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Hi Having made gooseberry wine earlier this year, I went to bottle it today. I have prepared fresh demi-johns in order to rack off from the sediment and mix with Campden tablets. I had some 'help' and the first demi-john is now cloudy! How long can I let it settle before I must bottle it...

Hi Folks I made some gooseberry wine nearly 4 weeks ago and put it into demi johns (2 one gallon, and 2 half gallon) about two and a half weeks ago. One of the gallons and one of the half gallons, which is a third full, stopped fermenting after a few days, the other two are still going. Have...

Hi Folks I have just made two gallons of gooseberry wine (I hope!) and wondered, having read differing 'ideas' whether I should be using an air lock on my fermenting bucket. I have one on at the moment. Also, temperature - I pitched my yeast at about 34 c (90f) as had to go to bed, and left...

...appliance? I was just cleaning the oven and remembering a conversation at a party where the person that I was speaking to reckoned his oven was old - about 2 years. Mine is about 20 years old. It made me wonder how long people keep things for - till they die? Here's a list of mine, what...

Hi Since I've been invited to say 'hello' - 'hello'! Done a bit of brewing in the past. Our first cider, made from our, sadly-no-more, apple tree was fantastic. The second attempt - the following year - disastrous. We made a batch of Ringwood, (mash and everything) which was a bit of a faff...