Tomato Wine

kshillbillys · July 17, 2010, 03:56:36 PM

Good eye, Jarhead..good eye!

Hey, I was driving by your house the other day and saw all them tomatoes and my minds' been running wild with how good they would taste with a little salt.....

jarhead · July 17, 2010, 04:05:53 PM

Ks
What does tomatoes have to do with this thread ?? 50 lashes with sting weed for getting off subject !!

kshillbillys · July 17, 2010, 04:13:02 PM

LMAO!! Sorry, am getting old and have to mention things when I think of them!!

greatguns · July 18, 2010, 06:51:44 PM

Jarhead, no salt just turn them into wine.

Diane Amberg · July 18, 2010, 06:54:59 PM

Tomato wine? That's a new one on me. How is it made?

jarhead · July 18, 2010, 07:54:23 PM

I suppose you could make tomatoe wine just like I make other weird wines but think I'll use them to make salsa instead. Made Jalapeno wine before but I didn't try it except it was kick butt to marinate jerky with. Made some catnip wine years ago but drink a little glass of it and put me to sleep.

greatguns · July 18, 2010, 08:50:07 PM

I have drank tomato wine and it was good.

Diane Amberg · July 18, 2010, 08:56:28 PM

Please share the recipe.

jarhead · July 18, 2010, 09:19:26 PM

For starters Diane, you will need a 5 gallon carboy with an air lock. Then 15 lbs of fruit---wine yeast---citric acid--yeast energizer--pectic enzyme--potassium sorbate and 9 1/2 lbs of sugar. Then you----WAIT--the rest is an old family recipe and "Duke aint talking !! "
Guns, I might have to make some "mater wine". Too often what I like makes nasty wine. Watermelon and cantaloupe wine aint fit to give to the coon hounds !! Dandelion tastes like Mt Dew. Persimmon wine still is King--or was until I made cherry wine this year---but for all the gallons I make a year, I might drink one shot of each 5 gallons. Give me Strawberry margaritas and I'm as happy as a pig in a mud puddle !!!
I'll leave the wine drinking to Jo.

greatguns · July 18, 2010, 09:27:04 PM

Diane, I don't have a recipe for it. An old gentleman in Latham where I grew up made all kinds of wine and I never tasted any that was bad. His rubarb wine was pretty tasty also. But I do have a recipe for elderberry wine that is real easy. I've used this recipe to make cherry, grape, strawberry, and of course elderberry. I will send you the recipe. And you will not need any yeast or all that other good stuff.

Jarhead, I agree, your persimmon wine is very good. Of course you haven't shared any cherry with me, so I can't compare.