Recent content by Halleyelec

Hiya Chippy Tea, There isn't anything wrong with Bordeaux style or the others as I have used them before but I find that the Burgundy style is just a bit more fancy than the others. What I wanted to do is emulate all the other Sauvignon Blancs that we drink, which are all this style bottle. I...

Why, oh why, can I not find anywhere that sells this type of bottle? There is one site that has then marked as out of stock but the rest don't....are they hard to come by at the best of times? So now I have the decision to make whether to us standard green or clear bottles for my Sauvignon...

Hello! Just looking to start this 30 bottle kit and wanted to know how I can make is similar to other Sauvignon Blancs and Malboroughs that have hint of passion fruit etc. Shall I mess around with the kit and add the juice of passion fruit or leave it as is? If I am to add some, how much would...

I only thought today of changing mine......but thought it was a requirement to keep it until you have commented X amount of times. I might just rotate the image by 90 degrees!

Curiosity got the better of me recently in my homebrew journey and now I am wondering if I had made a bad decision....maybe someone can help. So it was a simple Mexican Cerveza from Wilkos......my first ever ceverza from there was a disappointment as it is coming out at 3.5% but with a bit of...

Ah in the end I just added some AJ to balance the acidity and it's not bad....unfortunately I added some stabiliser so dont think I could have carbonated it after then. It's all a learning curve though....and an enjoyable on at that!!

I ended up topping it up with some left over AJ from a Turbo cider recipe. Its reduced the ABV to 7.3% but I'm happy with that and it tastes amazing. I have bottled 6 750ml swing tops and 3 500ml swing tops...of course one is chilling to try when it's nice and cold! Thanks for your advice...

I'll have to have another look into it. I'm currently getting lost in about 30 open tabs on the internet....its not helping! I think testing first is the way to go. Cheers mate!

Spot on!

I wouldn't have had any idea about that if you hadn't suggested it. Is it easy to get hold of or is it a case of ordering from a homebrew site? I don't think Wilkos sell that or I would have it...I have most of their tubs at the minute. Also.....if you know. thinking of back sweetening once I...

Hi guys, So I have just racked off a 5l Pinapple Wine from a 25l vessel (had no demijohns spare!) into a 5l demijohn but need some advice on how to backsweeten it. It currently tastes quite bitter as you would expect for an acidic fruit (WOW recipe) SG was 1.050 and my result now came in a...

Hi all, Place an order last week at Wilkos for some sun loungers and couldn't miss an opportunity to order this book. I didn't expect it to as informative and I am really impressed with the recipes inside it -I would highly recommend it to anyone new as you can use the guide as an...

Hi all, I have one sachet of GV6 light dessert wine yeast found in my stash, hoping to use at some point. Question is would it be ok to use in turbo cider? Or is it not ideal?

It was for a first attempt! I can still remember a colleague in work complaining about terrible yeast farts but no one else had them! Unfortunately it got drank in a couple of months - but now Im thinking maybe another is due....

Hi Banbeer... I probably only dip my toe in, if I am honest but aside from lagers I dream of one day having another Wobbly Bob beer from Phoenix Brewery - would love to recreate this! I enjoy a Leffe, Duval, Franziskaner weissbier...IPA's....anything really.