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I started making a red grape and pineapple wow just over 3 weeks ago. It bubbled away like crazy for the first two weeks but this last week it slowed to a complete stop so today I took a hydrometer reading. Unfortunately I still haven't quite got to grips with the hydrometer so I'm not exactly...

Hello, My cider kit is now clear and I think ready to bottle, I was going to buy a load of bottles but what with my 20L of kit cider and my 20L of TC, which I was also planning on bottling, it's going to work out quite pricey. Is there any cheaper alternatives, I was planning on making them...

I just popped out to get wine yeast and picked up a tub called youngs wine yeast. Now I've got home and looked again, I realised it doesn't specify if its for red or white wine. Is it for both?! Cheers

Ok, so I decided to start my elderberry wine this evening. I froze my elderberries in the hope that I could shake the stick and all the berries fall off, seemed like a nice quick option. Turns out its not that simple!! When I shake the stick the berries fall off but so does bits of stem so...

Hello, Trying the on the rocks kit for my 1st go on cider. The first stage has gone fine and it's now fermented and gives a hydrometer reading of 1000 as it says on the tin. I just find the next steps instructions a little lacking for a novice!! It says I am now to transfer the cider to a...

Hi! I am making apple wine at the moment, with real apples from an online recipe. This is my first attempt at making wine and I think I may have gone wrong somewhere. My hydrometer is still reading under 1.120 and from my limited knowledge of the hydrometer this means the sugar content is...

Hi all!! I am new to the forum and new to brewing. I recently moved and my new garden has a couple of apple and elderberry trees. So in my search of things I could do with my new supply of fruit, I found some wine recipes and so it began...... My apple wine is in the fermenting stage and I...