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Homemade wine

Posted: Apr 3, 2011

Hey my fellow MTs....

Years ago I ran into a man that made homemade wine. He would take grape concentrate and about 7-9 pounds of sugar, yeast and water and mix that up into a 5 gallon container. Then he would take a balloon and rubber band and seal the mixture. He said the balloon would inflate and once it desufflated the wine would be ready..usually a month to a month and a half. I cannot remember his exact recipe, but the wine he made was so good and very very cheap to make. I have been researching the internet and homemade wine is very easy to make, but I cannot find a simple recipe.....most involve a hydrometer and pH or acid tester. Anyone know of any simple steps or recipes or making this homemade wine. I tasted his and it was great and stronger than regular wine you buy at the store. Surely someone out there has a recipe that is simple as there are many different techniques for making wine. This particular wine is called hobo wine by a lot of people. Any info would be appreciated and as an MT...after typing ESL all day....lord knows I need a drink...lol.

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Found this on ehow... - mtmtmt

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This sounds like what you were talking about. Let us know how it turns out - I'd like to try it, too. I guess it would be simple; people have been making wine for thousands of years.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5111415_make-simple-homemade-wine.html

Be careful... - sm

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I thought about it too, as a neighbor and I sit in my driveway every Sunday and drink a bottle while shooting the breeze. It would save a lot of money, however, my old neighbor years ago made his own wine in a bedroom and one of the baloons burst. It ruined his bedroom, carpet, walls, everything in there was destroyed.

Be careful where you put it.

You can get a fairly inexpensive winemakeing kit... - Kendra

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at any home brewing store. My husband makes homemade wine and I do think that the airlock is worth the small price to replace the balloon. It allows air out, but not in, so your wine won't turn to vinegar and you won't have a container of wine explode all over wherever you store it. It is very inexpensive. My hubby made wine with blackberries that we hand picked and it was wonderful. There are a lot of recipes on the net. Good luck!

Thanks for all of your responses....but still stumped on the measurements for a 5 gallon container a - Old School MT

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I have looked at the different kits and they do have some good ones available. Air locks are very easy to make, the only thing you need is something to allow the air/pressure to slowly escape, while not allowing any to get in. I have heard that it will most definitely turn to vinegar if that happens and of course there is also the contamination factor. I know when using a balloon to place a couple of tiny prick holes in them and when they inflate it keeps them from bursting. Otherwise, you will have one hell of a mess lol. I plan on buying a couple of car boys, they are like 5 gallon containers and making big batches, so Im just wondering how much yeast it would take in a batch that size. I was also told to use a champagne yeast that you can purchase at any liquor store because they produce a bit of carbonation. I have heard of people just using regular yeast, but the rumor is that your wine can also come out tasting like dirty socks with regular baking yeast. What I need to do is take a simple recipe like the one above and multiple that by five for the size container I will be using. The only thing I am unsure of is how much yeast I would need for a 5 gallon container. Also I am getting the carboys because I hear that when you make wine in a glass container it does not absorb the flavor of the plastic. Any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance....

My hubby has always used the carboy... - Kendra

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He used wine yeast that he bought for the last batch, but also made a batch just using the natural local yeast that exists on the blackberries. I actually liked the first batch (natural) better. It had a good flavor, but you probably can't do that if you are using grape juice from concentrate. It has been great for us. After stabilizing the wine after fermentation, he usually sweetens half of the batch and leaves half of it dry. His wine is amazing and we always take a bottle if someone invites us for dinner. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out--perhaps I'll get him to try a grape juice batch. :D

There is also a recipe on this page and some feedback - Kendra

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on how it turned out.

http://brewersroundtable.com/welchs-grape-juice-wine-recipe-works-great-t493.html

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