Banana Wine

Finally got round to bottling the banana wine thats been knocking around in a demijohn for goodness knows how long. Fendog was unavailable to help with the siphoning as he was getting his nostrils plucked. As a result, I disturbed the impressive sediment and the last bottle looks like a milkshake.

The others look great but I unfortunately I forgot to taste some. Will just have to wait and see.

This is the recipe I used:

2kg over-ripe bananas
4.5l water
1.1kg granulated sugar
250ml white grape juice concetrate
2 lemon (juice + grated rind)
1tsp pectolase
1tsp yeast
1tsp yeast nutrient
1tsp tannin

The recipe was from Turner & Turner (except I used grape concentrate instead of raisins) but it wasn’t clear if you were meant to peel the bananas or not. I peeled but I reckon that might have been wrong.

Its a fun recipe to make – I’ve never boiled a banana before. They look like a pan full of floating white turds, but they smell a lot better. In fact the whole house smelt of bananas for days (which does not happen when you boil a pan of turds, believe me).