Bizarre Bannana Wine

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KITH Brewer

Bizarre Bannana Wine

Post by KITH Brewer » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:04 pm

Hi there,
I have often used this forum to search for tips to refine my homebrews, but now I have encountered something that I dont understand.

As an experiment I mixed some stewed bananna puree, sugar and yeast from the bottom of a bottle of homebrew lager.

It fermented constantly and vigorously for about 23 days, after wich I bottled it. Aside from the extremely long fermentation (I have only made beers before) nothing seemed amiss, but every time I open a bottle the cork is propelled across the room. I am slightly concerned there might be a secondary infection, although I sterilised the bottles and all the other apparatus. As it seemed more of a wine I did not add any priming sugar.

Mind you it tastes ok (or at least, is pretty tasteless) :)

So has anyone made a bannana wine like this before? And what were the results?

Cheers

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Re: Bizarre Bannana Wine

Post by trucker5774 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:50 pm

It sounds like it is still fermenting. You could add a campden tablet and give it a good shake to de-gas it.
John

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Re: Bizarre Bannana Wine

Post by KITH Brewer » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:59 pm

Yeah, you are probably right. It just seems crazy that it started fermenting on 12/02/11!
I will give it a good shake and a tablet and leave it for a while.
Cheers for the advice, I was at a bit of a loss ;)

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Re: Bizarre Bannana Wine

Post by trucker5774 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:10 am

KITH Brewer wrote:Yeah, you are probably right. It just seems crazy that it started fermenting on 12/02/11!
I will give it a good shake and a tablet and leave it for a while.
Cheers for the advice, I was at a bit of a loss ;)
That is like a life time to use brewers, but wine makers ferment for years :shock:
John

Drinking/Already drunk........ Trucker's Anti-Freeze (Turbo Cider), Truckers Delight, Night Trucker, Rose wine, Truckers Hitch, Truckers Revenge, Trucker's Lay-by, Trucker's Trailer, Flower Truck, Trucker's Gearshift, Trucker's Horn, Truck Crash, Fixby Gold!

Conditioning... Doing what? Get it down your neck! ........

FV 1............
FV 2............
FV 3............
Next Brews..... Trucker's Jack Knife

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