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OK so now I have more bottles of wine than the misses is happy with sitting on the kitchen side so wondering how best to store them? I just cleared a whole heap of sh!t out my garage with the thought of storing it out there, i even have a shelf unit with a few wine rack shelves out there would...

is there such a thing? anyone go any recipes? i tried a search thingy but think my pomegranate and sultana wine is getting the better of me and things are not quite doing what i want......!! :drunk:

i started my first ever beer brew on sunday last week, i just syphoned it into a barrel with 85g of sugar and left it. the guy in the shop gave us a packet of finings as well but the instructions doesn't mention it. should i have put it in?? also i've read somewhere that the plastic barrels...

I have a kit wine which had finished fermenting so i added the stabiliser/finnings which came with it, left it for a few days and racked it into a clean DJ with CT in, sorted. Only being somewhat forgetful i went and added bentonite to the DJ as well a few days later! Now i realise this...

Was read a previous post by spudbasher regarding hangovers and thought hey why share your hangover cures, remedies and recoverys. So here's my current one, been through quite a few but this seems to have the best affect for me at the moment. Drink as much water as you can before collapsing in...

In order to work out the final ABV do you need to take (and keep) a reading when you start? Or can you just use the hydrometer to work it out at the end? :wha:

I've bottled my first attempt at making wine (white) a few weeks back and it has a little sediment in the bottom of the bottles. I wondered if this is OK to drink and could it have any bad affects on me? I sure i read somewhere that it could upset ya stomach and probably give ya the shits! But...

I decided to try a kit after my first attempt at wine wasn't quite a nice as i would have liked, think i rushed it all tom much! Anyway bought a kit to keep me going while in the mean time, so i do as instructed and at it fermented out ok. i've added the stabliser, finnings and left it for a...

Went out shopping today and managed to slip this lot in the cart while misses wasn't looking 3 x 1 ltr fresh pomegranate juice 1 ltr strawberry ribena 750ml cherry vimto 5 bags sugar 500g value sultanas oh and a bottle of glycerine i was thinking of trying 2 x ltrs pomegranate bag sugar tsp...

Just thought i'd post a BIG thanks to everyone who posted help and tips on my previous post (HELP!) a few weeks back. :thumb: :thumb: And as everyone was so helpful I thought i'd post a update too I put a campden tab in a clean DJ and racked the wine out left it for a day or so (while i...

This is my first home brew and all was going well but just checked and there is no more bubbling and its only been about 2 weeks! Does this mean it all gone wrong? Or can I do something to resurrect it? :hmm:

Hi guys I have started my first home brew a tinned fruit wine, well they were in the cupboard and it seemed like a good idea at the time! Anyway mixed everything up in a bucket and left over night so the Pectolase could do it's stuff and then added yeast/yeast nutrient last night and it seems...

Hello all I've decided that during my time off over this Christmas I'm going to make some wine and after a little surfing found this site so thought what the heck and registered. Just got my bucket etc. sterilising now so hopefully be getting started soon with some tinned fruit. :cheers...