Jalapeno Pepper Wine

[xanxer82]

My one gallonn batch is stable and degassed. The lees are falling down down down.
Clearing nicely on it's own already.

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

Anyone got pics to post of theirs?

 

[Runningwolf]

Day three: left fermentation bucket in sink over night and moved this morning to a small tub on the table. Even with the lid laying on it my entire table surface becomes sticky within 3 hours. Fermentation has slowed a bit and sg is about 1.06. The peppers have sunk lower as the raisins have risen. The house no longer has that sweet aroma.

Day one

Day three

Bham, thanks for reminding us

 

[ffemt128]

Checked this AM. Definately appears as though fermention has stopped. I'll transfer to gallon jug tomorrow.

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

Bham, thanks for reminding us

Anytime, Brother.
i am trying to convince SWMBO that this would be a good idea.
i have to gloss over the posts about the smell (though i am happy to know about it myself).
Pictures are a good way to help do that. ("Hey look, a squirrel!" LOL.)

 

[ffemt128]

Anytime, Brother.
i am trying to convince SWMBO that this would be a good idea.
i have to gloss over the posts about the smell (though i am happy to know about it myself).
Pictures are a good way to help do that. ("Hey look, a squirrel!" LOL.)

I'll post some pics of mine after I get it into a gallon jug. It will be a few days. I'll let the lees start dropping....

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

I'll post some pics of mine after I get it into a gallon jug. It will be a few days. I'll let the lees start dropping....

Looking forward to it.

 

[Runningwolf]

Day four: My fermentation appears to have slowed down. I sealed the lid on the primary and inserted an air lock and walked away. BAAM! What the hell was that I thought! I looked back and the white cap on my air lock that is hard to get on, blew right off. It sounded like a fire cracker. Well I was wrong about the fermentation slowing down enough. I removed the lid and gave it another swirl and just layed the lid back on.
Myself and two others sampled this today. It is freaking awesome.Good flavor followed by the heat!

 

[djrockinsteve]

Just ready to start a batch of this wine and a few thoughts had crossed my mind.

Would you add pectic enzyme to help break down the cell structure or would freezing be enough?

Will this must kill my primary for any other musts in the future other than Jalapeno? The glass can be cleaned but what about plastic?

Thoughts????????

 

[ffemt128]

I racked mine to secondary today, the air lock has risen so I guess I was wrong about fermentation stopping. I haven't tasted mine yet. I'll wait til first racking from jug which will be in abt 3 weeks. I'm interested in seeing how this tastes. I'll have to swap a bottle with Runningwolf on one of our trips to Edinboro.

 

[Runningwolf]

Will this must kill my primary for any other musts in the future other than Jalapeno? The glass can be cleaned but what about plastic?

Thoughts????????

What I can tell you Steve is that I read tons of threads and info on this wine and not one person mentioned the issue with the primary. So I feel safe to say this will not be a problem.

 

[djrockinsteve]

Alright I started my Jalapeno wine with thanks to Doug and Dan for the peppers. I picked up some more on the way home and put on my haz mat suit and chopped away. They were potent.

I didn't see the recipe in our recipe sticky so I started with Doug's and altered it a bit. I'll post the details later when it's moving along.

Thanks again.

 

[Runningwolf]

Day 5: sg is down to 1.01 Sampled a bit again today and it still has a totally awesome taste, cough cough sneeze cough Oh yeah plenty of heat also. I do not regret putting more into it at this point. Sealed the primary and inserted air lock with red cap. Hopefully it won't blow off today!


An hour or two later and I check up on air cap. Dang its off and I cannot find it. It must have really blown. I don't get it as I thought the fermenation had slowed down enough. I put a white cap back on it and watched for a bit. Its blowing the solution right out of it! I released the seal on the lid of the primary. I am sure that should work. LOL, that's what I thought earlier today !

Anyways lesson learned. Wasn't it just a few days ago that either Wade or Tom said to split up a large batch into two primaries?

 

[UglyBhamGuy]

i am going to start a batch of this soon. Maybe this weekend.
Just got the call today from a friend that he has an extra 3-4 pounds of japs to come get tomorrow. i will probably only do a gallon so i won't be using quite all he gives me in the wine.

or maybe i will heh heh

if i am not able to start this weekend (opening weekend of football, i live in the south.) should i freeze them? should i cut them first if i do?

Has anyone tried banana pepper wine? He has some of those to give me as well. If it isn't a good idea, i will just eat them. LOL.

 

[Runningwolf]

Just got the call today from a friend that he has an extra 3-4 pounds of japs to come get tomorrow. i will probably only do a gallon so i won't be using quite all he gives me in the wine.
or maybe i will heh heh

You're going to make wine out of Japanese Beatles? WOW you need to get together with Troy for sure? What abv are you going to shoot for!

 

[Julie]

You're going to make wine out of Japanese Beatles? WOW you need to get together with Troy for sure? What abv are you going to shoot for!

Dan, Behave!

UglyBhamGuy, I'm going to do a batch with banana peppers, thinking about adding it to a apple wine. And yes cut the peppers, take out the seeds and freeze.

 

[ffemt128]

Dan, Behave!

UglyBhamGuy, I'm going to do a batch with banana peppers, thinking about adding it to a apple wine. And yes cut the peppers, take out the seeds and freeze.

Tanke out the seeds? That's unheard of. That's what make is hot isnt it?::

 

[Julie]

Tanke out the seeds? That's unheard of. That's what make is hot isnt it?::

The heat comes from capsaicin that is in the pepper. Seeds do not have capsaicin in them

 

[Runningwolf]

The heat comes from capsaicin that is in the pepper. Seeds do not have capsaicin in them

ummm! Old wise tail then. Thats what I thought to. Thanks for the lesson, we learn something new everyday.
\Julie, me behave? Heck no I want to join you guys in the corner with Nikkies stash. That is if her dogs didn't get it already.

 

[Julie]

ummm! Old wise tail then. Thats what I thought to. Thanks for the lesson, we learn something new everyday.
\Julie, me behave? Heck no I want to join you guys in the corner with Nikkies stash. That is if her dogs didn't get it already.

sigh, I know Dan, you just don't have it in you to behave, that's like telling a fish not to swim.