Broad Bean Pod Wine????

[Biscombe]

Its broad bean time soon and I wondered If you can make wine out of the pods?

[Biscombe]

[Baccy Man]

Yes justy follow a peapod wine recipe & substitute the pea pods with broad  bean pods the save goes for all other types of bean pods as well. Green pods make the best wine, but if the pods are just beginning to turn from green to yellow (on their way to brown) but have not yet dried out, they will work.

If you don't have a recipe to hand try this one:

4 lbs empty pods
2 lbs granulated sugar
2 lemons
2 oranges
3-1/2 qts water
1/4 tsp tannin
1 tsp yeast nutrient
wine yeast


Use fresh young pods as soon as possible after they have been picked and shelled. Freeze them if you need more than one shelling session to collect enough. While bringing the water to a boil, thinly peel the oranges and lemons and add the peelings and the pods to the water. Hold at a low boil for 30 minutes and remove from heat until cool. Strain the liquor over the sugar, yeast nutrient and tannin and stir well until dissolved. Discard pods and peelings. Add juice from lemons and oranges, stir and add yeast. When ferment is active, transfer to secondary and fit airlock. When fermentation is complete (specific gravity of 0.990 or less), rack into bottles and age at least 6 months before tasting. Makes a light, German-style dry wine.

[Biscombe]

Brillant  ;D I´l send this to my OH´s dad whos into wine making! thanks ever so much!!

[okra]

I will make a note of the recipe for future use. Cheers.