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Sounds like you have made some nice wines before. Welcome!

Welcome!

Thanks for advice guys! That pineapple wine looks great! My strawberry wine is still fermenting 3 weeks later! Getting a few bubbles through the airlock every 26 seconds at the moment. I think it's taken so long because some of the strawberries were not fully crushed and are thus breaking down...

So I added the filings etc to make it go clear 5 days ago. It's still a strong yellow colour but I can read the instructions through the demijohn clearly so figured it's good to go. Opened her up and had a sniff. Hint of vinegar. That's not good!? In goes the hydrometer and it sinks low...

EDIT: Pics won't work? They are from my dropbox and are in the IMG code etc!? I'd put links but website says my post is too spammy for a new user. Lol Thanks for the advice guys! Found an expiry for May '13 on it! Doh! Never mind too late now. Yea sorry perhaps 40 bottles was optimistic...

So just bought a 23l plastic barrel with a bung hole for an airlock. 8kg of strawberries from tesco! (Reduced but still expensive, came to £24.) 6kg of granulated white sugar. Everything is currently sterilising and the gf is cutting the tops off the strawberries! Questions: Hydrometer - How...