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Spiced Banana Wine

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Spiced banana wine is a brilliant dessert wine, a wine that is full bodied enough to carry a high  strength alcohol, yet is refreshing to the palate. The addition of spice to a banana wine recipe adds depth and detail, delivering blended interest and a quirk to this classic homebrew wine.
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This spiced banana wine is a great accompaniment to heavier desserts and puddings, from cheesecakes to crumbles, from pies to strudels, the spiced banana flavour will be well paired.  This wine is in all reality a banoffee pie in a glass. Now doesn't that sound delicious?!
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There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to adding the spices - allow your own pantry shelf and taste buds guide you.  Under-spicing the wine will result in gallon that is neither banana nor spiced banana wine, so be brave and really spice it up.
Ingredients:

  • 1.5kg Browned bananas
  • 1.5kg Sugar
  • 1 mug of Tea
  • Dessert / high alcohol wine yeast   (such as this one)
  • Water to 1 gallon
  • Spices.  I used a combination of ginger, cinnamon, cloves, black peppercorns and nutmeg.
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How to make spiced banana wine at home
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Homebrew wine: bananas and spices
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Spiced banana wine recipe
Method:

  • Chop your bananas and place into a large saucepan, add a few banana skins as well to add depth of flavour.
  • Pour in 1.5kg of granulated sugar.
  • Add your spice of choice.
  • Bring to a near boil, and allow to simmer for 15 - 20 minutes before allowing to cool.
  • Pour entire contents of saucepan into a primary fermentation bucket.
  • Add your yeast and nutrient.
  • Cover and set aside in a warm place.
  • Stir daily for 3-5 days, until the initial vigorous fermentation has subsided.
  • Strain the liquid through a sieve / cheese cloth into a demijohn, fit airlock.
  • Rack several times during fermentation as banana wine does throw a lot of sediment.
  • Once the wine has finished it’s fermentation and the specific gravity has dropped to below 1.000, rack, add a campden tablet and allow to age.
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Spiced banana wine recipe
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Spiced banana wine recipe

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  • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Wine List & Recipes
    • Banana Wine Made Simple
    • Blaand
    • Blackberry Mead
    • Christmas Pudding Wine!
    • Easy Rhubarb Wine
    • Gorse Flower Wine
    • Gutsy Ginger Wine
    • Liquorice Wine
    • Mead Making Made Simple
    • Mint Wine Recipe
    • Mushroom Wine
    • Nasturtium Leaf Wine
    • No Boil Rhubarb Wine
    • Pine Needle Wine
    • Pumpkin Wine
    • Rose Hip Leaf Wine
    • Red Kidney Bean Wine!
    • Rose Petal Wine
    • Seaweed Wine
    • Spiced banana wine
    • Turnip and Red Cabbage Wine
    • Wine Making 101
    • What is a country wine?
    • ​Can I use bread yeast to make wine?
  • Homestead
    • Dee's Corner >
      • Military wife blog
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      • SmallholdersUK
      • Beard Award
      • #Eday on Twitter
    • Recipes >
      • Homemade Cheese
      • Pickled Quail Eggs
      • Simple Bread Loaf
      • Banana Ice-Cream
      • Rhubarb Chutney (Old)
      • Making Sea Salt on the Log Fire
      • Shepherds pie for the dogs
    • Our Island >
      • Homestead or Smallholding
      • 18 days until we move!
      • 10 days until we move
      • 2 Days to go!
      • We are here!
      • Waterworks!
      • Location is not the answer
      • Remote Living Challenges
      • The Caves
      • Reason to waggle (caves)
      • Sea Fishing in Eday
    • Duck >
      • Duck shed
      • Duck 1: Incubation
      • Duck 2: Imprinting
      • Duck 3: Outdoors
      • Duck 4: Attached
    • Quail >
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      • Quail 2: Incubation
      • Quail 3: Brooding
      • Quail 4: Raising
      • Quail 5: Suicidal
      • Quail 6: Permaculture
      • Quail 7: Environment
      • Quail 8: Setup
    • Chickens >
      • Chickens Fancy vs Warren
      • Ebay Eggs
      • Our Egg Hatching Plan
      • Nursing Chickens 1 - 2018
      • Brooding Chickens 1 - 2018
      • Hatching Chickens 1 - 2018
    • Home & Garden >
      • Baby Starling
      • Spider Plants
      • Aloe Vera
      • Fuel for winter
      • Peat, Coal, Wood
      • Hoarding Supplies
      • Coffee grounds
      • Brewers Hops
      • Brewers grain
      • Teabag compost
      • Essential oils
      • Eco Toothbrush
      • No Fridge?
    • Other articles >
      • The best and the worst of dog food!
      • Random acts of kindness
      • Bristol No Foraging
      • Philosophy on Raising Children
      • Close encounter with Bulls
      • Blog