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Haha it still smells ok, bubbling along nicely, if anything turning blacker now! :doh: Fingers crossed and thanks for the replies

We've finally bought our first tip of a home, and we're lucky enough to have some apple trees with it. After home-brewing our way though university (me foraged wine and my other half beer) we thought we'd give cider a go! Our unknown variety of red eating apples were sat after picking about a...

Thank you Pollymorph for such a detailed history, mine did exactly the same thing so I'm glad I'm not alone!!

Finished and bottled it, on initial testing it was incredibly dry! I'll definitely use it again, but probably backsweeten(and as a first attempt I was very impressed!) Thank you for your recipe! See you same time next year :cheers:

Thousands down here in Hampshire, close to being ready, some are going soft on the branch. Exciting! :)

The ones around me are beautifully ripe, I can't believe how many of them are about this year, they've got to that stage where the branches are drooping! Hope yours come about soon!

This is a super cheeky cheat but personally I'd add the elderflower cordial, sugar and lemon juice to some other wine(fizzy or flat with carbonating tablets!?) and hope no-one knows what its supposed to taste like! I'm sure it would taste delicious anyway you make it. Good luck! (or just sod...

Have taken the plunge and started this today, my first wine, how exciting! Is the added Campden tablet at the start to kill any residual beasties in the blackberries?

Fantastic advice Jonny69, just what I wanted to hear! Will start it all today!

Thanks OldBloke, How irritating, I'll hold off until I can get some! BerryCrumble

Hey everyone! I'm about to start a batch of elderberry and blackberry wine on Monday, however, Wilkinson's have cancelled my delivery of yeast nutrient and I am unable to get out of the house to get more! Which leads me to a few questions; 1. I will be using Wilko's yeast, would you advise I...

Oh my goodness Crastney, this made me laugh so much!!

This looks fantastic currently got the end of the season's rhubarb in the garden so may give it a go!

Brilliant advice everyone! Thank you so much, when I get up and running I'll post some pictures. Although I presume its like a lot of things, the first time you do it is almost bound to be a failure?!

This sounds great, I think I'll give this one a go!

Hello Guys! As a keen scrimper, forager, crafter and drinker I thought I would try my hand at home brew, in particular wines and ciders. With the glut of blackberries in the hedgerows this year I thought I might try to make some blackberry wine. Any tips and hints would be greatly appreciated...