Balloon Wine Monte Little Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Combine the yeast, sugar and juice concentrate in a gallon jug. Fill the jug the rest of the way with cold water. Rinse out a large 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 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 total.

Steps:

• Mix juice, sugar, yeast and raisins in a 1-gallon small mouth glass jar.
• Fill to neck of jar with water and mix well.
• Place a large balloon over opening of jar and secure with a rubber band.
• Put the jar with mixture in a place where it won't have to be moved.
• Let stand about 6 weeks.
• After 6 weeks is over, wine may be strained and bottled.
• Enjoy!

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.

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.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and put into a gallon jug. Let set for 2 weeks. When you put the liquid in the jug, fasten a 10 cent balloon on the top of jug securely. When the balloon breaks at the end of the 2 weeks, your wine is ready to strain twice and bottle.