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That comment's a tonic as I settle down to watch Llanelli v Munster on the TV with the wife! Will let you know the final outcome on this kit - pending no further disasters of course! Noswaith dda (goodnight) Chippy.

Hi Chippy-Tea See what you mean about leaving 'airspace' at the top of the liquid. Fermentation so vigorous overnight it has actually semi blocked the airlock overnight as some of the fermenting liquid escaped through it! So, I removed a little more of the liquid - OK now. ;-)

Thanks Chippy-Tea. As it happens tonight I will be starting the Wilco Elderberry wine kit and I will heed your advice on this brew.

Thanks for advice and good humor! Onwards with stage 2!

Hi all I started the process of making the Wilco Cherry wine as per the instructions up to the stage where, on 'Day 3' you are required to 'top up the demijohn using 4.5 litres of cooled, boiled water ...and fermentation will continue for about another 7 days'. Unfortunately, because I was...

Thanks for your interesting input on my thread Tony. Since I and my wife wife prefer 'medium' wines I suppose in my case the use of granulated sugar will not compromise the flavour of the plum wine.

Morrison's 'just up the road' - so for me it's Morri's cheapest! Both of you are inspirational in terms of the potential of this hobby - wines and beers in their various stages. Suppose I'll just have to wait +3 months for my and the wife's first sip - never mind! I like the idea of brewing 1...

That's a very detailed reply thanks, and I appreciate it. Will now get more granulated sugar tomorrow. Great to see you have an awesome array of 'brews' on the go. I will now go out and get more granulated sugar tomorrow. Looks like an awesome array of brews you have on the go - I can only...

Hi all Can you advise me whether conventional granulated sugar can be used as a substitute for 'Brewing Sugar' in a Elderberry wine making kit (Wilko). Many thanks.

Hi all Just bought Elderflower 6 bottle Elderberry Winemaking Kit (Wilco sale!). I will be making this alongside my plum wine recipe courtesy the 'homebrewforum'. My question relates to the kit instructions which requires '450g of brewing sugar'. Can I use normal granulated sugar as a...

Today, I have got to the stage of de-stoning and halving 10lbs of plums and added them to the fermentation container as per the recipe (my plan is to make 2 gallons of plum wine). But, I am using double the amount of plums so I assume I need to double the quantities of all remaining additives...

Thanks Chippy.

Hi Chippy-Tea can you recommend a suitable wine yeast - does it matter what type you use?

Hi all This looks like a fantastic forum for my new hobby. After 25 years (ish) I have become re-acquainted with home brewing after a friend offered me his beer and wine making kit gathering dust for over 20 years! I have just harvested about 15 lbs of plums from the plum tree in my garden...