Brewing with bananas

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Had a quick search of the forum but couldn't see anything to do with this...

Has anyone given it a go or would it end up a disaster?

Going to give the apple scrumpy a go today but was already thinking towards the next project!

Thanks

[MKG]

The banana taste tends to disappear with fermentation, but bananas definitely add a lot of body when used with other fruits. On the down side, they sometimes make the wine difficult to clear (but that never bothered me).

[benner]

I think there's a recipe or two in CJJ Berry's First steps in Winemaking, will have a look and see if I can find my mum's ancient copy somewhere.

[old tree man]

one of my friends brewed some banana whisky it tasted bloody awful but he liked it, it was very sweet more like a liqueur (have i spelt that right !)
not really much of a banana taste.

Russ

[scarletwitch]

I made some years ago and it was nice. That is what I managed to recover after the various explosions! For some reason banana wine is very volatile so be careful where you brew it!

You have been warned.......

[the.fee.fairy]

Ihad a couple in the mystery wine last year, but it didn't really taste of banana!