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Hi, As the title says can I lay plastic corks down in a rack? - I no I can lay corked bottles down but am a little worried if they leak - has anyone had any experiances in this my plastic corked bottles are standing upright at present - I could in theory I spose lay them at a angle in a plastic...

Hello, We have a old concrete shed at the bottom of the garden its pretty might airtight its waterproof mostly and I was thinking about storing the wine up in there. My neighbour who used to brew beer and wine say to me its not good as the temps differ alot in a shed?. I was going to put a...

Hiya Whats the best way to increase the body of a homemade fruit wine I ask because I'm going to bottle my 2 xmas spicy type brews this week and although they taste good and the niegbours think so as well - I think and feel that they are lacking a little something I was thinking for the next...

Hello I tasted the Rhubarb wine today its been a good 3 weeks since brewday and and 10 days since any ferm action so thought lets have a taster see whats it like just in case I need to sweeten it but found another problem - I couldnt taste the Rhubarb at all maybe a very faint taste but you...

Hiya My Rhubarb has been in Primary for for 2 weeks it has now stopped bubling and I was wondering do you re-rack to clean demi-jon and add stablizer and camp tab and let it clear for another week or two or do you add stablizer and tab bung in finings and bottle and leave in bottles for a good...

Hiya I've got 2 Demi-Jons which have stopped bubbling Spicywines (hopefully) for xmas I'm going to rack them off to new demi-jons on sunday and bung in stablizer and a crushed camden tab I think after which I'm thinking of using Finings to clear them out for a couple of days if taste is ok -...

Hello, I was in tescos doing the weekly shop today and stumbled across Elderberry Cordiall - I was wondering has anyone used this stuff - It is quite pricey around £3 for under a Ltr of the stuff but it probley has a good flavour I was thinking - maybe need to give it a boil 1st and add a...

Hi, The reason I ask about bottles is that I'm seeing more and more screw tops then corked about and am wondering that if I start collecting screwtop bottles for my wines, Can I cork the screwtops to get a good seal or do I need to buy Coopers pet caps and if so are these good enough I no they...

Hello I'm thinking of trying some vegatable wines but am a little lost really to which would make a good tasting wine, I don't want to do Carrot (not really a fan) - I have heard that Parsnips are good and am thinking of Celery (maybe a little peppery give the wine a little kick?) Any...

Hello and thanks for reading I have a question and my I've misplaced the hydrometer so am awaiting a new one in the post but the thing is I got 3 wines that I started around 7 days ago 2 x Mulled (spicy) wine brews and a Rhubarb wine All 3 have stopped bubbling so do I rack them off into...

Hiya While at the show that I was showiong at on Saturday I was chatting about where I got my bits and bobs from - The usual I said online redruth Wilcos, Pool tescos at a push ( I notice thier coopers carbination drops ) are still out of date so if you do get anything from in thier check the...

Hi Started my 3rd brew last night, I had been given around a 1.4kgs of Rhubarb and thought why not find a reciepe and give it a go so I used the following :- I first cut washed and cut the Rhubarb into small pieces and put into a cleaned bowl to which I added a can of Rhubarb I found knocking...

Hi As per the subject heading - The reason I asked as I have beeen using the sterlizing pots of crystels from wilcos at about £1.60 a pot but was in Tescos and noticed that they had Miltons baby sterzlering tabs (50) on sale for £1.30. Is miltons any worst or better the dedicated sterilzer...

Hiya :) As the title says I won at my local village show this past Saturday with wine, I entered 4 bottles 2 white chardnays(dry) and 2 red cabernet sauv's (sweet) Have only been brew for 6-8 weeks and thought what the heck give it a try to see if I'm going into the right direction with...

Hi Started my 4th brew last night, I thought about the upcoming xmas and thought why not try a tangy,spicy wine for everyone so I used the following :- 1 ltr x Welch white grape juice 1 ltr x Morrisons cranberry juice 1 ltr x Apple juice 1/2 ltr x Morrisons cherry juice 1 teaspoon cinomin 4...

Hi Started my 3rd brew last night, I thought about the upcoming xmas and thought why not try a tangy,spicy wine for everyone so I used the following :- 1 ltr x Welch purple grape juice 1 ltr x Morrisons cranberry and blueberry juice 1 ltr x Apple juice 1/2 ltr x Morrisons cherry juice 1...

Hi Going to start a batch of the following - tell me if you think I'm going in the right direction?? and if I'm going wrong in any way Recipe 1 1x 1L welch's White grape, pear and apple juice 1x 1L cranberry juice 2 x 750ml Copella winter warmer 750ml 1X 1L Apple Juice 550g brown sugar 1 - 2...

Hello :) I'm going to do a wine kit tonight not done a wine before but thought it a go got a cheap kit from Wilco's but have a silly/question which is? I've picked up Tesco "ashmountain" bottled water" do I still need to boil this or can I just use it straight off without boiling - I thought...