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Second that. How did the jam wine go?

Hey, I've used kombucha in the past. Really liked it. Don't have the kitchen or cupboard space just now. Love a little kombucha to start the day. How is your tea doing? M

Hello, I'm trying to get my head around using a hydrometer. I understand taking original and final readings, I think. What I'm having a little head scratch over is this, when you use a starch in wine like rice, and you use amylase to digest the rice, is there a way of accounting for this...

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Hello, I've noticed that a lot of us are frugal types who dislike waste. As such, I like to not see things unnecessarily go in the bin. I recently made some wine for Christmas out of mincemeat. Today, after seeing the leftover fruit in my fridge for far too long, I decided to make a quick...

Hey, We are now drinking the wine and it's great, family are hoovering it up. It's quite sweet with a little fire, something not as sweet as a sauterns but deep golden in colour. I will certainly re-make this, I'm a much larger batch! M

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Hey Aussie, I'm not fantastic at working out what alcohol content something might have. I'm rather wishy washy on the numbers. How is the ginger beer coming? Is it too hot for you? I'm yet to get a ginger beer variant going. I've still to bottle about 20l of regular ginger beer and...

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Wow, that sounds more like volcanic than fiery.

Hello, Okay, so recipes often call for raisins. Can I assume that it's ok to switch them for sultanas or currants? Have you ever done this? What happened? I can take a guess that it will be ok and not make a huge difference to the final outcome. Has anyone done this? M

Hey, You know this is short of what I am planning to do next. Ginger beer with spices. My plan us to keep it simple and add one spice at a time and see what is good. I'm going to start with fenugreek or cardamon. Let me know how you get on. M

Thanks for that. I will indeed say a little 'the Internet told you so' should he develop an ulcer, and hide a couple of bottles. M

Hey Wraeccan, So if it's left for a few months, the sour will mellow out? You are right about that being hard advice, I got home from work this morning and found one bottle open! If i find he is chasing with some gavascon, I will use my Mum voice and put it in the don't drink place. M

Hello I haven't given you all the info. I did back sweeten, and I used stevia, which I understand is stable. I did this about 4 days ago. Thanks M