I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a wine.
I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or comments
before I start cutting and crushing?

Roy Boy > wrote:
> I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a wine.
> I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or comments
> before I start cutting and crushing?

Remove the rind and put the flesh in a blender at lowest speed (you do not
want to crush the seeds) and keep pouring off the liquid. Pick the seeds
out of the residual pulp and put the pulp in a hops sock

Age it well.

Dick

"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
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> Roy Boy > wrote:
>> I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a
>> wine.
>> I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or
>> comments
>> before I start cutting and crushing?
>
> Remove the rind and put the flesh in a blender at lowest speed (you do not
> want to crush the seeds) and keep pouring off the liquid. Pick the seeds
> out of the residual pulp and put the pulp in a hops sock
>
> Age it well.
>
> Dick

I am assuming that the pulp in the hops sock in used in the 1st fermentation
and tossed after the first rack?

Roy

Roy Boy > wrote:
> "Dick Adams" > wrote:
>> Roy Boy > wrote:

>>> I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them
>>> into a wine. I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes.
>>> Any suggestions or comments before I start cutting and crushing?

>> Remove the rind and put the flesh in a blender at lowest speed (you do not
>> want to crush the seeds) and keep pouring off the liquid. Pick the seeds
>> out of the residual pulp and put the pulp in a hops sock
>>
>> Age it well.

> I am assuming that the pulp in the hops sock in used in the 1st
> fermentation and tossed after the first rack?

On second thought, don't pick the seeds out. Just collect the residual
pulp in a hops sock and hand press the juice out of it using a large funnel.

Dick

I think you have a potential diaster on your hands. Why not, instead, buy
some grape juice, add some wine yeast with a homemade airlock assembly and
let it sit for a week or so.

Pour the resultant fluid over ice, add orange, lemon, and lime slices if you
want, but report back on how drunk you got.

That's all you have to do.

--
billb
"Roy Boy" > wrote in message
...
> I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a
wine.
> I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or comments
> before I start cutting and crushing?
>
>

"billb" > wrote in message
.. .
>I think you have a potential diaster on your hands. Why not, instead, buy
> some grape juice, add some wine yeast with a homemade airlock assembly and
> let it sit for a week or so.
>
> Pour the resultant fluid over ice, add orange, lemon, and lime slices if
> you
> want, but report back on how drunk you got.
>
> That's all you have to do.
>
> --
> billb

Used real grapes doing fine, Just think watermelon would taste good too.


> "Roy Boy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a
> wine.
>> I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or
>> comments
>> before I start cutting and crushing?
>>

Read what Jack Keller has to say about watermelon wine. It is one of the
fruit that most often fails in winemaking. For some reason watermelon juice
goes bad real quick. I would say you need to make a big starter before you
process your juice so you can get it going very fast. Even then It might be
a good idea to process one watermelon a day and add the juice to the must so
the yeast is always at top activity level.

Ray

"Roy Boy" > wrote in message
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>I just bought 6 watermelons and I am going to try to make them into a wine.
>I am thinking to treat them as I would grapes. Any suggestions or comments
>before I start cutting and crushing?
>
>