Recent content by Babs

Hi Brewhouse. I used PET bottles.

Hi there, I appeal to all you Cider making experts out there! Yesterday I bottled my 24 litre brew of Wilko Cider (from the Wilko's Apple Cider Kit). This kit is a first for me as I have only ever done TC using a recipe I got from here. Success every time! However, I racked, primed and...

Hi there, After about a dozen complete successes with my Turbo Cider I decided to see how it compared with a cider kit. I opted for the Wilko Apple Cider and things were straightforward at first. But after about a week of fermentation, the whole thing's died on me. It's been stuck on 1.020...

Bottled the Thirsty Devil Red Ale today. I did bump up the sugar to 1600g as I wanted it stronger than the 4% advertised. It took a whopping 21 days to finally finish fermenting and am happy to see it in my clear PETs! It's cloudy and muddy looking but tastes fantastic, and that's on bottling...

Thanks GerritT and AdeDunn for your advice. You were right, Gerrit it was 4.2%. No idea what attenuation is, will have to look it up! I will also investigate that Mangrove Jack stuff!

Hi there, I've been brewing a Tom Caxton Real Ale kit since last Saturday. Had an OG of 1.040 and it stopped bubbling 2 days ago and is stuck on 1.008. I've been trying to find a thread about re-pitching or other advice and can't find anything even though I know there's plenty out there...

Started another batch of just now, decided to change nothing from last time - I was that satisfied with the results! :gulp:

UPDATE! Finally (after seven full weeks!) this brew was bottled this afternoon. It looks full bodied but not clear at all! I certainly don't recommend Wilko wine kits! Will leave it a bit before tasting (at least 2 hours!)

OH WOW! Chilled a bottle of this brew this afternoon and could wait no longer.... Result: OMG, it's REALLY good! Still needs to clear somewhat (was only bottled Monday, mind!) but the yeastiness is non-existent, it's really nice and dry and very lively, a good head was evident right to the...

UPDATE! It's now 8 days since we started the Beetroot Wine and wow, it's come a long way. It's still bubbling (about once a minute) but took a reading just now and it read 0.992. That makes it about 13.5%. It's a deep red and heavy bodied though still very cloudy. Had a few swigs and it's...

Day 10. Racked, batch-primed and bottled! Ended up at 0.998 so that's about 6.2% by my reckoning. There was a bit left over that wouldn't fill the last bottle so we downed it! Tastes good! Very appley (of course it is, but more appley than Cider is generally) Will give further update in a...

Led Zep, how much red grape powder do you use for a 6 bottle brew?

As we live so far from a brew shop and don't like paying Postage from online suppliers, we're getting creative, with lots of help from so many of you Forum Members, thanks to all of you! We managed to get all our juice ingredients from Tesco and followed a recipe from a blog called Life in the...

Just got back from Tesco's armed with some apple juice (own brand), Red Grape Juice (Welch's), and some Beetroot Juice (Cawston Press)! Beetroot is here at https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/291645022 Will try a new project tomorrow (no spare DJ's at the mo, have to get another...

Thanks guys. I'm interesting in trying some beetroot maybe......