Recent content by Peregrinus

It has been a while since I did any wine and so I am rusty with what to do next. I have made a plum wine which has fermented out and has been racked into another DJ. In my old notes I talk about adding CT and Pot Sorb, is this done for every wine? I also remember something about degassing which...

I have been wanting to make some apple wine so asked about for apples and I now have 10kg of them (mainly cookers I think). So now I am thinking about cider as I can probably get more apples. Is it really as simple as juicing, adding yeast and fermenting out? That sounds just too simple to be...

I took an allotment last year which came with a mature plum tree (or gage, can't work out exactly). This produces a yellow fruit which is not that juicy but very tasty. I have racked it now so I have a gallon of 12.1% wine. I will leave it a few months then try and work out what to do with it.

I have done a plum wine too Bigeck but I followed CJJ Berry's recipe (except with less sugar). His method uses boiling water rather than cold and so does not need the campden tablets. I started it on Aug 15th and put in DJ on 17th. It went like billyo for five days and will be racked off...

The DJ is now made up. The initial SG after straining was 1.025 which equates to 265g of sugar. I was aiming for 12% which requires 1065g and so this made it a nice easy 800g of additional sugar. This I have done but my new SG has come up a little short at 1.085 which is potential for 11.3% so...

Cheers Graz, having more of a read of Berry's book it appears that this recipe is for a dessert wine which would be high alcohol and very sweet. I am after a table wine of around 12% so I will take a reading after straining and then work out the sugar from there which depending on the plum...

Hi everyone, I used to be on this forum around 4 or 5 years ago (same username) but then life got in the way (marriage, house move and recently kids) but now have just started my first brew for that time. I have an allotment which has a mature plum tree (or gage, not quite sure) from which...