burtonblunt86
Active Member
so... this is a pretty basic idea/setup. but i've never seen anyone do it, so i'll put up a quick little how to.
Supplies:
5 gallon bucket with lid.
utility knife
a good length of hose, couple feet maybe
sugar
yeast
wine medium (strawberry's, grapes, raspberries, apple, pineapple, corn...)
glass jar with lid
gorilla glue/ caulk
Step one:
Prepare the bucket:
All you have to do is cut a hole big enough for the hose. put a small amout of gorilla glue, or caulk around the hose to make an air tight. the hose doesn't have to down at all, just enough to let air out of the bucket through the hose
Step two:
Making the Wine:
fill the bucket about most of the way with water. for my wine, i used dehydrated strawberries, so i had strawberry wine. if you have fruit, you would have to squish it like they do grapes, but that's pretty messy. so i stick with the dehydrated fruits. add them to the water, and add the sugar and yeast.
Note: You can make two different types of wine off the same recipe, with or without the yeast. if you do not add the yeast, the wine will take longer to age, and produce less C02. Adding the yeast will produce a lot more C02 faster, and the wine will have more of a "moonshine" proof and taste. Both ways make great wine though.
I used a couple pounds of strawberries, but i definitely overdid it. there was alot of sediment, and i had to filter my wine a coupe of times. use a couple cups of sugar, depending on how sweet you want the wine to be, and a couple packets of yeast (3-4)
Mix everything up really good, and put the lid on. make sure it's airtight, you don't want c02 leaking out or pressurising the lid off. stick the hose in the glass jar, fill the glass jar up with water, so the hose is under the water level, and then cut some holes in the glass jar lid (otherwise, youll explode the jar) cover the bucket with a blanket or paint it or something so it's lightproof. then set the glass jar next to your plants or by your fan/intake.
now we play the waiting game
so a couple of days after you seal the lid
you should see a bubble or two coming out of the hose. if you don't wait a couple more days.
once the bubbles come though... oh man. it looks like a fish tank pump. and that's all C02.
weeks will go by. after the bubbles stop. start pushing down on the lid to check if more come out. when no bubbles or hardly any come out, your ready!
pop the lid off. you might see a solid mass, or several chunks floating or completely covering the top. try to remove as much of that as possible. then filter the wine. i used a charcoal filter for a fish tank, and then i ran it through a coffee filter to refine it. you really don't need to go that far, i've stuck a glass straight in the bucket, and drank it. just avoid the chunks.
thats about it. enjoy. let me know if anyone has questions.
heres a pick of one of my finished buckets
http://la.gg/v/IMAG0073.jpg/
Supplies:
5 gallon bucket with lid.
utility knife
a good length of hose, couple feet maybe
sugar
yeast
wine medium (strawberry's, grapes, raspberries, apple, pineapple, corn...)
glass jar with lid
gorilla glue/ caulk
Step one:
Prepare the bucket:
All you have to do is cut a hole big enough for the hose. put a small amout of gorilla glue, or caulk around the hose to make an air tight. the hose doesn't have to down at all, just enough to let air out of the bucket through the hose
Step two:
Making the Wine:
fill the bucket about most of the way with water. for my wine, i used dehydrated strawberries, so i had strawberry wine. if you have fruit, you would have to squish it like they do grapes, but that's pretty messy. so i stick with the dehydrated fruits. add them to the water, and add the sugar and yeast.
Note: You can make two different types of wine off the same recipe, with or without the yeast. if you do not add the yeast, the wine will take longer to age, and produce less C02. Adding the yeast will produce a lot more C02 faster, and the wine will have more of a "moonshine" proof and taste. Both ways make great wine though.
I used a couple pounds of strawberries, but i definitely overdid it. there was alot of sediment, and i had to filter my wine a coupe of times. use a couple cups of sugar, depending on how sweet you want the wine to be, and a couple packets of yeast (3-4)
Mix everything up really good, and put the lid on. make sure it's airtight, you don't want c02 leaking out or pressurising the lid off. stick the hose in the glass jar, fill the glass jar up with water, so the hose is under the water level, and then cut some holes in the glass jar lid (otherwise, youll explode the jar) cover the bucket with a blanket or paint it or something so it's lightproof. then set the glass jar next to your plants or by your fan/intake.
now we play the waiting game
so a couple of days after you seal the lid
you should see a bubble or two coming out of the hose. if you don't wait a couple more days.
once the bubbles come though... oh man. it looks like a fish tank pump. and that's all C02.
weeks will go by. after the bubbles stop. start pushing down on the lid to check if more come out. when no bubbles or hardly any come out, your ready!
pop the lid off. you might see a solid mass, or several chunks floating or completely covering the top. try to remove as much of that as possible. then filter the wine. i used a charcoal filter for a fish tank, and then i ran it through a coffee filter to refine it. you really don't need to go that far, i've stuck a glass straight in the bucket, and drank it. just avoid the chunks.
thats about it. enjoy. let me know if anyone has questions.
heres a pick of one of my finished buckets
http://la.gg/v/IMAG0073.jpg/
fuck yeah or fuck no 
? what do you think?
