Banana Wine From Lidl Juice.

[Greg2013]

Just put on a gallon of my banana wine from lidl banana nectar juice and i may have created some fall down stuff this time. Its basically 4 litres of Lidl banana nectar juice plus 1kg table sugar and i use a wine yeast. Last time it came out like a banana liquer, bloody lovely but sweet and strong.

FYI because its basically pulped banana juice you will loose AT LEAST 30-40% of volume between primary and bottling due to settling of suspended solids.

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[Greg2013]

This one requires a lot of patience and numerous different decanting days. :

Expect it to be at least 2 months before you can start supping this

Also if you do this place your demijohn in a bucket as it WILL blow out and keep blowing out for a while. Also you will only get 25% yield maximum on this so don't expect much

[LordEoin]

Yeah, it's banana pulp, so you'll lose a lot of it to semi-solids.

[Greg2013]

Yeah, it's banana pulp, so you'll lose a lot of it to semi-solids.

Maximum and i do mean maximum 25% volume yield of finished product on this but i tell ya what, in my opinion it is so worth it,in a twist off bottle it will keep for ages in the fridge, on the rocks it is smashing

[Damofto]

sounds tasty Greg I might try this, what sort of abv are you getting?

[Col]

Sounds good, Greg - but would you consider fermenting it for a few days in a bucket, and then straining off the puree into a demijohn? It might be less wasteful and, dare I say it, even more vertically challenging?

[Greg2013]

sounds tasty Greg I might try this, what sort of abv are you getting?

If i remember rightly the last batch was 16% abv or 18% maybe, made no notes on that one.

Sounds good, Greg - but would you consider fermenting it for a few days in a bucket, and then straining off the puree into a demijohn? It might be less wasteful and, dare I say it, even more vertically challenging?

Actually Col now that you mention it i think i did that the last time. I may do that tomorrow when i get home.

[Eoin]

16-18% what yeast did you use? Must have been a champagne variety.

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[Greg2013]

16-18% what yeast did you use? Must have been a champagne variety.

TT

Last time it was lavin ec-1118, this time I used sn-9 wine yeast from vintners harvest.

[Eoin]

Is the banana pulp standard in Lidl?

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[Greg2013]

Is the banana pulp standard in Lidl?

TT

No it is very hit and miss so i will be making a bigger buy this week if there is any left.