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Hi, I bought a Youngs lager kit and the yeast was missing, a quick call later and they posted me one out. When it arrived they had sent me 2 :grin: The sachet is marked up with "NSB" I only brew beer/lager from kits, so.... can I use the spare yeast for anything else, ie cider??

Just a quick one, I always use Youngs stabiliser when brewing wine, I always thought it had campden in, I've just realised it hasn't. I've never had any prob's cause SWMBO drinks it as fast as I can brew it :shock: But this time I've just bottled a brew to store for a while, will it be ok...

I have some screw top wine bottles with no caps. Does anyone know if you can buy replacements ?? It would be a shame to have to dispose of them. I've done a search but can't find anything. I don't fancy corking as I had one break a while back.

I've just been thinking about WOW and its variants. All the recipes I've seen call for 1ltr of juice and 1ltr of WGJ. Why not use 1ltr of juice and 2ltrs of WGJ and reduce the amount of sugar accordingly.? Would there be any benefit from this ? Like I said, just thinking.

Has anyone got any suggestions. I've tried to make a Rose (pink) wow. I made a 5 gallon batch with 5l wgj and 5l cranberry juice (Ocean Spray). It's fermented out well and I've got a nice med sweet wine, BUT...........IT'S NOT PINK :evil: :evil: It's come out a really mellow yellow, straw...

Hi all, Has anyone used gelatine for clearing their wine. It appears to be cheaper than finings (For a tight yorkshire man like me :grin: ) always trying to save a few pennies. The leaf seems even better value than powder. So, have you tried it? if so which did you use and how? and most...

I found RGJ in Tescos and Morrisons. One made from concentrate and the other NOT made from concentrate. Does it make any differance??? for brewing. :wha:

I want to try glycerin in my wow and varients, how much would you use in ml per 4.5l. ?? :wha: I've done a search but the results vary greatly. Cheers.

Just a quick one. I fancy making a pear cider, is it just the same as making a turbo cider but with pear juice (supermarket juice)?? Thanks in advance. :cheers:

Hi all, after reading the recipe for alcopops made with the polish syrup, I decided to have a go. I started some Raspberry and Orange on the go. Just followed the recipe so syrup, sugar water and yeast. The raspberries going well but the orange nothing. Temps are ok, Some froth has appeared at...

Hi all, I've just made a load of Cranberry Wow. all went well and was put into demijohns in the conservatory for temp storage. Evan though I had cleared the wine and was happy with the results, a very fine layer of deposits has appeared at the bottom of the demi's. It was clearing for a week...

Hi all, I've just ordered the CJ Berry books First steps in wine making & 130 new recipes. I'm looking forward to trying "Onion wine" Has anyone used these and could you recommend any of the recipes. Cheers.

Just put a couple of gallons of TC on the go which I'm gonna leave untill fermentation stops. I'm assuming it will be quite dry in the end. If this is the case I would back sweeten, so Would you Use splenda granulated or splenda tablets ?? :wha: My thoughts are that tabs would be easy at...

Hi, Could someone point me to the table/chart which lists sugar content per litre needed to get required alcohol strengh. I've seen it and can't find it :wha: Cheers Andy.

Just got he ingredients in to make some Ribena Cider and some WOW. Anyway, excited as i was I started, it wasn't untill I finished I'd made a stupid newbie mistake. I only put apple juice in the WOW instead of grape juice :o :o . I suppose I'll end up with orange and apple wine instead :wha...

Hi all, my Coopers Australian Lager finished fermenting yesterday. How long do I have before I have to bottle. The reason I ask is I'm awaiting delivery of my bottle tree/drainer. Delivery taking longer than expected :nono: , should I wait or should I get on with it steralizing bottles in the...

I've just ordered some Videna antiseptic solution for rinsing my bottles and making up a 1L handspray for quick steralization jobs. As I see it you dilute at the rate of 1.25ml per litre. Once mixed say in the hand spray how long will it keep? Do you have to disgard it after a while and make up...

Hi all, My names Andy. I've been brewing wine for a couple of years now (for the wife, I don't like wine) with good results. I've just taken the plunge and have put my first lager kit on (Coopers Australian Lager) and it's bubbling away nicely, I'm going to bottle this and have bought the...