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Racked it off into the demijohn - suspect this will be a wine that I'll chalk down to experience and learn from. When I put the sugar in, I tried to be clever and put the hydrometer into the bucket, rather than take out the fluid. I ended up with an SG of 1.078, chucked the yeast in and left it...

We got a bumper crop of sloes this year. Can't remember who recommended it (may have been on here) but this online resource was really helpful in locating bushes. I'm fortunate in that there's a big country park near us that is pretty wild, so there are plenty of blackthorn bushes kicking about...

When I started getting my kit together over the summer, I bought a heat belt, but a mat looks far more useful - I couldn't get the belt to stick to the side of the bucket.

So I've tested the SG, and it looks like it's pretty much finished fermenting - it's sitting at 0.994. I think it's more a case of me underestimating the amount of sugar I'd need, so the fermentation was much quicker than I'd expected. The apples were still relatively solid when I took them out...

I racked this off into a demijohn recently but the activity is now virtually non-existant. A little concerned that it's too cold for the yeast - I am in Glasgow, so that's a routine danger I suspect. I've moved it to the airing cupboard beside the boiler in the hope that it'll stir the yeast...

Me! Got the yeast added to the batch last night. Slightly concerned about the temperature in the flat, I've had a couple of recent wines that look to have stopped fermenting - being in Glasgow it's not exactly warm outside at the moment. Will need to keep an eye on it as I've got a big backlog...

Just racked my wild apple wine into a demijohn to free up my bucket, so now it's on to the rosehip! Excited about this one, my real-life home brew mate gave us a rosehip sherry he'd made and it was spectacular. If I can get anything close to that, I'll be delighted.

Hi Cha, I've got a bag full of prepped rosehips in the freezer, waiting for my bucket to free up - I'm going to follow this recipe as it sounds fairly sensible, although I'll probably do a full hot water extraction as johncrobinson suggests.

Thanks! I added some to a batch of dandelion wine I made over the summer, but I keep forgetting to pick more up in the supermarket!

Managed to forage 5.5kg of wild apples over the weekend from our local forest, so I'm in the process of testing out this apple wine recipe. Any thoughts? I've just added the pectic enzyme. The apples aren't too tart but aren't too sweet, so I'll be interested to see how the flavour comes out -...

Hi all I started home brewing over lockdown as a new hobby over lockdown. I've got an old friend from University who's been brewing his own beers and wines for years, and with his encouragement I've taken the plunge myself. I've tried making my own beer before, and it went relatively well for...