need help

starting_early · Jul 23, 2009

Hey guys, i'm probably gonna get a lot of haters here, but just bare with me and imagine your 17 making this in your closet

Anyways, i just finished my first batch of wine. i used the welches, sugar and bread yeast in a milk jug method and low and behold it tastes like ****. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice to at least make this a little better. As i said i'm 17 making this in my closet so a $100 wine supplies kit is a little impractical although i am starting to think about it. Does anyone have maybe a recipe that will work in a one gallon milk jug, or some other advice to help me out? ..... i was using a balloon with holes in it for an airlock.

-Thanks

P.S- my parents do know about it, they just don't want me to drink it :ban:

sundowner · Jul 23, 2009

No hate from me. I can relate...I drank some wine from a mason jar when I was 17...

I could give you an easy recipe, but.......well you know

RoastedOak · Jul 23, 2009

making it in a milk jug is a recipe for disaster IMHO. I've seen those milk jugs growing some very interesting molds after sitting for a while.. I remember the old days when milk was delivered in a truck with the old wooden slats.... those trucks STUNK.

I dont' really care that you're 17.. that doesn't bother me a bit, all the more power to ya.. but at least save up a few bucks for a couple of glass jugs, they aren't much and they'll save you a lot of trouble.

jcobbs · Jul 23, 2009

**Have an adult** Put 2 cans Welch's, 2 cups of sugar, and a package of yeast in a 1-gallon jug of bottled water. The clear soda-bottle type plastic, not the milk jug type. The water is already sanitary and the jug won't add any off flavors. Then let it age till you're old enough to drink it, and you'll both be ready by then

What you do is your business--personally I'd kick my kid's behind, but at least this way the only trouble he'd have would be from me and not food poisoning.

gratus fermentatio · Jul 23, 2009

Don't think I'll contribute to the delinquency of a minor. He's 17; mods?

jcobbs · Jul 23, 2009

Please understand that I AM only being tongue-in-cheek. After re-reading my post I'm afraid that doesn't come through. I agree with gratus fermentatio; winemaking, like wine itself, is worth waiting for. I don't let my teenagers drink or make wine and you shouldn't do it either. Laws are there for a reason.

If you're really interested in the hobby, why don't you check out the soda forums and learn to make some really good root beers and sodas? You can impress your friends and all the while you'll be honing your skills for what you REALLY want to do--when it's time.