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i made 25 litres of WOW and racked to 15 litre supermarket bottle and 2 demijohns i racked to a bucket degassed with power drill as normal then stabalised and fined then i transfered to 15 litre and 2 demijohns theproblem i had was one of the demijohns was 1.3 ish litres short so i pored...

thanks old bloke that was the answer i was looking for will let u know how it goes thanks all

thanks for your replies i will have drunken help stripping them from the stalks so i will have it easy :lol: i wont be freezing to make easy but do need his JCB to speed things up my plan is to remind him all my dad said about how nice the wine is then leave him doing my job whilst...

i phoned my mate tonight to ask him how many elderberry trees he has on hi s 60 acre farm and his reply was a 10 minute explanatioin of where they are and how to get to each tree. after telling him what its for he offered to take me down there in the jcb and sit me in the bucket and lift me to...

still bad at 3 weeks but has improved i think another week or 2 and all will be well

thanks all for the help and advice i have now topped up to 25l and its bubbling like mad

i had the same problem with mine i went to the home brew shop and bought a yeast wich is good for restarting stuck ferments but unfortunately it didnt work then i realised that my yeasties had died because i calculated the sugar wrong and they died of alcohol poisoning so i followed advice...

i recently did one of these strawberry cider kits but it dosent have a sniff of apple in it its red grape juice and strawberry flavoring is your kit the same edit never mind i just googled it and its the same kit that i did mines been bottled for 3 weeks and will be sampled soon

im using the youngs screw top fermenter for this and have left it at 20 litres incase it explodes allover the place like it did in a demijohn but it dosent seem to be frothing like the other did

thanks for that ill get started right away :thumb:

i just bought the stuff for a large batch of wow 25 litres but what needs changing from the 1 gallon recipe To make 1 gallon: 1 litre White Grape Juice 1 litre Orange Juice, no bits, budget brands are fine around 800g Sugar 1 tsp Pectolase - see below Tannin - see below 1 tsp Glycerine...

To make 1 gallon: 1 litre White Grape Juice 1 litre Cranberry Juicearound 900g Sugar 1 tsp Pectolase Tannin 1 tsp Glycerine (optional) Yeast & Nutrient i followed the wow recipe instructions as you probly noticed and it turned out lovely after 3 months i also did one with red grape juice wich...

my mother in law is also ace (sober) but she tried it on with me when she was drunk so i would prefer to give her something that knocks her out and yes i did tell the wife when drunk off home brew (oops) to my amazement she thought it was funny im still confused

opened a 1 glass bottle of wow tonight and the taste has completely changed from being drinkable to being a very nice wine that i was impressed with so now i know how it is when it has been left long enough i will be starting a large batch ASAP i have read a lot about wurzels and i think people...

Free, strongish bottles, with re-usable stoppers :thumb: I have to confess that I have a few too, they were on offer in Iceland and mother-in-law likes it. now that sounds good for mother in laws