potato wine

[bobby]

anyone had any experience with this. any recipes. dont know where to start. how to extract the juice etc. please help

[lockwood1956]

Potatoes are for roasting!


Martina made it and reckons it was good...cant see it myself.


you would need to extract the starch from the potatoes and convert it to simple sugars to be able to ferment it....


why not just use sugar? and something fruity that tastes nice


just my two pennerth

[lockwood1956]

Here is Martina's recipe

Potato Wine

MedPretzel


I use this wine for topping up. You can use the potatoes for potato-salad or whatever when you are finished.

1 gallon


3.5 pounds potatoes
1 can White grape concentrate
Water to 1 gallon
5 cups sugar
3 tsp. acid blend
1 tsp. yeast nutrient
½ tsp tannin
Red Star Montrachet yeast


Wash and scrub the potatoes. Slice potatoes and place in a nylon straining bag. DO NOT PEEL!
Boil potatoes in bag in the hot water until they are tender
Strain potato juice from the bag and pour into your primary. I let it drip-dry for about 45 minutes
Add the remaining ingredients, except the yeast. My SG was 1.090.
Cover primary fermentor, and wait 24 hours.
Add the yeast and stir daily for about 3 days.
When the SG reaches 1.040, siphon into glass carboy. Attach airlock.
Siphon when notable sediment is seen.

Rack as needed.

[bobby]

cheers lockwood. someone told me that it is a very nice wine. not too sure myself but anything is worth a go