Recent content by holly

welcome . i too like a drop of cider but have never realy found a kit one that suits my taste , after joining this site and reading a few turbo cider posts i gave it a go and i find it better than kits . if you have a spare demi john give a small brew a go or buy a 5ltr bottle of water and use...

thanks for advice did a reading and it is still fermenting the problem was an odd shaped airlock bung that if not forced home did not seal thanks peeps :D

did you bother to pre boil the high juice or just added it neat ?

just checked again and its stopped water level in trap is even ?

hi guys thanks for replys , the said brew is in my spacious double garage (never had a car in it ) the temp is 20 it as a single demi john heater belt fitted around the bottom of the demi john and is also wrapped with an home made jacket made from builders expansion joint foam so the temp is...

knocked up a wine similar to wurzels the start was1100 its now stopped at 1030 anyone any ideas why its not fermenting out more ? i used youngs gp yeast ive had a few stopping like this :hmm:

morrisons today 30/1/10/ sunrise orange 50p per ltr think i will stick with morrisons :D

hi peeps i have been dabling with a concoction (3rd attempt) using a bottle of rose flavoured syrup i am trying to make it a strong un my starting sg was 1125 started on 11/10/09 today 23/1/10 i get a reading of 1040 aworking out at 11.3 the fermentation seems to have stopped its been on an...

the book i read it in is quite old before the super yeast days would this explain why it mentions dying off at 13% ?

ive read that a sherry or port yeast is an high alcohol yeast, a gp yeast will die off around 13% ive got a couple of wines going and used sherry yeast just to see what comes out :)

woops my fault you would need to strain the barley also (turbo effect) :whistle:

thanks for replys guys , one concern is moleys reply strain twice ? is this right or just the wurzels effect :rofl:

just discovered that my local asian supermarket sells bags of dried apricots will these be any good for winemaking ? if so whats the best way to go about it and what else would you suggest to add

i ferment 5gall batches then when its clear i syphon into 1 gall demi johns (currently have 38) and store it i then bottle 1 gal at a time when required

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/retro-70s-soda-st ... 335876739c i bought some of this guy