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The Mrs has decided to like this, and while its cheap enough, it'd be nice if we could have a go a brewing some, or at least something like it. Is it possible to"copy" a wine?

So, following on from both; Real Lemon Oooocha! and Ribena Cider I threw a third, and final (until Friday when I can get to the market for some more Nutrient) DJ, this time around an Orange alco-pop style drink, for the summer BBQ season. Around 5% - 6% hopefully. Ingredients: 6 Big...

Threw an experimental DJ of the on last week, I'm hoping for an alco-pop style drink, for the summer BBQ season. Around 6% - 7% hopefully. Ingredients: 12 Unwaxed Lemons - Grate the rind, juice, and put the skins in the pot too! 3.2g of sugar per 100g, so as I used 1200g, that's a total of...

Knocked a 1 gallon batch of this up earlier, as the bottle seems to have been in the cupboard for an age and a day, the kids don't drink it, so I thought I'd have a go at making something I can drink, while attempting to navigate a boat this June! Ingredients: 1 litre of Ribena Cordial - All...

Having a bit of a sort out, and I think 40 demijohns is a little excessive, I've not used more than 10 at a time yet so have plenty of spare for racking off. Therefore, I'm offering 10 for sale at £4 each, collected as they are fragile. They will be cleaned internally and externally this...

Well, Christmas was a drunken one :cheers: Ended up bottling a couple more brews this week, some Jungle Juice (Umbongo), and some of the 8gal of Cider we made. The cider is nice, but smells a lot like wine. Think we ended up with around 8% ABV in the end, didn't really take any readings, just...

Well, this has been done a few times before after a quick search, but thought I would pop my recipe up too. Just a single DJ of this on the go at the moment, the kids have drunk more of the juice than I'd anticipated, so have I really, it always was nice! So... 1ltr Lidl Red Grape Juice - Not...

I started two buckets of cider, around 8 days ago now. Plain old apples, sweet cooking apples that the Mrs says are nice and a bunch of crabs we picked a month or two ago. Now, 80 bottles of plain old cider at 7% is nice, but I'm now considering a twist on some small batches. Would I be able...

Everything was spotless before starting. DJ one, is/was an Orange WOW. Started 03/10. DJ two, is/was an Orange & Mango WOW. Started 03/10. Both stink of sulphur, not a little, a lot! The front room is uninhabitable because of the smell. Tasted both of them this evening too, and after what...

Barr purchasing a large number of airlocks, and of course some friendly chemicals...mwuhahahaha..now now, pull it together Steve!! I'm ready to be throwing together a number of "first brews". I've got my eye on a couple of WOW's, and I'm still looking for a child friendly brew so the kids...

Forgive the question, having just read 30% of "First Steps in Winemaking" by CJJ Berry, and it seems a stupid one, considering I belive I've just read it somewhere but for the life of me cannot find it anywhere! I believe I've just read that you can leave a small amount of some solution in the...

Right, it's always said that the stupid questions are those that you don't ask. So be prepared, here goes; Firstly, I've got tons of fruit available, and I'll be combining a few different ones to create some, hopefully, wonderful tasting wines. So far, the only equipment I've purchased...

Good evening ladies and gents. I'm Steve, from Gunness near Scunthorpe. We're heavily in to growing our own in what space we have, the Mrs' parents are shooters, so we get a little meat from them and plenty of rabbit, chicken and eggs from them and my uncle. We've recently put in a...