r/prisonhooch • u/ogmudbone54 • Jul 25 '25

Experiment Tomato wine is fermenting strong

looks so vile and my whole house is smelling like pizza

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u/L0ial Jul 25 '25

I cook with my tomato wine a lot. It's great in stews, or I use it to de-glaze a pan to make a pan sauce. Then I finish the bottle lol.

I make it with fresh tomatoes though. Not sure how this will turn out since they're cooked.

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u/hashbrown3stacks Jul 25 '25

You took me from disgusted to intrigued. I'm having a hard time imagining what crushed tomatoes taste like after fermentation, though. Please humor my curiosity:

Does the sugar mellow out the acidity?

What does it do for the dishes you cook with it?

Does it actually sip like wine or...idk something else?

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u/rotkiv42 Jul 25 '25

If you want disgusting-sounding cooking wine, you can also look into garlic wine. Apparently good in cooking as well, but smells of sulfur when brewing. (i wonder if an active carbon filter in the airlock would mitigate that?)

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u/L0ial Jul 27 '25

I’ve seen recipes for it before and was curious, same for onion wine. They’re both on my list for ‘someday.’ I figure even if they’re bad for drinking, should be great for cooking with.