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Tonight I'm having a bottle of Beaverdale's Grenache Rose. It has been sitting in storage for just over a year

Would love to try the Magic Rocks American IPA! sounds really refreshing after a long day at work ;)

Thats some collection Dutto! The Cerveza sounds amazing

Ahhh ok, thanks for letting me know - now I guess thats why there isn't a packet of finings in the box!

I have never tried the wine kits as I wasn't sure of how highly they were rated I assume they are worth a shot? I'm quite excited actually to see how the lager turns out actually. Is it worth adding any finings to the finished lager? John.

Thanks Dutto for the advice, it is appreciated. Oh! "falling down juice" sounds interesting... maybe slightly tempting haha! I assume the DME and enhancer just improve the flavour profiles? Thank you! John

Hello fellow brewers! 👋👋 I hope you're all keeping well? I was in the Range the other day and picked up a Make Your Own premium lager kit. One of my neighbours was having a clear out and gave me beer making stuff to get started (bigger fermentation vessel, bottles etc.) which is all pretty...

Hi Bob, Was your apple wine made with supermarket juice? I haven’t tried back sweetening yet but do generally prefer quite a dry wine. Personal preference I guess. Although when making this wine I was aiming for something sweet. From the notes that I had scribbled down I had added the...

Sadly Chippy_Tea I have been using corks in my bottles….. Thankfully I only have 5 bottles which are now safely stored in a bucket in the kitchen - the ceilings are 11 foot tall so hopefully I shouldn’t get a cork lodged in the ceiling!

Thanks VW911 very much appreciatedi knew someone on here would be able to help. :-) The wine isn’t majorly bubbly like champagne but there is a sparkling quality to it in the glass and it has certainly added “class” to what i labelled it as (blue collar trashy tropical wine)! You have put my...

Hi all Hope everyone’s doing well. Tonight I have opened a bottle of tropical wine (supermarket ingredients). Made around Christmas last year. The wine seems to have carbonated in the bottle. It’s lovely! albeit now I’m a bit paranoid that the wine bottles might go pop! As I never intended...

I have to admit as a newbie I like to keep everything as clean as possible. The thought of an infection in the brew doesn't sound very fun at all. I usually have the sink full of a no rinse sanitiser when I'm making a batch.It might be a little bit over the top but its worked for me so far!

I’ll suffer tomorrow/today… the taliskar has been opened haha. To be fair there’s some half decent wines out there. Tesco do a Tesco's finest Cotes De Gascogne, in my opinion it’s better than Calvert’s. But I guess wine and palates are different and what suits some is different for others. I...

The must tasted nice enough at the start.. we’ll see what it tastes like in a few months when it’s bottled. I’ll check it in a few days as activity is starting to really slow down now. Hoping to get ABV about 12/13% And there’s me thinking a short cut is just going to buy a bottle of wine from...