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Discovered my first ever batch of spoiled wine at the weekend, my Elderbbery from last September. Notice some odd spots and marks on the inside of the glass, emptied one out and the bottle had loads of slimey growths covering the bottom and half way up the sides. 26 Bottles down the drain...

Just picked up a youngs merlot 5 gallon kit for £12 in the sale at wilkos. Do you think it would be OK to make it with additional fruit (ie. Elderberries) to make a fuller bodied/slightly stronger wine? I dont really want to waste the kit or the elderberries. cheers.

You can certainly taste the raspberry. The 1l was just by chance, i grow my own raspberries and freeze them (as i end up with loads) 1l was exactly how much juice i got out of 1 bag of berries out of the freezer. If i do it again, i might try with 2 litres, i suppose it depends on how it ages...

Well, as long as my will power permits probably, i suspect it will be gone by the end of the Xmas period. I would like to leave it for a couple of months and see if/how the flavour develops. Ill have to lock some away.

Great stuff thanks.

Well, this is a couple of pictures of my Coopers Wheat Beer with 1 litre of raspberry juice added after the initial ferment. This is after 1 week in bottles (couldnt resist) moving it to storage now for a few weeks. taste wise, its fairly thin (which i think wheat beers are??), no overly...

I have just added 50g of Fuggles to my Coopers Real Ale, how long should they be left before bottling/kegging? Thanks.

Thanks for the replies guys, ill give it a go :thumb:

I am thinking of doing the Coopers Real Ale kit but i would liek to try dry hopping as i do like a hoppy flavour. So, which hops would you recommend? Also, how many should i use for a 40 pint batch? Thanks.

Yes, all i did is mash up teh fruit and seive it through a nylon seive. there may be some very fine particles that have got through, but i cant see any "bits" as such, i suppose i will know more when i come to bottle it.

This was my first ever ber brew and ive justabout finished drinking it. I was quite impressed with it, it is fairly bitter, has plenty of "body" and is all together a nice drink. I brewed mine with 1 box of Brew Enhancer 2.

My Brewfrem Triple stppoed at 1.020 also. Ive bottled it now.

Im going to give it several weeks to condition but will report back when i have a final sample.

Well, the gravity on my Coopers Wheat kit (brewed short at 20litres) was down to 1.010 (from 1.040) with no signs of activity. So, i have mashed and strained some of my own frozen raspberries which resulted in 1 litre of pure juice. Added to FV, will leave till activity dies down and bottle...

I am planning on adding my fruit (fruit juice) after teh first fermentation has stopped. To combat the infection risk i will CT my fruit before adding.

Yes, i did, i think (VWP) I thought of that myself but id be very surprised and dissapointed if id done that. Im very methodical with my setup for clreaning sterilising etc, its always rinse with water, into bucket of VWP for 10 minutes, then rinse twice with water and drain. Its possible i...

Just to add my 2 peneth.... If you really want brewing sugar to negate the yeast having to split the sucrose, then you can always do it yourself by inverting the sugar, effectively making "Candi Sugar" (splitting into glucose and fructose) This is done using heat and acid, info can be found on...

I opened one of my bottles of Brewfrem Triple lat night, mainly to test the carbonation before i move it into the garage to condition. (been sat in house for a week since bottling) Obviously i couldnt resist testing it. Tastes pretty awful, not off or anything but "chemically" id say a bit...

I noticed this also, bought a couple of boxes yesterday, decent price. :party:

I have always got my stuff from http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk and its always been good, prompt delivery, well packaged.