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So how much sugar per bottle does most people use to backsweeten. I'm going to use Demerara sugar

How much sugar do I need per bottle to back sweeten? Also how will I know the yeast is dead? Should I put some sorbate into it?

Could someone please post up a recipe. Might give this a go

I'm just waiting for my father in law to drop round a load of damsons at some point this weekend. Me and my brother are going to try and do a 5 gallon port brew here's what we have, 10kg blackberries 4kg elderberrys 7kg damsons Do you think this will be enough? Also are sloe berries good...

Was the whiskey nice? Have you got a recipe or what you did? What did you put the blackberries with on Xmas day? I'm really looking forward to making some port I've got a real taste for it lately and would love to makeup own.

As blackberry picking season is approaching I thought it would be a good idea for everyone to share their plans/ recipes. I love blackberry but have never brewed with them but this year I'm going to use them to make a few drinks. Port being highest on my list then red wine. Also I saw a...

Look online you'll find good elastics at a good price now. I line the white square ones killed enough pheasants with them to feed an army

They are both not as good as a wooden homemade one

My dad is retiring at the end of June. I want to buy him a good bottle of whiskey I don't know much about the stuff so I'm hoping get some advice from you lot. I know he likes glenfiddich and the like. I've got between £100-150 to spend looking forward to your advice Cheers alec

Ok thanks for the advice

I'm bottling some tc at the weekend was thinking about priming it with Demerara sugar just wondered what everyone experience with this. Alec

She defiantly split opinion. Whatever you think of her at least she had conviction rather than the spineless pricks we have now

I am going to rack a tc tommorow is it possible to reuse the yeast cake at the bottom or should I just throw it away? Cheers

I realise its my taste and prefrence I just wanted more experienced brewers opinions

I've got two dj of wow style rose wine. The only rose I've tryed have been really sweet but very nice and refreshing on a hot afternoon. I'd like to hear your opinions on how sweet a good rosé should be. Cheers

I'm 26 I golf play poker, dominos and enjoy lots off "old people's things" I even moan about the youth of today being lazy and rude. Now where's my pipe and slippers?

Hi just wondered if there's anyone on here who plays? Maybe if there's enough maybe a society could be arranged or just a round? Alec

Also where it's bubbled up and then settled down its left a kind of pulp like substance around the top of th dj. Is this also normal and no I didn't use pulped juice

Great. Smells a little like bucks fizz around the fermenter

Hi 48 hours in to a standard wow I've had very slow bubbles but I'm not worried because it at around 18 degrees and I've read I will get a slower fermentation at lower temps. So after 48 hours it's already started throwing a sediment is this normal? As its my first brew ever I'm paranoid about...