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I use the Wilkos stuff linked below. It shifts stains on clothing and is good for soaking crud out of buckets etc. It's basically Vanish, but less than half the price. http://www.wilko.com/washing-powder+fabric-conditioner/wilko-oxi-plus-stain-remover-1kg/invt/0333369

Simple but effective! That's got much more of the honey into suspension. Cheers. I'm still finding sticky patches in the kitchen from yesterday's racking, I really don't want it do make a bid for freedom! Hopefully the tray the dj's on should contain things, 'cause the stuff's pretty energetic...

Dosed

So I racked my mead today, doesn't taste of much yet (it's only a month old, so I was expecting that) and added half a teaspoon of yeast nutrient and topped up with 250gm honey and about half a litre of water. I just squeezed the honey on top of the proto-mead though and it's sunk to the...

Guess I picked the right time to get into home-brewing! Looking around though, we've had quite a few years of poor grape harvests. Are country wines the way forward?

Is anyone else finding the current weather is putting a crimp in their yeast's activity? I only have the heating on when I'm home (and even then I'll put a jumper on before putting the heating on) and my two batches on the go have slowed way down with the bubbling. To try and raise the...

Interesting article! Gin is to 1984 what soma is to Brave New World almost. I hadn't made that connection before... I might have to dig my old copy out for as re-read. I first read it as a youngster and it gave me such a bad impression of gin I didn't try it for a long time - shame really given...

Hello all! I just chucked my first two batches on to brew today (a basic mead and a supermarket fruit juice wine), so I'm a newbie to home brewing; but after years of wanting to try it and finding excuses not to (too busy, not enough space, etc) I just went 'sod it' and picked up a sachet of...