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When i say naff, i mean its a pretty good take on balsamic vinegar, do you still think i should keep this? The smell was ok, it was the taste :sick: Cheers Rich

Hi all I would just like to add to this post that i have recently racked this wine for the third time and its naff, its going down the drain. :( I have also racked my blackberry/ elderberry & cranberry and have to say i am very very happy with the results :D , ive also done my blackberry and...

It all sounds good to me, not sure about just using cookers though,if it was me i would get a good mix of apples, im going to have ago a 5gallons of cider with a nebourie next weekend as we have 200+ pound of mixed apples to pick up. Im sure if im wrong somebody will point you and me in the...

I would have mashed them in a bucket, poured on boiling water, added yeast and pectolase when cooled but left them for 3-4 days before straining. Hi Moley Thanks for the reply. I did do it your way for the blackberry and the blackberry, elderberry and cranberry i have on the go, i thought if i...

Yes i did read about this method in one of berrys books, i just adapted it a little to fit what i had to hand, the grape juice instead of concentrate, the quantity of berries. You say intresting method, do`es that mean i should be worried about how its going to turn out :pray: ? How would have...

Hi I got my elderberry wine on today :D , this is how it went- 14lb Elderberries 5ltrs of red supermarket grape juice 4tsp nutrient 9lb sugar all purpose red yeast Mashed the berries, poured on 1 gallon of boiling water and let stew for 5 mins then strained into fermenting bin, lightly pressed...

Dont know, Is it about 5% :grin:

Hi After reading a few posts on here about people making there own fruit presses i got the idea to make one for my self as apples are abundent this year :D , made the press on tuesday, picked up about 90lb of apples from a neibour,(mixed windfalls) and about 15lb of cookers, my kids helped me...

Thanks moley, i may even put a teaspoon of oak chips in this. Cheers Richard

Hi I have got 2lb of blackberries, 1lb of elderberries, 250grms of cranberries, 1 ltr of supermarket forest fruit juice and 1ltr of supermarket red grape juice spare, it looks like its an obviose recipe, but do any of you experts see something else evolving out of this or should i just go ahead...

Thanks, i used some pectolase, i havent put the rest of the stuff this time as i would like to see what its like without first. Cheers

Hi Im not very experienced at making wine and was hopeing that some of you experts out there could give me a helping hand with my plan, i have 1.5ltrs of pure apple juice and 1ltr of pure grape juice, my plan was to make a 4.5ltrs of wine from this, this is the bit i was hopeing you could help...

Hi You could try a sterilized party ballon with a pin hole in it over the top of the bottel for a fermentation lock.

Thanks for the reply, i will bottle it tonight. Thanks again Rich

Hi As the title says, i have a woodfordes werry best bitter on and it has stuck at 1.016, its been in the fv for 11 days, the past 6 days it has given me a constant reading of 1.016, ive stirred it to no avail and now i have dropped it into a fresh fv to create a very thick frothy head, would...

Hi I have just been given a can of youngs definitive wine,(chardonnay)Thing is there is no wrapper or instructions with it, can anyone tell me how to put this one together please. Cheers Rich

Yes i suppose i could, would the youngs fermentation bins i have be ok for this purpose? thanks for the suggestion, could save me alot of money as i have 2 spare bins in the loft. Cheers Rich

Hi I have decided to forget the kegs as i they should go back to the brewry really :( , looks like i will have to get the bruheat boilers, no big deal as these look like they are going to be easyer to store when not in use. Thanks for the input guys, my last kit brew is a wherry and it has...

That be the one :D , looking forward to doing this. Thanks Rich

Ok Guys Thanks for the input :thumb: I think my first is going to be Big Kenny :) , it looks like its popular with alot of you, all i need to do is try and find the original reciepy now, now where did i see it :? Cheers Rich