QUIESTION About:..Making Homeade WINE..!!??!
QUIESTION About:..Making Homeade WINE..!!??
Im going to try to make homeade wine...Ive never done it before so I have some quiestions...If you could answer any of them you know,it would be much appreciated..
1.Can I use a milk jug?
2.Can I use bread yeast?
3.Can I use a rubber glove instead of a baloon for the stopper?
4.Will it smell up my house?
5.How much alcohol content does it have?
Again thanks for answering..I know its alot of quiestions but im clueless lol.
Answers:
Ok, use the recipe I gave you in the previous question you asked. Now for your specific questions:
1. A milk jug will work, but not great. The best is solid glass jars, but if you can't get a hold of them, use water jugs or even pop bottles, but a milk jug is fine for your first batches. The main thing is you clean, clean, clean your bottles. If you have even the slightest taint of milk in the bottle, the wine will amost be ruined. For your first batches, use wahtever bottles, but just remember to clean and sanitize.
2. Bread yeast works, but it doesn't produce as good of results as wine yeast. Wine yeast is designed to do its job and then sink to the bottom of your wine so you can siphon it out. Bread yeast doesn't do this as well so it tends to kind of cloud the wine a bit. Also, it doesn't produce as much alcohol content as wine yeast. Basically, do wahtever you can to get wine yeast, but bakers yeast will work. If you just want to get wasted, use bakers yeast, but if you really car eabout the taste and everything, just get some quality wine yeast.
3. It's not really a stopper. The point of the balloon is to block any air from getting into your wine. If air does, the wine will get ruined. You need to completely shut out air, that's why a balloon works. It's a substitute for an airlock. A rubber glove probably won't seal up the neck as well as a balloon. If you can totally seal up the neck with a rubber band and a rubber glove it might work, but not as well.
4. No it won't smell up your house. There's a slight grape odor, but nothing serious. If you're trying to hide what you're doing, keep the bottles in a closet or drawer though, and maker sure no sunlight or drastic temperature changes affect the wine.
5..Depends on a variety of things. More sugar = more alcohol, but this can sacrafice the taste. You need to experiment. Also, if you use a good wine or champagne yeast you can maximize the fermentation process to increase the content. Letting the wine fully ferment and age apropriately will also maximize the content.
You just need to experiment. I learned how to do all this in high school without fancy equipment, and nobody teaching me. It just takes patience and practice. Good luck!