Recent content by chojo

Hi guys, I've recently had a spell of ill health and am having difficulty getting through it and my problem is i have 2 fv's on the go one bitter and one brown ale and at present there is no way i can lift them out of the bedroom to keg them, i can't even raise them up to do the kegging in situ...

I don't know if it's changed at all since i used them but i remember thinking the carbonation drops being australian are designed for 375ml bottles as are used in oz, so when i used 500 ml bottles over here i used 2 drops per bottle rather than 1. Some were over carbonated but on the whole they...

Andy hamilton says that nettle wine should be drunk young and does not benefit from laying down, however other things i'm reading say that you should rack at 6 mths and again at 8 mths and leave for at least a year. With all the young nettles around at the moment i'm anxious to get going so...

HI guys, a while back i bottled a batch of beaverdale pinot noir which at bottling was probably one of the nicest wines i've ever made. Anyways this weekend i was looking forward to cracking a bottle open but as soon as i stuck the corkscrew in the cork turned to dust (bloody wilkos cheap ****)...

Thanks for all the help guys, did as you all suggest and tasted them today :pray:... and i guess it's my lucky day coz they all taste fine :party: especially the beaverdale it's fantastic. and also on the plus side my results are back from the docs and i don't have to give up the drink...

Hi guys, basically i made a beaverdale red kit and a wilkos red and white kits last june/july put them in the shed and forgot about them on several occasions since them i've thought about bottling them but i'm a lazy sh*te and kept finding excuses to do something else. So they're still on the...

Funnily enough it was one of the first things i ever made! Despite the fact that i had to release the pressure every couple of hours and the end result came out flat it was actually a very tasty drink lol.

Well i finally got round to bottling this tonight and after drinking the trial jar i have to say i'm very impressed it's kind of a medium apple wine rather than any kind of cider and drinking it flat it's very good but i've split the batch to carbonate some and see what it's like. I will...

You could just use more star anise, many producers use it instead of anise as it's cheaper I believe 1 crushed star anise is equal to half a teaspoon of anise seed.

Sounds about right to me mate leave it as long as your able too and it will get better. You're probably better to leave it in the warm for at least a week though at at least the same temp as you fermented at.

Ha love it where can i get one :clap:

This was the first thing i ever got hammered on, i nicked four bottles of it from my nans cupboard when i was 13. Sick as a dog for 3 days and grounded for a month... happy days :cheers:

Just found out my brother and his missus can't make it to our house for xmas so add the 4 other dj's and the king keg in the shed to this little lot and it's going to be a very merry xmas to me :party: I know i'm getting money for xmas so with all this on hand i will have to stay clear of ebay!

I plan on putting mine in 2ltr pet's (old lemonade bottles) but i suppose it depends if you want it fizzy or not obviously if you prime it for fizzy then it will have to go in bottles that are deigned to be used under pressure.

Just out of interest has anyone tried doing something like this with a fizzy soft drink? I'm thinking specifically of a ginger beer, a lot of folks on here make there own with varying success and i wondered if i take a shop bought one that i like simmer it up to de fizz and knock off any...