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From a previous comment, I have made a white wine from Aldi grape juice and it has been great. All I did was to add the grape juice, a bit of citric acid and the yeast. Nothing else. I have done a couple of batches and it tastes better than most of the white kit wines I have done. I bought the...

I agree. Cheap wine kits are cheap for a reason. Save your money and get either a Kenridge Classic Kit or a california connoisseur kit. I have done a few of these kits and the Kenridge is the best in my opinion but the california connoisseur is very good for the money. I like the california...

We just bought some fruit trees from Lidl and Aldi. The Lidl ones were £3.99 and the Aldi ones just over £4. What a bargain. Similar trees are £15-£20 in the nurseries etc. They were all at least 4 to 5 foot tall. I put in 2 Victoria Plum trees. I love these. I made some plum wine from some...

Just been to my local Aldi and they have the red and white grape juice on offer for 57p a litre. There are no preservatives mentioned and it is pure juice. It states to drink it within 2 days of opening so I do not think there are any preservatives in it. I have bought 8 litres of the white...

Hello Gents, I thought I would say hello. I am quite new to making wine from fruits etc but I have done kits for about 12 months. I like quite spicy / full bodied wines like a good shiraz. I have enjoyed making wines from fruit last summer / autumn, but I have a lot to learn. The forums have...

Hello Percival, I didn't add any acids. Just a bit of yeast nutrient as I recall. I was impressed with the final wine. I managed to pick some elderberries locally. My wife and I spent ages getting the berries off the stems. I read that the stems actually contain cyanide so you don't want to...

Ok guys. I am new to all this homebrewing and no expert. I made up the recipe as I hate wasting anything!!! This is what I did. Boiled about 6-8oz of carrot leaves in a gallon of water. Added 6oz of chopped raisins to this mixture when it was still hot. Added 1 crushed campden tablet when it...

I grew some carrots last year and thought well I won't waste the leaves. They smelled fragrant so I boiled them up and used the juice. I added some raisins to give it some body and it turned out great. A nice sweet white wine with a hint of carrot taste. Just thought I would mention it as it is...

Thanks gents, I think Percival is right and it is tartrate crystals. They look like sugar granules but I tasted them and they were not as sweet as sugar. It is pretty cold in the garage which wont help. I did not add any acid so any acid is from the fruit. I just added pectolase. I will just...

Hello Gents, the wine is stored in my garage attached to the house. Could it be too cold in there? The wine was not sweet and had fully fermented out. I checked the gravity before bottling and it had stood for a few weeks to clear. I added the sugar to boiling water in the fermenting bucket...

:evil: Hello, I have made a couple of wines from elderberries and blackberries. The wine brewed fine etc and tastes fine but I have noticed that sugar granules have reformed in the bottles after a couple of months since I bottled the wine. I am sure there were no granules in the wine when I...