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I started this kit on 9/2/2013, made it exactly according to the kit instructions. OG 1082 and FG of 995 making a final ABV of 11.5 After racking, it was bottled on 14/03/2013. As usual, I got 5 1/2 bottles so the half went for sampling. The results from the sample were very promising! It had a...

I've been searching the forum and everything relating to flat beer seems to be associated with barrels. I have flat been in bottles. I must be special. The kit was a Wilkinsons Golden Ale. I bottled with about 3g sugar in each so I wasn't expecting a massively fizzy brew but a bit of a head...

All my demijohns have come to me second hand, ebay, etc. I've noticed that some of the DJs have a smaller neck than others and the standard bungs do not fit well. I've found shaving them down a bit with a knife has helped a little but it leaves them with a rougher surface and therefore more...

I'm going to be racking a Beaverdale merlot tomorrow. Reading the instructions that came with the kit, it says to transfer to a clean DJ, add the stabaliser and to SHAKE the container for 3-4 minutes, at least three times a day for the next 3-4 days to remove the CO2. Does this not introduce...

After seeing a few posts about coffee wine, I decided to give it a try. This is the planned recipe: 4tbsp freeze dried coffee 1kg demerara sugar juice of 2 lemons 2tbsp Dr. Oetker vanilla extract Water to 3L Gervin GV4 yeast I'm making it up to 3L initially as I've read the initial ferment is...

Hi All, I racked off my mead yesterday after it had been fermenting for a month. Now, fermentation has slowed dramatically. Before racking, I was getting about 6-8 bubbles per minute, now it's dropped to one bubble every two minutes. I'm more than a little concerned that the air that inevitably...

I made up a batch of ginger wine a few weeks ago and dropped all the grated ginger into the DJ. I now want to sieve it into a new DJ and add some sugar water to up the alcohol (I'm using Gervin G4 yeast). Naturally, I'm sterilising EVERYTHING. The fermenting is still running, albeit slowly. My...

I am planning some ginger wine using the recipe from Liam viewtopic.php?f=39&t=28940 I was hoping to go for a strong brew, to take the alcohol up to around 20%. I've not worked out the sugars yet but I'll get round to it soon! Does anyone have any experience of using this yeast? Does it come...

Hi All, I'm new here, I've read several posts, with much Googling often sending me here so I thought I'd join. Many, many years ago, I had my first attempt at brewing, 30 years ago I brewed some non-alcoholic ginger beer and a few years later, my first alcoholic beer from a kit bought from...