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I feal sure this has been asked before but I can not find it. Do you add campden tablets before bottleing wine? The only info I have found is some say yes others say no. And if you do add them do you bottle straight after or wait say 24 hours for the gas to disparate?

sorry if this has been answered but i have trawled the net trying to get a definitive answer do you sterilize corks and if you do how? some say you should boil them others say this is the worst thing to do some say leave them in sterilizing solution to soak for 30 min some say you don't...

I have a blackberry wine that has fermented to 992 and I was wondering if this will need to be back sweetened. And if it does what should I use? Sugar or red grape juice. I was thinking if I use juice it will not be blackberry wine anymore and you would taste the rgj but is this a bad thing I...

After you have fermented wine on fruit in a bucket what do you use to remove the bits? I know you are supposed to use muslin but I also know just how inventive some of you are :hat:

First off apologies if this has already been asked but I am going to make blackberry wine and the recipe I am going to follow says to start the fermentation on the blackberry's in 4L of water in a 10L FV for the first week then strain into a DJ. But I don't have a 10L FV but I do have a 25L FV...

I have a batch of TC that is been very slow to clear, if i add some finings like quick clear will I still be able to do secondary fermentation in the bottles?

When is the best time to bottle turbo cider, I have been looking on google and some say when it's totally clear where others say after fermentation finishes but not clear to aid carbonation like this guy in a youtube vid so whats best? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EOLqtoalJ4

Morrisons are selling these at half price so I thought I would do another Turbo Cider. 4.5 Liters of 100% Apple and Pear (from concentrate) 1 Tsp Pectolase 1 Tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 Tsp Glycerine ½ cup of strong black tea Wilko's wine yeast (I don't have any cider yeast so thought give it a go)...

Unfortunately I don't have a home brew shop near me and I am going to Blackpool tomorrow and have found a nearby brew shop. On there website they have Youngs Dried Active Yeast in 100g tubs for £1.22 and that seems awful cheap to me. Does anyone know if it's any good??

I thought I would give a TC a go as I love cider :thumb: so this is what I have made........ 3.5 liters of Morrison's savers 100% Apple Juice (from concentrate) 1 liter of Morrison's 100% Red Grape and Berries Juice 1 Tea Bag Tanning 1 Tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 Tsp Pectolase Youngs Cider Yeast OG...

I am going to do my first TC tomorrow and use my hydrometer for the first time but one thing I am not sure about. I was going to start the brew off with 3L of apple juice and top up to 4.5L after 3 days to avoid it bubbling up the air lock. But if I take the SG at the start then top up with...

I have bought a 25L FV in wilko's sale to make my first beer kit and hopefully many other brews but the lid is solid with no hole for an airlock. I have seen some on ebay with airlocks and kits to add your own to a solid lid (basically a rubber grommet) so do I need one or will it be fine with...

Bit of a noob question but are there any tips to speed up sterilizing bottles for beer? I ask because I am thinking of doing a 40 pint kit and bottling the result, but the sterilizing stuff I have been using (one from Wilko's) you use 4 tsp per gallon and this alone uses over half of the tub...

bit of a noob question i guess but what sugar is best for priming beer/cider bottles? regular white sugar, brewing sugar or no difference which you use. :cheers:

Thought I would say hello to everyone, I have already made a couple of posts on here and am just loving your work guys :thumb: I did a small amount of home brew back in the early 90's but nothing too involved my best effort was a barley wine that tasted fantastic and had my wife on the floor...

I started a wine kit 4 days ago and yesterday i toped up the dj as the kit said to top up to the 4.5l, now i have got frothing in the air lock. What should i do? I was thinking about removing some of the brew from the dj and replacing the air lock but should i just leave it?

I think i already know this but I wanted to check, I am going to do my first cider when the wine I have on the go finishes but I'm not sure what bottle's to use when it's done. Can I use clear beer bottles or do they have to be brown/green? Can I use the bottles you attach the metal crown...

Has anyone got a recipe for a lemon and pear cider like Brothers lemon and pear? http://www.brotherscider.co.uk/our-cider/brothers-cloudy-lemon I'm not after anything too demanding as this will be my first just a 4 gallon made using fruit juice from the supermarket.