Recent content by Colin143

Well, good news!! I have fermentation!!!! Its on my bucket heater pad so its about 25 degrees. nothing for 4 days but now there is some froth on the surface & a few bubbles in the trap :-)

Okay, thanks. Absolutely no bubbles tho :-(

Okay, so I've done a cock up!! Made some wine without checking for preservatives.... So, its all in the DJ, grape juice, cherry concentrate, tannin, pectolase, yeast & nutrient and bugger all has happened for 18 hours, so I checked & the bloody cherry stuff has preservative in it. Can I boil up...

okay, I'll not bother then - thanks.

Do I need to put in a campden tablet in the DJ when racking cider like I do with wine?

Do I need to put in a campden tablet in the DJ when racking cider like I do with wine?

Tastes great, much more drinkable & pleasant than my juice based efforts! Got another one on the go, this time with a jar of cherries,tin of raspberries & a tin of blackcurrants - with a litre of RGJ. Turbo cider next!!!

Well, I bottled the cherry & raspberry fruit wine & ended up drinking a bottle and very nice it was too!! I think it will age well & get nicer! Tried the pineapple earlier, not as bad as I said last time but I certainly wont be doing it again!! My niece thought it was nice - she thought the...

Same here!, 2 days & they were as my photo! Do I just bottle now Chippy? If so is it straight into a clean bottle, nothing else to add? When will they be ready for drinking? Had a small taster night before last - apple & raspberry, okay; cherry & raspberry fruit, lovely; pineapple, rank...

lol, when will it be ready to drink?

Three ready for bottling now :-)

All the bull$hit on the red wine bottles say "hints of raspberries, blackcurrants, cherries" etc!! So I thought I'll use them!! lol

Okay thanks. 24 hours later and its getting really clear, I'll bottle it Thursday now. Got another fruit special on the go earlier:- 1 ltr - Red grape juice Tin - Blackcurrants in syrup Tin - Raspberries in syrup Jar - Cherries in syrup Kilo - Sugar Tea spoon - Wine tannin Tea spoon - Glycerine...

Racked this off & it smells amazing - just like proper red wine and its still dark red too!!

Oh right, so if I put some kwik clear in I can then bottle it?