Best Balloon Wine Recipes

BALLOON WINE

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This isn't fine wine, but its homemade, fun and easy. The results will be varied depending on the kind of fruit, sugar content, yeast's fermentation, temperature. This recipe uses juice concentrate, but you can make your own juice from grapes or plums. Don't use citrus.

Provided by Kathy228

Categories Beverages

Time P1m11DT15m

Yield 1-2 bottles

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 (2 1/2 ounce) package active dry yeast
4 cups sugar
1 (12 ounce) can frozen juice concentrate, without sweeteners
3 1/2 quarts cold water

Steps:

You will also need: 1 gallon glass jug (I guess you can use plastic, but I never did); 1 extra large latex balloon and a sturdy rubber band; 1-2 empty wine bottles or bottles of choice.
Combine the yeast, sugar and juice in a gallon jug.
Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water.
Rinse out the balloon, and fit it over the opening of the jug.
Secure the balloon with a rubber band.
Place jug in a cool dark place.
Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand.
As the sugar turns to alcohol, the released gas will fill up the balloon.
When the balloon is deflated, the wine is ready to drink.
It takes about 6-weeks total.
Carefully pour wine into empty bottles without disturbing the sediment.
Discard the sediment.
Cork and tape the bottles closed.
The wine can be drunk now or aged, bottles on their side, for a year if you like.
But the younger it is, the yeastier it'll taste.

HOMEMADE BALLOON WINE

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I found this recipe on another website. My parents tried it and said that it is very good! My husband is going to start his wine tonight!!!

Provided by Kim M.

Categories Beverages

Time P1m12DT10m

Yield 1 gallon

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1/4 ounce active dry yeast
4 cups sugar
12 ounces frozen juice concentrate, any flavor except citrus, thawed
3 1/2 quarts cold water

Steps:

Combine the yeast, sugar and juice concentrate in a sterile gallon jug. Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water. Shake jug to mix ingredients.
Rinse out a balloon, and fit it over the opening of the jug. Poke one small needle hole in balloon. Secure the balloon with a rubber band.
Place jug in a cool dark place. Within a day you will notice the balloon starting to expand. As the sugar turns to alcohol, the gasses released will fill up the balloon. When the balloon is deflated back to size; the wine is ready to drink. It takes about 6 weeks.
Be sure to siphon off the top and/or strain through a coffee filter. You DO NOT want to drink the residue in the bottom of the gallon jug.
This wine is great for cooking as well as drinking. We tried grape juice concentrate, but the original recipe preferred the red.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 5216.9, Fat 8.7, SaturatedFat 1.1, Sodium 189.9, Carbohydrate 1319.8, Fiber 3.9, Sugar 799.3, Protein 6.3

ITALIAN BALLOON WINE

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I made this my Senor year of high school and fermented it in the eves which could be accessed from my front closet on the 3rd floor. I had researched to find it in the library. It turned into "accidental" champaign. Several friends and I enjoyed it before school on the last day of school with strawberries, cherries, crackers and cheese. One friend had a little much...that's another story!!!! Back then the balloon on top was a nickel balloon. I suspect they are more now....you want a good heavy duty balloon. It will be sweet. I don't recommend eating fruit when you drink it!

Provided by Ambervim

Categories Beverages

Time 30m

Yield 1 Gallon

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 gallon distilled water
24 ounces grape juice concentrate, frozen and thawed
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry yeast

Steps:

Pour 1/2 of the water from the jug and reserve.
Make a sludge out of the thawed grape juice and sugar.
Pour sludge into the jug with 1/2 gallon of water still in it.
Dissolve the yeast in some of the saved water, warmed. Add to jug.
Fill jug to the top with reserved water.
Put the balloon over the mouth and seal it well with tape.
Within 2 hours the balloon will be full the the wine "boiling".
Ferment for 6-8 weeks.
Decant.
Wait 2 days.
Drink.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3568.9, Fat 2.6, SaturatedFat 0.8, Sodium 57.1, Carbohydrate 906.6, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 901, Protein 6.9

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