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Its been a long, long time since I have visited this site. Its good to see that its still here !! Its about 10 years since I last used a kit. The last one I made was a two can (toucan) 10% Russian Imperial Stout type drink with coffee. I don't drink much at all anymore, but I do enjoy a...

I'm not usually right but think I might be this time. Just need somebody to confirm my workings before I add some yeast for pulp fermentation. Just about to make a couple of gallons of mixed fruit wine with the addition of a litre of pure grape juice and 250g of barley (crushed) per gallon...

Was going to knock up a few gallons of a dried fruit wine this evening but I don't have whole barley for the recipe. Can I substitute whole barley for pearl barley which is widely available in supermarkets. Would there be much difference in taste. Cheers.

Evening all. I have most of the ingredients together to start my second Port Wine recipe. The first one I made was a great success a couple of years ago but I want to make it better this time. The PH levels of the first attempt is something I never considered but my idea is that it will...

Evening ladies and gents, Neil here from Cornwall. Been a long time since I have used the forum, must be 4 years at least since I was a regular user. Have lurked on occasion but life and kids got in the way and winemaking came to a virtual standstill. Never got rid of my equipment, been...

I have this Totton Glycol Pump I bought from a member of this forum a few years back. Bought it as I was going to go down the AG route but due to circumstances it never happened. Don't know alot about it myself apart that its ideal for AG and will transfer hot liquids. I did actually sell it...

I'm looking for a PH testing kit for winemaking and wondered what you ladies and gents use. Thanks Neil

I use this thread on a different forum and its great for showing off all your new purchases. Whether its new or secondhand, show it here and add links and photos to the product if you can so others that are interested can buy them easily...

I have made up a raisin, prune and fig sherry recipe from Ben Turner's book '1000 Wine and Beermaking Hints And Recipes'. I followed the recipe exactly as it said but I am having problems with a slow ferment. After a week or so it was only passing about two bubbles a minute through the...

I have a 1 pound bag of East Kent Goldings which were from last years harvest. They have been stored in the original sack type bag in a cool dark cupboard all this time and was wondering whether they would still be any good. A friend got them for me whilst working at a Kent Hop Farm so what do...

Thank the Lord we brew our own http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24746539

I have a Borollo 30 bottle kit and its been in the cupboard for the last eighteen months, so I thought it was about time to start it off !!. I read a view reviews of the finished wine and a few have said that it is a little thin. I could have short brewed it but I have a load of bottled...

Hi Ladies and Gents. This is going to be my first brew for nearly two years since my last one. The first high alcohol stout I made was a beauty, I couldn't get enough of it, viewtopic.php?f=36&t=6446&start=0 but the time has come to take my brewing gear out of its grave and dust it off...

High there. My name is Neil (forum name Aneray) and I have been a member of the forum for a couple of years until about a year or so ago. I have brewed beer, lager, wine and cider and whatever else is brewable since I was about fifteen years old until last year when a long running back...

Around the web there are a few recipes for Banana Wheat Beer which sounds a nice refreshing drink for the warmer months. In the back of my brewing cupboard I have a Coopers Wheat Beer kit along with quite a few bottles of steam extracted banana juice which I produced and pasteurised last year...

I have been searching the above for a while with no real success. On my first attempt i ended up looking at a recipe for bird neck sausages http://honest-food.net/wild-game/duck-g ... irds-neck/ and next I typed beginners dry curing into Google and it came up with sites for drying the...

I have mentioned a few times in the past that I can just about get around a puter, but when it comes to all the technical stuff I tend to leave it to others. Yesterday my daughters boyfriend said that he had a copy of Windows 7 which he would put on my desktop. I was running XP until he TRIED...

Found this one the other day on another forum I use. http://www.justin.tv/random_crap? Click on the "I am 18 years old or over" and the programme will start. Its 24 hours a day of Ray Mears, Bear Grylls, Turtle Man, etc, etc. A bit of advice though. If you really enjoy shows like this...

Anybody having problems getting on to the site. It started with me last night and again for fifteen minutes before adding this message. All other sites I visit are fine apart from this one. I know fifteen minutes is not long, but it is if you can't get on to the finest homebrew site on the web.

I'm looking for a new printer for my computer. It doesn't have to be the greatest one on the market, but replacement ink price is an issue due to having three kids who will print cr@p all day and waste it. As long as it has the basic features thats ok for me. I see there are various photo...