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Hi, Does anyone know what happened to erstwhile forum member, Moley? I know he hasn't been active here for years and the last time he was active on another forum was 2021. Would love to get in touch with him again. If anyone has an email address or contact details for him, perhaps you could...

Hi, I've made an experimental rosehip and lavender wine, which I'm intending to make as a sparkling. It's finished fermentation and has mostly cleared. I've never really done sparkling wines before (although I know that you need stronger bottles, capable of handling the pressure of bottle...

Hi all, I have 3.7kg of parsnips and 2.1kg of carrots. I buy them as and when they're in the reduced section of the co op and them freeze them. I'm trying to build up enough to make a 15L batch of wine. Has anyone here combined the two into one wine? I feel as if I've got enough, or almost...

Hi, I'm going to be honest, I've never made a WOW that I've been happy with. My previous attempts at winemaking have been hit and miss, so I put my 2 or three WOW attempts down to being 'misses', mainly a result of poor patience. However, this week I bottles some cider, apple wine and 1gal...

So apart from the Woodforde's beer kit I did over the summer/autumn, this is the first glass of wine I've had since the comeback. Willing to put it out there and say it's the best wine I've ever made. My last incarnation as a winemaker was marred by poor patience. The only particularly...

Hi, Someone has just offered "several kilograms" of these grapes on Freegle. 1) Are they any good for winemaking? 2) How many kilograms would I need to make wine? Many thanks all, Luke

Where does everyone get their corks from? I'm after for some good corks, as I've had some from HBSs in the past which haven't been great... Luke

Hi all, I'm looking for some polypins to buy to go with a starter kit I'm getting a friend for his birthday. This website --> http://www.baginboxonline.co.uk/ Has the cheapest I can find, but minimum order of 10. I might order 10 anyway and keep some for myself, but does anyone else have a...

Hi all, Member of my family said he'd get me some burdoch roots to make the above, but he came back to me yesterday saying the plants near him are looking a bit dead. HE wondered if they need to be fresh and green or if they'd be okay if they're on their last legs. Anyone any thoughts?

Anyone know dimensions of a standard bung? Or, specifically, what size hole I'd need to drill to fit a bung into?

Anyone else having trouble finding it at the moment? None in either of my local Sainsbury's, nor the Lidl I walk past on my way back from the railway station. Aldi stock it, but in diminishing quantities. Everywhere seems to have red grape juice in quite high supplies! Haven't tried...

Hi all, I've just tested the SG of my batch of GA's port, because airlock activity appeared to have slowed. The SG was 1010, which is fine, it means it's time to add the next batch of sugar. Of greater concern, though was the colour: It contained 6lb of elderberries, 6lb of blackberries...

Hi all, Not one for this year, but something to plan for next summer. I have a bottle of white port on the shelf that I dip into from time to time. Thinking about next year, and things I'd like to try and brew, how about it? Recipe ideas? I'm thinking plums are a must - maybe greengages...

Hi all, I picked up some homebrew stuff from Freecycle today, including some old Boots kit. Included were some some Young's Campden Tablets and a single sachet of campden tablet which came from an old white wine kit: I noticed that the Young's one state they are Sulphur Dioxide, not Sodium...

Hi all, I was just reading a post on a website dedicated to home distillation, which I was reading out of my own research. Naturally, I can't link to the website, and I KNOW I can't post anything about distillation, the only reason I mentioned it is because I wanted to be clear why I haven't...

Hi all, I've just strained my GA's Port into a 15L water cooler bottle, with 2kg of sugar syrup. I had intended to add 1kg more of sugar and 3 litres of RGJ at a later stage. However, I appear to have a) put just a bit too much water into the sugar syrup and b) under estimated how much juice I...

I just got home to a note from FedEx saying they had left my parcel at number 18, so I popped round to see if they were in. I've only spoken to this neighbour 2 or three times before, so I don't know them terribly well. She opened the door and I asked if she had a parcel for me. She did, and...

So... Opened a pot of SodMet and a cloud puffed up just as I happened to be breathing in. Was NOT pleasant. Have rinsed mouth out with water, laid back on the grass, poured water up my nose and then blown my nose about 3 times to try and flush it out. I probably should be okay, right? Feel...

So, today I found out what hawthorns are, and that there's a HUGE amount of them in the nearby park. I already have quite a bit of wine on the go, but intrigued by hawthorns. Is hawthorn wine any good, or should I just give it a miss?

I've just ordered one off eBay. Anyone got any tips re fitting an airlock to it? Will it just take an ordinary bung or will I need to amend it somehow?