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For many years, I made this from fresh elderberries. Mr Berry suggests 3 lbs berries and 3 1/2 lbs of sugar per gallon but I use 3lbs. I've frequently had to leave it fermenting for months and never artificially stopped the fermentation but, as already mentioned, it must be stored for a long...

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Shetland News 10th December https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2020/12/10/health-board-ready-for-vaccine-roll-out/ "The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is expected to be given to people in Shetland from tomorrow (Friday) onwards." That would be the 11th December. I didn't say care homes in Shetland, although...

Dear Appleyard Even the Pfizer vaccine will be happy in dry ice for 3 days. If they can administer it in Shetland then Greater Manchester ought to be possible. As for goods into the EU, I've imported/exported from/to the US with Harm codes etc. but, with 7 working days to go we still don't know...

Four teachers in our family. Boris threatens to prosecute if schools close so my family is forced to deal with ( collectively) dozens of kids every day - but they can be fined if they meet for Christmas. My wife leaves teaching this Christmas, mainly because her job involves going from school to...

Hi I've an old chest freezer, must be 30 years old at least but still plodding on when I switched it off this week. Location is M28, you'd need a van and two strapping chaps to take it away but I could arrange for you to collect in perhaps early to mid January. It's so old I wouldn't bother to...

I decided to try hops from seed this year and see what came up ( pot luck ?). From a £2.25 packet I got over 40 plants of which I planted 30 or so in 8" pots. About 2/3 seem to be female, I've culled the males as soon as I could tell the difference and now have some small cones which I hope will...

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Hi Richie I too am growing hops from seed which I bought from Chiltern Seeds. I have a number of plants and the tallest are heading towards 2m but many are yet small. As they are in their first year, I am growing them in pots and only supplied support for a height up to 2.5m so I'll soon have...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I read that yeast was not so simple as I thought it might be so didn't use that. Like Labrewski, I'm not too concerned about getting a strong beer, I just want the sugar to be used up. It was very interesting that MisterBoy had exactly the same experience...

Although it's only been in the bottle a week, I put a bottle in the fridge for a few hours and sampled it. A bit of a haze but it tasted very nice. Only 3.5 ABV but I don't think it will need to be preserved for long. :cool:

Hi. Many thanks for your experience with this. My batch is now doing time under the dining table where it will stay for another couple of days if SWMBO lets me get away with it before moving it to the garage. Luckily she likes the Bure Gold I brewed last time. If you have some spare time at...

Now day 15. gravity down marginally 1.018 . Taste was OK - although a little sweeter than i would have hoped so I decided to bottle it. Nice colour.

Hi. Thanks for the response. The temperature is a fairly constant 18, perhaps 19 degrees.I've stirred it and added the brew belt to raise the temperature. I'd add some more yeast but am isolated so not able to nip out and get some but I did freeze the bottom yeast from my last brew (Bure Gold)...

Hi. I see this is a common thread. Rajas reward ferments in 10 days to 1020 then stops but the instructions say it should be 1008-1014. I see several questions on the site and lots of very useful suggestions but little feedback from fellow brewers as to what the results were. I've just given...

Hi. I've been brewing beer and country wines for years now but on a small scale. I've assisted with all grain brews but don't have the space for all the gear at home so stick to beer kits. Great to see others have exactly the same issues that I have come across with lots of helpful suggestions...