HomeMade Balloon Wine
(from cokerlj’s recipe box)
This is a very old recipe I found in my mothers files. I remember getting to take sips of it as a child…not very much…I remember it being a sweet wine. I actually looked it up on line and her recipe was exactly like the one on line…I used their words for my directions.
This is an easy recipe for homemade wine. You can choose whatever flavor you like…but DON’T USE A CITRUS flavor. Grape is perfect.
This wine is a bit stronger than regular table wine. It is great for cooking as well as drinking.
Source: Millie Bartek
Categories: Beverages
Ingredients
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- 4 cups sugar
- 1 12 ounce can frozen juice concentrate...any flavor except citrus...thawed.
- 3 1/2 quarts cold distilled water, or as needed
Directions
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Combine yeast, sugar and juice concentrate in a gallon jug. I recommend the first time you make this to use grape juice.
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Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold distilled water.
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Rinse out a large balloon and fit it over the opening of the jug. Secure balloon with a rubber band.
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Place jug in a cool dark place. Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand. As the sugar turns to alcohol the gasses released will fill up the balloon.
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When the balloon is deflated and back to its size the wine is ready to drink. It takes about 6 weeks.