I used a good bit of mine for back sweeting a kit that I bought. Worked well for that. Still have some left and some white I ordered too. Nothing ventured nothing gained I suppose. Sorry it never worked. Was it perhaps too concentrated? They advise 250ml for a gallon.
Great colour! Hope it turns out well and hope to hear how it goes? 6 demi johns and 8 litres of red grape juice have arrived today. I'm going to try a few different wows. I have been stocking up on different fruit juices and some fruit tea bags.
Intersting to see those readings so close to the labelled sugar contents. I don't suppose a hydrometer will give completely accurate results but what an amazing instument to keep you in the picture of how a brew is coming along. It seems that you can over sugar a batch too which can inhibit the...
When calculating sugar content, will the hydrometer reading tell you the sugar amount or are you better to calculate what's in the juice by the label and add sugar to a calculated amount?
Was there a lot of work in picking the gorse? I'd imagine it could be a painful process. It took me a while to start seeing the elderflower but once I spotted my first tree I started seeing it everywhere. I don't suppose it will be in bloom for long so must try and pick some.
Elderflower in full bloom here just now. Would love to try making something with it. Gorse is tempting too, smells amazing and is in abundance at the moment. Sainte.
I have ordered glass 5 l demi john's. I used to use better bottle pet ones and have lost most of the lids. Got a good deal on amazon for 6 at £38.99. Hope your wines turn out well. Will give some a try with what I can find in the local coop acheers.
Hello John thank you for that, I try to keep every thing as clean as possible. As you say though a few more ++ certainly won't go wrong. I added loads of sugar thinking that it would give it extra kick and it did. People still talk about it years later. I will try to make nice wine going forward...
The Isle of Skye. There are only coop's here and nearest decent supermarkets are 100 miles away. Tesco vans come over but it's near impossible to get a delivery slot. I drive petrol tankers so i'm usually through in Inverness quite often but here's hardly any petrol needed just now due to...
I made 5 gallons of carrot wine which wasn't very nice at all. It ended up like a strong sherry that could blow your head off! I had some great laughs drinking it with some poor unsuspectful friends but my inexperienced wine making skills were evident in the tasting and a lot of it went down...