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    Going to try a sparkling wine - preservation?

    Well I doubt I'm going to have to worry about preservative now. Me and the wife had a bottle of this at the weekend and it was really, really nice - maybe a bit too fizzy for my liking but I'll stick to the 40g of sugar I put in for my next batch as she likes it the way it is. Next one is going...
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    Which Beaverdale?

    In addition to this I've done the Beaverdale and California Connoisseur Cab Savs and the first thought I had when I tried it after a month was Gallo Turning Leaf which is about the highest compliment I could give any wine. I'm in agreement with #GDog though as I've brewed Cellar 7 and Australian...
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    Going to try a sparkling wine - preservation?

    Cheers Paul, Never heard of that before - seems a bit odd storing a bottle at an upside down 45% angle but hey if its good enough for the French I may need to invest :)
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    Going to try a sparkling wine - preservation?

    Yeah, at the point that I transfer into second container and add the priming sugar I will degass and then bottle. I'm not planning on adding any finings as I don't when I do 40pt cider kits and I've found this particular juice clears nicely without them when I'm just doing a standard batch.
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    On the rocks Raspberry and Lime - 40 pint

    Haha, I may have misread something then but I've put that amount in 3 bulldogs and 2 on the rocks so far and haven't had any of my pet bottles explode on me yet - I do use the decent ones like (24 for �£15 off the ebay). and yeah its just as fizzy as opening a can of Strongbow Dark Fruit...
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    Going to try a sparkling wine - preservation?

    I'm going to have a shot at a sparkling WOW. I have a 4.5l batch of Asda Raspberry, Apple and Cranberry ready now and was planning to just syphon off the sediment into another container, add 36g of sugar, stir and immediately bottle into 6 x 1l empty sparkling water PETs and leave to carb up...
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    On the rocks Raspberry and Lime - 40 pint

    Yes mate, I think I got that figure from a post on here somewhere
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    On the rocks Raspberry and Lime - 40 pint

    I've just bottled this kit last weekend and me and the missus are currently drinking the Mixed Berries variety. I added 230g of sugar on both of these kits and batch carbonated in a bucket prior to bottling and the mixed berries has a lovely fizz to it. The Raspberry and Lime will be due for a...
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    On The Rocks - Mixed Berry

    It definitely wasn't sickly sweet, very refreshing I would say. I've just bought the Raspberry and Lime one - I'll put it on some point this week.
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    On The Rocks - Mixed Berry

    I sampled (along with the large majority of the wife's family) this kit at the weekend and I have to say it is very pleasant. I had only tried Bulldog kits before this one which were acceptable but in my humble opinion this is much better. You do need to add your own sugar to this one (where you...
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    How long ahould we be storing our red kit wines for?

    GDog and I shared the Nebbiolo and it was very nice - I'd also add the CC and Beaverdale Cab Savs as worth a sniff as well.
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    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    I've been having a good mess about with Asda's range of juices with mixed results (for the love of God stay away from Pink Grapefruit :)) and I highly recommend the Raspberry, Apple and Cranberry to anyone who fancies a wow which actually tastes like the juice it was made from after fermentation...
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    Forum T Shirt.

    Yep I'm still down for one Chippy
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    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    I've just bagged a very nice summer dark rose as follows:- Asda 1l Red Grape, Strawberry & Kiwi x 3 500g sugar 1tsp pectolase 1tsp nutrient 1tsp super wine yeast 3 teabag brew
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    Forum T Shirt.

    I'll take one Chippy
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    Red grape Juice, with dried elderberries

    I give this a well deserved 8 out of 10, a substantial improvement over a straight up WOW. Don't think it will ever get rid of its distinctive aroma but the elderberries give it a load of body.
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    WOWs Glorious WOWs...

    Made a 2L Clementine and 1L Pineapple a few weeks back and its the only one our lass has really liked so far (I liked it as well to be fair)- cant remember it going that mental during fermentation either but I've had some crazy ones using apple juice for some reason.
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    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    Cheers Chewie, I'm hoping it'll be OK as the Orange has turned out really nice, kind of like a slightly bitter orange juice. Another question, my Orange WOW has come out with pretty much the same colour as it went in but a bit lighter - is a pure orange WOW meant to clear down completely (I'm...
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    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    It was the Pink Grapefruit from Asda which is a tad sweeter than proper grapefruit but still tangy as hell...whats the best thing to back sweeten with..was thinking Splenda
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