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Thanks Moley :thumb: I'll keep an eye on it then :D

We started off some sloe wine this weekend and the initial fermentation takes place in a fermenting bucket. Here comes the really stupid question!!! :oops: The bucket obviously has a lid but surely if the lid is on properly you risk an explosion?! Should the lid just be placed on so that the...

I'm so excited! I've just picked over 5kilos of grapes from down our garden. If anyone can advise me as to the best course of action from here I'd be grateful. :thumb: I have done a search on here for recipes but as you can imagine typing in white wine recipes throws back A LOT of results...

Hi! I'm hoping someone will be able to help me. We've got grapes in our garden and they need picking now but I can't find myy C.J.J. Berry book and have absolutely no idea where to start or what quantities of things to use as I am a complete beginner. I've got all the equipment I should need...

For straining, I have a jelly straining set up for home made jellies/preserves. Will this be OK?

Thanks :) I've got a stick on thermometer which came with our kit. I've just been reading around a bit. Am I right in thinking we need a fermenting bin/bucket type thing? Are we better off wiht citric acid or do lemons suffice?

Hi, My husband and I are in the process of making our first ever batch of wine (WOW) but, as we have a grape vine down our garden we'd like to put the grapes to good use and make some wine. We already have DJ's, syphon tubing, hydrometer and trial jar, airlocks, yeast compound, yeast nutrient...

We're just coming to the end of the the first week of our first ever batch of wine (WOW) and I've just realised that we don't have any wine stabiliser. Is there anything else we can use, is it 100% essential or shall I order some and wait until it arrives before racking it? Also, with back...

Thank you all for your replies. After my original post I decided to go and double check all the seals at the top and I think I have found the problem. I don't think we'd pushed the airlock far enough into the rubber bung in the top of the lid. The moment i did that it started to bubble every...

My husband and I have never done any home brewing before and started our very first batch of WOW last night. Everything that I have read on here about it says it should be going like a steam train within about an hour but ours wasn't. In fact apart from some froth on the surface it really...

Oh good :D Because I've got an unused bottle begging to be used! Thanks for replying :cheers:

Is it OK to sterilise my PET DJ with Milton solution? Or does it have to be something specific to wine making? Thanks

Thank you :D

Thanks everyone for your welcomes :D I've had a read of the Worzel's Orange Wine thread and we're going to give that one a go. We've got some of the basic equipment needed having a bought a starter kit plus we bought things like pectic enzyme, yeast and yeast nutrient. I've got all the...

Thanks Moley! Think we'll give the orange wine you suggested a go. Stupid question but how can you tell when grapes are ripe? Do you just go by the flavour? Our plums are all finished now and thanks to my boys I doubt I'd have enough rapsberries to do anything with them so I'll go with the...