Banana wine
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fury_tea
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Also peach and scotch bonnet mead. Looking good so far. We’ll see what happens
That stuff is potent! Have you tried it before? I had some (it was a different supplier) and 1 teaspoon in a curry was enough to make my mum cry.
Bless her! I did a test first in some plain water. I've gone with 1/8 tsp in my 11.5L must. Just right and gives a hint of spice which will build. We like very spicy food in our house normally 
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Bless her! I did a test first in some plain water. I've gone with 1/8 tsp in my 11.5L must. Just right and gives a hint of spice which will build. We like very spicy food in our house normally
Good luck with it! I tried my summer fruits mead recently and after a year in the bottle it tastes quite a lot like floor cleaner
Thank you! and oh no that's sad! I'm trying to make tons more stuff than I can possibly drink so that I'm forced to age them a little and then hopefully they'll be nicer. With a bit of luck I won't have the same issue. Fingers crossed.
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I stick mostly to beer and cider these days because I hate waiting 50 weeks to find out it tastes like **** haha.
I'll just age it for another year and see what happens haha
For 1 Gal 2 Kilo peeled banana's, 2 or 3 chopped banana skins,
100 ml grape concentrate.
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1.5 kilo sugar
5 litres boiling water
CML white wine yeast and 1 tsp nutrient
Mash the banana's in boiling water. ( Some recipe's say boil and simmer banana's for 30 minuets ) add lemon juice, sugar, leave for 3 days stirring daily, squeeze as much juice as possible from banana's and transfer to demi adding concentrate, yeast and nutrient. ( CML yeast has nutrient added but I always like to add a bit more)
Banana wine does not alter the taste of other wines when added to give body or . I am waiting for some banana wine to finish to add to some red grape wine I made to add body, also it's a bit rough so it will be interesting to see how it turns out
This is the husband’s toy! 
Quite different to mine but will still turn out great. Banana wine is awesome! I do think the orange zest adds some lovely aromatics though and for my tastes it wouldn't be the same without it.
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That's interesting. I too am forced to make more than I can drink because I just love brewing and experimenting. I've even cut back to half size batches. As soon as this plague leaves us I'm going to have a free beer festival of camping, curry and beer. The three Cs. (beer in latin before you ask).
I'm the same way with brewing and experimenting! I don't think it's any fun copying someone else's recipe like for like! Much more satisfying creating your own. Making mistakes is how you learn as well
And beer in Welsh...
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I don't know if I'm stating the obvious but doesn't lemon curd contain eggs.
It does! I didn't know that! They do ferment eggs on bush tucker trials though
There's nothing wrong with the ferment so I don't see a problem.user 39926
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Just (as of yesterday) started my own batch of banana wine, I think I've got a dodgy seal on the bin - no airlock activity, but after about three hours, plenty of krausen and definite sounds of fermentation. Yeast seems to like banana.
yeah I’ve seen plenty of videos on it and they always go super dry
dates seem to as well.
I wouldn't advise mashing the bananas unless you want a cloudy wine.
Prefer pickled eggs myself and would have no intention of trying a fermented one....It does! I didn't know that! They do ferment eggs on bush tucker trials though
me neither. I dare say my wine won’t taste like those things with the tiny bit of egg powder that’s in the lemon curd I’ve used.
