Tennessee_banjer
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So I been lookin allover and have heard tale of a couple but have not found anyone who has ever tasted and certainly not made Magnolia wine.Let me say this,I grew up on a farm in Mississippi (the magnolia state),I have a very large magnolia flower tattoo that covers my entire left shoulder,I used to spend nights high up in the magnolia tree at my grandmothers,I spent my lunch break everyday sitting under Magness a magnolia tree on the Mississippi river,many a date ended under that tree on the river bank my favorite of which,resulted in my first daughter Maggie(Magnolia).To say that magnolias have always been special to me would be an understatement.I just made my first batch using what I consider to be a common petal wine recipe.I remeber eating pickled petals as a kid so I knew it was safe.I wanted to keep as much of the essence as possible so I threw an armful of petals in my pressure cooker and made what turned out to be a very nice dark tea that tasted exactly like that unmistakeable smell of magnolias.Next I added a can of white grape concentrate for some body,a banana for body and yeast nutrients,and finally 3lbs of sugar and brought it all to a boil.I used a cup of it to make yeast starter.The next morning I pulled it out of the fridge and pitched the yeast.It is currently very vigorously fermenting and I cant wait to try it.I will rack in a few days and put a couple gallons away to age and will most definitely drink the other gallon.If it turns out like I want it to I will make a 15 gallon batch before my trees go dormant this fall.