I have been told that a person can make very simple wine using a 1 gallon
jug and a balloon. Can any one tell me how to make it. I would like to make
some blueberry wine this way. I have never tried this before, thanks for any
help.
Mike

"Know Won" > wrote in message
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> I have been told that a person can make very simple wine using a 1 gallon
> jug and a balloon. Can any one tell me how to make it. I would like to
make
> some blueberry wine this way. I have never tried this before, thanks for
any
> help.

Don't use the balloon, you can make great wine with a 1 gallon jug, a
plastic or stainless pail and an air lock. Check out Jack Kellers site,
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/index.asp and come back with questions

Steve

Know Won wrote:

> I have been told that a person can make very simple wine using a 1 gallon
> jug and a balloon. Can any one tell me how to make it. I would like to
> make some blueberry wine this way. I have never tried this before, thanks
> for any help.
> Mike

Instead of a baloon, buy an airlock and a bung. It will set you back all of
a couple bucks - and they are reusable.

"Know Won" > wrote in message
...
> I have been told that a person can make very simple wine using a 1 gallon
> jug and a balloon. Can any one tell me how to make it. I would like to
make
> some blueberry wine this way. I have never tried this before, thanks for
any
> help.

It is possible, the tricky part will be sourcing some blueberry flavored
balloons. Blueberry flavoured condoms might be one solution, although you
would want to be sure they were non-lubricated and did not contain a
spermicide that could interfere with the yeast activity.

Not sure how many it would take to impart a significant blueberry flavour to
one gallon of wine. You might want to start with a couple of dozen and see
how the batch turns out. Trying to rack off the condoms will be
problematic, so you will likely need a small press to get all the wine out
after fermentation. I would not recommend using the spent condoms after
pressing, the alcohol will likely have degraded the material. Of course,
they would probably still be good for water-bombing the neighbour's cat, or
something like that.

Keep in mind condoms have a naturally low sugar content. You will have to
add sugar to achieve normal wine alcohol strengths.

Best of luck, and let us know how it turns out.

Brian

"Know Won" > wrote in message
...
> I have been told that a person can make very simple wine using a 1 gallon
> jug and a balloon. Can any one tell me how to make it. I would like to
make
> some blueberry wine this way. I have never tried this before, thanks for
any
> help.

Don't use the balloon, you can make great wine with a 1 gallon jug, a
plastic or stainless pail and an air lock. Check out Jack Kellers site,
http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/index.asp and come back with questions

Steve