up some golden raisins then. Thanks Rowdy.

And thanks for not chewing me out for "bumping" an old thread.

 

[Rowdy]

No problem. I left mine in golden raisins for a long time and developed a little too much body. However this was my best wine made to date.

 

[wolverinebrewer]

No problem. I left mine in golden raisins for a long time and developed a little too much body. However this was my best wine made to date.

How long is 'too long'? I made up a 1 gal. jug of this on 9/24/11 and racked onto raisins on 11/27 and they are still there. I was planning on leaving them for 4 months.

 

[Rowdy]

Looking back to the posts I had mine on raisins for 9 months.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

This is a noob question, but 2 years is too long to risk not asking, is granulated sugar just white cane sugar? Thanks.

 

[Rowdy]

Correct. Granulated sugar is just standard table sugar.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Homercidal]

My raisins are slowly migrating to the top of the jug. I plan on leaving them in there until they are all up there.

FYI - Walmart had bananas on sale for .39 a lb. the other day, so I got 8-10 bunches. Wife was pissed, but any extras can go in the freezer for banana bread. She couldn't understand why I'd buy more bananas before I've even tasted the first batch. Makes sense once you figure out how little it costs to make and how long it takes to mature!

I want to make a 3-5 gallon batch!

 

[Rowdy]

My next endevour is a 5 gallon batch my one gallon only yielded 3 bottles and was the best wine I have made to date.

 

[Revvy]

My raisins are slowly migrating to the top of the jug. I plan on leaving them in there until they are all up there.

FYI - Walmart had bananas on sale for .39 a lb. the other day, so I got 8-10 bunches. Wife was pissed, but any extras can go in the freezer for banana bread. She couldn't understand why I'd buy more bananas before I've even tasted the first batch. Makes sense once you figure out how little it costs to make and how long it takes to mature!

I want to make a 3-5 gallon batch!

How long has yours been with the raisins? It's been 2 weeks or more for mine, and they're still on the bottom. Mines a 2.5 gallon batch.

 

[Rowdy]

Mine was like a Galileo Thermometer for the first couple weeks then they all settled out I chopped half and the rest went in whole.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I have everything ready to start, one last (probably not last) question:


Is Brewcraft Wine Tannin (Hydrolized Gallotannin) the same as grape tannin?

Thanks.

 

[Yooper]

I have everything ready to start, one last (probably not last) question:


Is Brewcraft Wine Tannin (Hydrolized Gallotannin) the same as grape tannin?

Thanks.

Is it powdered? I use powdered tannin, from LD Carlson. But the hydrolized stuff might be fine- I just have no idea!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Yes, its a powder. I found this additional information on the intra-webs:
Yes there is the difference.
"According to Dr Paul Smith, a chemist at the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) who’s working on tannins, ‘Wine tannins constitute “evolved” grape tannins plus some grape tannins in the same chemical state as they were in the grape.’ Dr Leigh Francis, also of the AWRI, expands on this: ‘Wine tannins are considered more complex than grape tannins due to the various chemical reactions that occur during winemaking and storage'

Further reading in some wine-making forums, it seems that they are close enough for homebrewing wine. (homemaking wine?). Since my LHBS only had this, I'm going to use it. I'll let you know how it works out in two years

As always, thanks for the reply Yooper!

 

[ashfatboy]

yeah banana wine is awesome, it was made commercially in tanzania when i was there. was around 9% alcohol and cost about 10p(20cents) a bottle.

Like!

 

[ashfatboy]

Inspired! Now i just need to be in the same place for a coupla years...

Hahah,I thought exactly the same thing!what we should do is make a huge batch and bury it and make a treasure map!!!

 

[tCan]

9%? Mine is >15% right now. Might have left it for too long.... :cross:

 

[WhoDey78]

O.k., I finally broke down and started a 5 gallon batch of this tonight. I wanted to start it a year ago, but am impatient and didn't want to wait two years for it. Now, I would be half-way there. This is my first wine, so hopefully it turns out as good as everyone says!

 

[Sirthomas42]

Your very first wine? Heh, I couldn't have standed making a long term recipe for my first one. Make up a batch of Ed's Apfelwein, you'll be drinking in no time!

 

[WhoDey78]

Your very first wine? Heh, I couldn't have standed making a long term recipe for my first one. Make up a batch of Ed's Apfelwein, you'll be drinking in no time!

I prefer beer over wine, but my wife prefers wine. This helps legitimize my hobby to her. I would like to try some others. Maybe I'll go for the Apfelwein next.

Has anyone ever back sweetened this wine? Results?