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Wait until there's a sale on, get the Wilko's one for £8, spend £1 on a tin of black treacle to add to it.

Great thing about homebrew is the ability to experiment. Go for it!!

Just opened a bottle of mine. Thought it was a nice pint, wasn't watery at all (I brewed it about 5 pints short & added tin of golden syrup on top of the recommended sugar). I think I've overdone the junipers a bit, as the flavour is a bit over powering

I've done one of these, I added golden syrup & juniper berries. Haven't tried it yet as it's still conditioning.

Wilkos have all the gear, currently they have a home brew sale on. There's also a homebrew shop in Houghton http://www.wine-on-line.com/index.htm

Stops it turning to jam

I would do the shaking before adding finining

I'm looking to do similar. Have 1 can left from a 2 can kit of Muntons stout. Going to brew up with some blackberries & cocoa powder

Have to say, I never use Camden's and haven't had any of my wild fruit wines go bad.

or use supermarkets own brand which are loads cheaper than Milton

My blackberry wine, for 5 gallons, I put in 8kg of fruit & 6kg of sugar. From this I get 14.5% I've done plum before, which I've used less fruit than you (1.8kg per gallon) & added 400g of honey, with 1kg of sugar This got me 13.5% So I reckon you'll get something around that

I never leave the fruit in. I boil up in a stockpot first, then strain into a FV

Syphon off leaving the muck at the top. Probably will be OK

I'd love to, wouldn't know where to start though

Last year they replaced all of their Youngs chemicals with their own, which are no where near as good, Finings for example, Youngs clear in about 24 hours, Wilkos about a week. Yeast is loads more expensive. £1 for a 5g sache , compared with £1.50 for 100g tub

Only really done BrewFerm (had the odd one or 2 others) But..... in no particular order Grand Crew Old Brown Xmas Framboose Oranje Bock Are probably my top 5 kits I've done so far

I really fancy doing something like that with the cocoa powder. I'm also tempted to chuck in a few cartons of apple juice & knock up some 'black velvet'

I have an elderflower & strawberry on the go, what's the best way to get it sparkling after using finings (as i'd like it to be clear)? Do I just add a bit of sugar & wait a bit longer? Did a cider like this & it worked

Nothing wrong with it. Learn from experience, hold a bit liquid back while it's fermenting as some do tend to bubble over, then add it in later when it's fermented out a bit

Country wines are generally ones that aren't grape. (Think there's some sort of EU law on it) But generally, it's your blackberry, Elder & that sort of thing I've drank them not long after bottling with little aging & they're nice enough. If you make loads, they'll be aged by default of not...