My Dad used to make wine in a glass gallon jug with a baloon on top. Anyway, wife bought a wine recently that reminded me of the stuff dad used to make and i thought about making it myself. Any of you got a recipe using a similar setup? The stuff Dad made would not keep long on the shelf so any advice on storage would be great too. Thanks guys.
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farmalldanzil
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If you Google Balloon wine it will take you a week to read all they have about Balloon Wine. How have a merry-good old time.
4010 puller
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There is a place called E.C. Kraus or Krause that sells equipment/supplies and has plenty of recipes.
The ballon was just an air trap while it is working you need to let the co2 expand but not let air in. I use a carboy depending on how much fruit you have or how much wine you will be making it has a small neck and you can buy a water air trap for about $2 and a rubber cork that will go in the top then you dont have a ballon swelling and well if it breaks you wine could be ruined or at least different that should have been. I don"t know your location but I buy my supplies at Von Klopp Brew shop in Pine Island,MN http://www.pinecheesemart.com/ more ? DJ
I recommend the white predrilled corks over the black ones. They cost a tad bit more, but I think the black ones leave a taste in some types of wine.
EC Krause has a cheap little book that has recipes for every kind of wine that you could imagine. Even onion wine and tomato wine - UGH. They also sell a very well written book (British author) that explains the whole process very well.
The airlock is important. Keeps the fruit flies out.
Paul
EC Krause has a cheap little book that has recipes for every kind of wine that you could imagine. Even onion wine and tomato wine - UGH. They also sell a very well written book (British author) that explains the whole process very well.
The airlock is important. Keeps the fruit flies out.
Paul
olgentdc
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POUND OF SUGAR disolved into a half gallon of grape juice , topped off with water,.
Paul from MI
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Use about 2# sugar per gallon, an actual winemakers yeast(not stuff for bread) and you should have a good wine. I've been doing it for years. There's a lot of other stuff you can get at any winemakers shop to help clarify etc. Usee Camden tablets to sterilize containers and kill stray bacteria.
Making wine is easy. Making [i:b9af806aa9]good[/i:b9af806aa9] wine is a another thing. Most of the "balloon" recipes aren't much better than prison wine. That being said I've made a lot of small batches of wine from grocery store fruit juice that turned out really well. There's a lot more information required to make a nice wine than what can be put into a few paragraphs on a tractor forum. Google "winemaking" and you'll see what I mean.
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