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castillian rose, organic, 2007, subtley fruity and perfectly dry. left me feeling good! kinda timeless i reckon

i use a 5 gallon fermenting bin, but i try to brew on a scale of 2+ gallons per brew so for primary fermenting this big bin is just fine. The only thing i don't like about it is that it's opaque. Regarding your other choices of fermenting vessels if its food grade plastic then it should be ok...

i've been using them Chris and no probs. I just buy and use bigger corks in them as the ones i've got have slightly wider necks. very occassionally i get one which seems to want to push out a cork as soon as its gone in, even ttho the fit seems good. i have some screw tops which i keep for such...

i should have put my cheapskate wine here here's what i wrote in the thread i made for it Having got my beaverdale shiraz kit to the first racking stage i decided that a cheapskate wine using the slurry from the kit could be worth a go, as it has what should be good yeast and also oak chips...

never made it, or drunk it, but i hear its very good and nettles are packed full of vitamins and minerals. good luck and don't forget your gloves :D

i'm sure that i'll eventually get around to using a juice extractor for some brews. Probably the main concern is that they treat the fruit/veg very harshly. If the juicer uses some sort of grating mechanism then you'll end up with lots of suspended stuff, albeit very fine if it has a decent...

you've gotta ask yourself .... whats killing off real brewing? is it marketeering or is it knowledge? By doing something like this you are giving folks more knowledge than they had before and they are not getting overwhelmed with details, whims, fashion, trends and opinions of so-called experts...

welcome back to wine making you may need some nutrient and some pectic enzyme edit: doh, i just re-read your post and i see you have added the above :oops: nice way to use up the fruit that may have forgotten, i hope it works out for you

now if only the commercial producers of wines and beers would do the same .....

:D :D good name for it :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: wow ... scary thing about dogs and hops!

they look great, love the name too :thumb: i stick my labels on with pritt, just take the bottle near a sink of water and they float off

a beer deserving of a special name!

just found this one too http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/brewi ... otato-wine apparently its a traditional slovenian brew, there's just a tad more detail in the method. worth checking out tho.

i've never made this wine, never been tempted either, but here's some recipes i found cos i'm always curious looking up such things possibly the most interesting looking one for the amount of added flavours, the advice to leave it a year or so and mention on hazes...

it seems like a phenomena - do dooo do do do - has started! :thumb:

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wow, they look great :thumb: :clap: brings to mind the rocket, space ship & weapon designs from the likes of flash gordon :D

looks good Chris and looks like you are having great fun with adding wine to your brewing repertoire!

hehe, the finding is all part of the fun of country wines, optimistically driving down leafy lanes and tracks, paying more attention to hedgerows, parks, riverbanks, railways while walking about etc etc

Hi Chris, thanks for saying hi to us all. i'll try and pick through some of the points, questions or uncertainties that you have mentioned. First off, as you can tell from my signature i rate Berry's book and as a newcomer to winemaking you'll find it full of good info and ideas/recipes. The...