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I received cleared a demijohn using Young's. My wine stinks now. Any advice on how to get rid of that chemical smell? It did however do an almost instant clearing......

Hi all I have this year started brewing again wine and beer after a thirty year break. Previously we did not make wine from carton juices, nor did we use any fancy gadgets. Everything was matured for a year or more. So ive made a lot of wine this year. I have obviously forgotton a lot of...

Ive made a couple of kit beers but my old man bought me back a stout for a change. I opened the tin did the dilute and then realised he hadnt bought me the fermentables. Well it was too late to do anything as we live on an island so i just threw in sugar as I had for the beers and its foul...

Hi all I've spent the last week with my apples in fermenter juicing. Yesterday I removed the apples kept the juice and then pulled the fruit through straining bags. Recipe said when done add campden tablet. I put my juices into demijohns added sugar solution and yeast expecting great...

Hi all. I want to make some of the above. I tried a bottle from Godshill Cider Company and it was fabulous. I cant find a recipe for it. I did something which seemed sensible at the time and got a barrel of stout on the go thinking i would merely draw some off before it went in the...

Back making wine and beer after 25 years. Cant believe how things have changed. Spend the evening looking at supermarket juice wines. Well, thats interesting........... My kit is very basic as it was back in the 80s so will be investigating all the new now available and whether i need it or...