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hi im looking for a few demijohns in the guildford / camberley area can collect and pay cash, social distancing etc

Gents I have some beer made up, fully fermented and put in barrels over 12-14 months ago. Then forgotten about, till now. Well a phone call to say are you gonna ever collect this soddin beer you left after Chris's birthday. I haven't been able to taste it yet, I'll be back on the...

I knocked up a cranberry hooch recently. 4ltrs cranberry juice 1.5kg sugar Mug of black tea Youngs super yeast (in a culture) Yeast nutrient Usual method, juice in the dj, add sugar, tea, yeast nutrient and yeast culture. Leave to ferment out for 2-3weeks, rack off, add...

I had a look in my cupboard earlier and i found 2 x dj of WOW i done months ago {red grape and apple or red grape and mixed fruit juice} these were fermented out and racked off a few times before storage, but they haven't cleared at all, i even added finings before storage and there's only a...

so im thinking, im nearly out of Hard Lemo, need to get something underway for spring time. everyone likes to try the Hard lemonade, few stay the course because its very bitter.............and strong enough to pull a child back from social services. so i thinks.............(lightbulbmoment)...

ok, the bread knife has been asking how "fattening" home brew is wine, beer or cider or WOW ive no idea, i just told her all the sugar is now alcohol, is there a way to tell? thanks scaff

Knocked up 5 gal of tesco turbo cider earlier. 23l of tesco edv Apple juice 2l of cranberry juice (for colour) 4kg of sugar Youngs super yeast Youngs yeast nutrient All mixed together and will be left for 3 weeks to ferment out. Scaff

Don't ask why? I had some limes (found in the fruit bowl) at home, a bag that was purchased for the kids cookery and only 1 used, so I thought? Hard lime ........... Y not. 11 limes 6 lemons 100gms honey 1 kg sugar (I know, but I can't be arsed measuring or leaving half a bag that gets...

Following on from my hard lemonade I've tried a hard Orange version Here goes 12 large oranges 1kg of sugar Cup of black tea Glacé cherries Yeast nutrient Yeast Cut, squeezed, juiced the oranges and simmered for 20mins. Added sugar to 1 pint of water, with glacé...

I started a hard lemon & lime last Monday, it was pretty active for few days, then by Friday it was still. I dropped a hydrometer into it and it hit the bottom of the DJ passing the .990 marker. Can it have fermented out in 5 days ? Thanks Scaff

i have one of the large neck boots pressure barrels, ive got some hard lemonade in it, last night i went to draw 2 ltrs off and it wouldnt come out, even though the level was way above the tap. i then heard a feint air movement noiseand it looks like the washer on the top where the co2 bulb...

i knocked up some WOW on thursday, 4lts OJ and 1kg sugar tannin etc. found this, this morning

Is anyone taking up dryathlon this January ? I will be, as every jan for the last few years. At best it'll raise a few £ for cancer, and let my brews age a bit more unmolested by me. Scaff

morning all i have a few pressure barrels already made up and i want to bring some of this brew to a few parties. theres no way i can get a PB in the fridge to chill it and itll be too much beer for the night. so im asking if i bottle it from the keg will it be ok, will it need more sugar and...

just knocked up a bit of turbo cider and small quant of hard lemonade 2 x 1gal cider from resco EDV apple juice & 1kg sugar each 1 x 5gal hard lemonade from 2ltr lemon juice concentrate & 4kg sugar both using a youngs super / high alcohol yeast scaff

People What's the choice between solid rubber bungs and the plastic safety cork Will one be better than the other ? Long term Scaff

Hi all I made 1gallon of hard lemonade from 20 lemons and 1kg sugar and it was lovely, only thing was I only got about 9 bottles in that batch. I want to make 5gallons of it. But don't fancy juicing, cutting and squeezing 100 lemons and then trying to simmer them with 5kg sugar etc...

I added some finnings to a WOW I'm making in a 1 gal DJ I added finnings but then realised the finnings were for 23ltrs Will this have an adverse effect? Thanks SCAFF

i just tried a beer i kegged in early spet. i hadnt touched it since keggin it with 250gm of sugar, its a wilko pilsner. im on my third half pint of foamy head! 90% of it is just head, quite nice the head. bit like drinkin a cloud. i noticed a sort of dried water/beer mark on the floor...

morning all i started a 6 bottle cherry wine kit from wilko earlier this week after 3-4 days it says to top it up with water, which i done yesterday today, it looks like this now, do i leave as it, or clean it out and replace? sorry for the dumb question scaff