My sister decided that she wanted to make a batch of pickled watermelon rind, so I went out and purchased 6 large watermelons. We really had no use for the pulp or juice so I volunteered to make a batch of watermelon wine. Never done it before, but I managed to get about 5 1/2 gallons of juice out of the 6 melons. I have made homemade Capt. Morgans style spice rum at home before out of molasses and sugar, but have never tried wine. I purchased some Champagne yeast and added about 5 pounds of sugar to the juice. So far so good, it has a very nice bouquet and makes the kitchen smell really nice. I figure about two more days of fermintation and I will rack the wine. Here's a pic of where I am right now in the process. I put a little too much juice in the container and had a little spill over yesterday into the balloon but not too much...
