Twice the alcohol volume for banana's against Alcotec48

[Voddy]

Merry Xmas, all!

I still consider myself an erratic beginner. This means any faults I have are quickly explained away....

An example in point refers to my most recent ferm'ing. I considered that my latest batch of banana wine was way too sweet - it really does peel the enamel off your teeth. So I decided to distill it.

Lo and behold! I'm getting twice as much neat alcohol off the banana wine than I do from the packets of Alcotec48.

For once - and maybe only once - I'm going to rigorously write down my processes for both Alcotec48 and banana and see this is a repeatable event. If so, it's goodbye to Alcotec as I can get banana's at 10p per kilo as opposed to £3.50 for Alcotec.

This will then pave the way for using other foods as I have seen here. (Rice, potatoes, lentils, etc).

Catch you all in the New Year and a massive thanks to all the stalwarts here.

[chill]

Did you add sugar to the bananas? Get confused and add it twice? Or did you use enzymes to convert their starch to sugar?

[Easydrinker]

Merry Xmas, all!

I still consider myself an erratic beginner. This means any faults I have are quickly explained away....

An example in point refers to my most recent ferm'ing. I considered that my latest batch of banana wine was way too sweet - it really does peel the enamel off your teeth. So I decided to distill it.

Lo and behold! I'm getting twice as much neat alcohol off the banana wine than I do from the packets of Alcotec48.

For once - and maybe only once - I'm going to rigorously write down my processes for both Alcotec48 and banana and see this is a repeatable event. If so, it's goodbye to Alcotec as I can get banana's at 10p per kilo as opposed to £3.50 for Alcotec.

This will then pave the way for using other foods as I have seen here. (Rice, potatoes, lentils, etc).

Catch you all in the New Year and a massive thanks to all the stalwarts here.

And a Merry one to you also.
Writing it down is good,it sometimes helps me see what I am doing right!
And as I mostly make it up as I go along,is welcome.

Robert.

[Mash]

Merry Christmas.

Writing down is good, and I think another reason for the discrepancy will be along soon.

[Phantom]

That'll be the sugar in the banana wine.........

Was it too sweet because a stuck ferment ? Or too much back sweetening ?

In any case, if you can make a cheap base ferment because of cheap ingredients, then WTF, go for it if you like the results........