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What yeast did you use for the banana to get 14%

Cheers mate, Banana plants are like weeds here, all are wild and organic,. I have made 2 batches of orange as they are also cheap and plentiful. Im just looking at ideas for my next batch. I have bought a 7.9 gallon fast fermenter from amazon and want to try it.

Do you have a recipe for making the banana wine using the peels ? Thanks

Hi Ron, Yes you are spot on, Several items i had to buy on amazon US and shipped in. Which makes them expensive. But this can be reduced with bulk to a certain degree. I also buy yeast etc (Small size items) When i am visiting family in Scotland and take them back with me. (I have been planning...

Hi I am George, I am a Scottish expat living in North Sumatra, thought i would start making wine with my spare time as fruit is very plentiful and very cheap here. (Wine is also expensive)

Thanks mate..

Hi, Did you try the Amylase enzyme ???

Thank you very much for you advise, still a learning game. What would you suggest i use to lower the acidity ?

I am still concerned about the PH. Do you think that it is too acidic at PH 2.75 ??

The must SG was 1.120 at the start, Now it is 1.060 . Actually i based this on the fact that the air trap was not bubbling, However, i was going to put in a yeast starter and when i took the lid off the fermenting bucket i noted that it was still bubbling away. So i changed the air trap. It is...

Guys, my new batches, 5 gallons of orange is going great, just racked it 2 days ago into carboy. My apple wine however, when i racked it and fitted an air lock, there is no gas escaping now. The must SG was 1.120 at the start, Now it is 1.060 . Looks like the fermenting has stopped or nearly...

hhahha, Some things are cheap and others are crazy priced. Try 320,000 USD for a toyota landcruiser. , Crazy.

Update so far, there was no drop on the SG for a week, so i decided to bottle the wine with no sweetening. We actually tried 2 bottles . 1 with palm sugar and 1 with honey.. but was a bit too sweet. So we bottled the rest as is. The reading on the refractometer was 10% not sure what that is...

Hope the potassium sorbate turns up today. Then i will add and take a final SG reading. Bottled 3 bottles to see if any increase in pressure 3 days ago. No fizz as of yet, I also ordered a PH meter and refratometer. which i will also take readings for interest. My wife and I drank a bottle last...

Carlos rossi 4 litres we can buy in the city but it is $150 US a bottle. Wine is expensive here.

OK, Managed to get some potassium sulphate from Jakarta, excellent. Do you know if back sweetening with 100% palm sugar would be ok ?

hahha, Yes, i dont think mine will last that long either, Another quick one for you mate, if you dont mind. How much potassium sorbate do i need per litre ?

When you say potassium sorbate do you mean Campden tablets? Also should i mix the sugar into the wine and leave it for a while in case their is any settling before bottling? I have 2 plastic fermenters that i can use for my next batch, so can wait a month or so before bottling if required.

I think i will wait another week, then look at bottling it, As i want to start another batch now i have learnt alot of lessons. and as i said ingredients here are very cheap. Can i use sugar before bottling to sweeten it a bit ???

yes, almost 5 weeks now, ,