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I have no need for wine but I have a plan for my hubby.

One pkg of yeast
One gallon glass bottle
12 oz of fruit juice or if need be, rehydrated raisins and some dandelion flowers
4 cups of sugar
3 cups of water
One large balloon.

Fill the glass bottle with yeast, sugar, juice. Mix.
Place the balloon, tightly on the top and secure with rubber bands or duct tape.

When the balloon inflates then deflates, you have wine. (about six weeks) My mom did this all the time. Once, she made orange. She didn’t like the taste after the first deflate, so she added more sugar and tried again. The balloon popped and spewed orange everywhere. What was left was nearly pure alcohol!

And remember, it’s better to age it. The younger it is, the yeastier it is.

Just be careful. My grandmother used to make the Welch’s grape juice recipe. I don't know what tweeks she made but my alcoholic uncle said it curled his toes. There was also the time she used some of their peach crop and they came in to find the peaches had spewed all over the bathroom. Another story was she'd sent my grandpa down to the storm cellar to clear out all her old home canned fruit and fruit juice. He called over the neighbor and they had a fine ol’ time because so many jars had fermented.