Recent content by jthomas

Andyh2003 good luck, hope will turn out tasty :)

I still did not received my inkbird too, wonder why, and would be very very handy now coz I do not have any probe, so hope will still come.

Your welcome mate, no problem at all, hope wine will turn out delicious :)

Thanks to all of You, Fil - thats long and interesting reply, many good informations there, mgkpancake - you have nice system i like it . Unfortunatelly I am still not shure what i should do, one side I would go for 30-40L pans for 5 gllon brews, coz its small an easy to manage, in the other...

OK. I decided to post it now, rather than tomorrow coz I might forgot or be tired. Its gonna be long post so seat comfortable :) I tried a few recipes of blackberry wines (i belive i managed to write 4 ot them), none of them gave me results I want to, or too watery, or too sweet …...

not best recipe I know, he makes few mistakes which potentially could ruin end results

Sounds good, the only thing I would suggest is freeze other 500g of blackberries, so ice crystals break all fruit walls inside for better extraction, then add defrosted about 2 weeks later or ever 3 weeks later for second, for real nice freshness, I do that with my meads, it works really nice :)

Nice, more interested people :) happy to hear, I am busy at the moment, but I will post tomorrow my recipe for blackberry wine I have made in past. Cheers

Right Mangrove Jacks You can find easily here >> http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Vintner_s_Harvest_Yeast.html all strains which I mentioned above old name Vinters Harvest Let me know what cleary what You want me do write for You, is it basic recipe for 5 gal pure blackberry wine...

Hi, basically is same principles like in beer making, to make wine sweet is best IMHO to add non fermentable sugars, like lactose (which i dont really like for milky aftertaste) sucralose or stevia (my favourite) in small quantities, or add stopper to kill all yeast, but IMO stoppers is kind of...

No problem. Here we go. If You have 23/25 litre fermentor and want to do fruit fermentation (is that option did U mean?), You really need to leave a quite a bit of space in Your fermentor, coz on 2nd or 3rd day of fermentation, it will be very vigorous/foamy as hell. So 6-7kg of blackberries...

Not a big problem, I have spare room next to garage, next thing, i want to connect it with pipes-metal ones with pumps, so there will be no lifting, all system will be cleaned and rinsed through pipe/pump system, thats the idea similar system >> http://homebrewacademy.com/brutus-10-build/

Hi to everyone, I am fairly new to beer brewing, BUT... i am professional chef and have access to many second hand equipment, at the moment I actually have access to used pots & pans i various capacities, I thought I will build home-brew system as I have lots of steel tubing, i know how to weld...

What exactly would You like to know? Making wine from raw fruits?

Photo below: from left - rich banana (darker one), saffron banana and right plain cooked banana one i added couple days later