Recent content by MrWoolf

I perfer to take a cylinder out of the wine and degas it before taking a reading, I'm sure I read somehwere, possibly in a 50 year old book, that the CO2 bubbles can cling to the hydrometer and give a false reading. Other than that i dont see any reason, other than poor eyesight ( like me) to...

if you are making wine you dont need a hole in the lid, most use the buckets to store the wine after "racking" and adding the finings. I got a load of buckts 2nd hand and never used the lids that had holes in the tops. I only brew wine so I guess they are there for the beer brewers to allow...

Hi all, been a while since posting last, mainly been doing 23 Ltrs of juice wine. with the constant rise in the cost of jucie from conetrate, I have been looking at sourcing an amount of concentrate but wonder if anyone else has had any experience of this. Found a supplier on my door step...

Its just about finished now and I'm sorry to say it didn't blow its top! sneakly little taste and its seems quite nice. Just got to rack it off and then de-gas etc...........going to let the disturbed sediment settle first.

It'll be fine, she has already seen one go "off" and saw the funny side.

Good evening everyone, While taking a stroll through Morrison's fruit juice section, SWMBO said the following words - " why don't you make me an Orange and Pineapple Wine?" I recoiled in horror at the thought of the impending volcano, but the missus get what the missus wants! I will upload...

I had the same issues, they are renowned for having issues sealing. The wine was fermenting but no bubbles through the air lock. i found it a bit of a let down. I tried the vasoline method but found it was very messy and did not produce any better results. I removed the rubber "O" ring from...

Out of interest, did you take a hydrometer reading before adding the yeast?

Hi Chippy, I'm looking to stop them at 1.000 so it will still be slightly sweet Rose. Dont want to be sucking up all the bits into the trial jar. Guess i may not have an option. I'm getting a bubble every 8-10 mins through the air lock Would you just leave them until they stop and then back...

Anyone got a quick and simple way of getting rid of the floating scum off the top of the WOW at the end of fermenting? I have two that i want ot check the FG but there are still quite a number of bits going up and down and a good layer on the top.

Nice one Dan! nice quality shirt ( unlike the photo) , well worth it.

Yup, as a novice it is quite un-nerving not seeing air comming through the lock, especially on the first batches. I learnt to listen for the rice crispy noise on my first one. May help someone

I kicked off a 23L FV yesterday and i have had issues trying to get the cap to seal correctly as its missing the rubber ring. i know its not 100% important but i want to see the air lock bubbling away. I have prevously tried super tightening the cap and a good smear of vasoline but that was...

thanks chaps - always very helpful :thumb:

As per the title, I have done a few WOW's now in DJ's and the the little lady has given the green light to start mass producing as suppply is not keeping up with demand :drunk: How much yeast do you guys add into FV, been using 1 tsp in a DJ but think that 5 tsp will be overkill?