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[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Okay, you've convinced me. I still haven't finished setting up my garden.

I guess I should buy big vessels for it too. You don't happen to have some trustworthy YouTube recommendations on hand?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I ferment my booze in 1 gallon jugs but if you're going the juice route, you can ferment inside the container it comes in. There's even a number of ways to do it without airlocks. reddit.com/r/prisonhooch, r/winemaking, and r/homebrewing are all good resources. The first is really handy for making booze on a budget, despite the name there's some decent stuff there, and some crap too. But it's all alcohol.

A bigger container would be handy for me but I don't have the room.

I prefer to read than to watch videos, but this is a really good one on making tepache and all that carries over to basic winemaking. Although I find it's easier to use a gallon ziplock freezer bag and periodically burp it than to bother sticking it all in glass. It's a r/prisonhooch method but it's convenient for handling the scraps of one pineapple.

The other benefit to making your own wine is you don't have to add sulfites, tannins, other chemical crap, if you don't want to. Particularly if you plan on drinking the wine young rather than aging for a year or more.

edit: sorry for reddit links, but that's the ones I know. There's a homebrewing forum but it's a higher learning curve.

[–]tomatosplat 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Dammit. Now I gotta go get some fruit. I had plans to clean this apartment over the weekend.

🎵I was gonna get up and clean my room but then I made wine🎶