Recent content by NiamhManners

Hi Speccy, Thank you for your reply! To be honest, the idea of bottling before fermentation has finished this time worries me too after the corks blowing out last time! especially if they are going to be in the bottles waiting for a year.....haha! I'm hoping it works out well, its...

Hi everyone, This is my 5th year brewing and the third year using elderflower. We are set to get married next July, and to cut costs we decided to make a lot of our own wine and beer. My fiancee is a bit of beer novice and usually makes very nice batches, so hes good on the beer front...

Hi all! Im new to wine making and as a result my recipes are very odd. But i thought id share my newest wine to be with you all! 5 cups honeysuckle 15 elderflower heads 200g raisens (chopped) 50g wild strawberries 4 lemons (juice ans zest) 1500g sugar 5 liters water. 5g yeast...

Thank you Matt I tested it with my hydrometer regardless yesterday and its at 1.000 but doesnt taste like its much more then 6avb so iv dissolved another 900g of sugar in 2 pints from each demijon and added back in to them (they are not yet finished fermenting) so now they are bubbling away...

Hello everyone This year i thought i would try something new, and give wine making a crack! I decided to make elderflower champagne as i have so many elderflower trees around and it was a shame to see them wasted. I used this recipe - 1600g of sugar (800g per 5 liters) 8 lemons, rinds and...

Hi everyone This is my first attempt at elderflower champagne, Iv made plenty of wines and beers but never champagne. I used this recipe - 1600kg of sugar 8 lemons, rinds and juice 10 litres of water, 4 boiling 6 cold 30 elderflower heads 10g yeast Well its been brewing since sunday...