How to make wine from Cashew Nut...no.. Cashew Fruit!

Kollam, Kerala is famous for its Cashew production. There are lots of Cashew nut processing factories in this district. The produce is mainly being exported. Unfortunately its only the Cashew nut which everyone is interested in, and not its fruit.

Well, the fruit is also useful, but the fact that its a perishable item does not qualify it to be even sold in the local market. Ripened ones can be consumed right out of the tree, and this fruit can be used to make alcoholic drinks. You must have heard about the Feni, which is made from Cashew fruit. The picture shows a housefly relishing the fruit which someone dropped after taking the nut.

You can also make wine from this fruit. Follow the steps below to make wine from this fruit.

Extract the juice from several of these fruits, add sugar and leave the bottle in the sun. Naturally available yeast does the rest of the job. The wine produced is rather strong. The fermentation stops naturally at about 20% alcohol content (Whoa!! What a wine!). If you want a lower content of alcohol , you to control the process with additives. You have to keep the container shut, but the CO2 produced by the fermentation should escape the container. On the other hand, oxygen should not enter the container because its presence may trigger the generation of Vinegar.