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Since filtering off the pulp the date sherry fermentation rate is steadily increasing. Wonder if squeezing the pulp in a fine bag has released more sugars? I've kept the extra liquid in a bottle for adding after racking.

Do they not smell funny after a bit or soak through and make the ink fuzzy? Hope this works as it would be great!

Update - been fermenting on the pulp for five days. Strained into DJ this arvo. Smells very good and still fermenting well. Hopefully my first piccie on the forums below! Date sherry on the left...

My thought was that more juice = more flavour - but I'm still learning / experimenting so I'm ready to be delighted or disappointed as the case may be :) Did you stabilise with potassium sorbate?

So judging by the number of views of this post compared to my other three (posted about the same time) a lot of people search for 'sherry' on the forums. Well either that or 'date grannys'.........:whistle:

It was a real twisty turny plotline. The only episode that I thought was a bit slower was the retrospective one - but that could just be me. Roll on next season!

I'm worried it might be a bit much like you say. Think I'll get a 2.5l going as well. Be good to do RGJ and Apple so I can try them side by side!

Though not for the faint hearted it's well put together imho and possibly someone is trying for a new Breaking Bad? Just finished watching the first season so no spoilers :smile:

I know I know....its a bit Niles and Frasier but I have to admit I like sherry/port etc so thought I would try a homebrew approximation. The basic recipe which I have adapted is from a thread here and I will copy it onto the end of this post. I used two 350g packs of Whitworths blocked dates...

This was begun on Sept 8th. Again I followed the CJJ Berry recipe but with a slight tweak. CARROT WINE Ingredients: 75cl bottle of James White carrot juice 1 lb. wheat 4 lb. sugar 2 oranges 2 lemons 1 tablespoonful raisins Yeast and nutrient Spring water to 1 gallon Method...

This was Sept 2nd. Bought 4lb of gorgeous strawberry from a nearby farm shop for £4. Followed the recipe as per dear old Mr Berry... Ingredients : 4 lb. strawberries ½ teaspoon grape tannin 3 lb. sugar Yeast and yeast nutrient 1 tablespoon citric acid Water to 1 gallon...

Late reporting my brewdays so will try and catch up now! Did this one at the end of August. Followed the thread video but tweaked the recipe slightly. 1l RGJ 3l Apple juice 850g sugar Starting SG 1105 and finished at 995. Racked onto CT and bentonite. Still clearing. The wife is quite...

Hi there. I don't know the average sugar content of elderberries but in my CJJ Berry book he suggests 3lb of elderberries and 3.5lb of sugar to a gallon. It isn't noted what SG this might be or indeed what volume of alcohol is expected but generally his recipes are of a good strength. The sugar...

Shame about the leak. It'll be interesting to see if that really is a substitute for WGJ - especially if we never see it on supermarket shelves again! :)

Hadn't thought of that. Would work out that about 25g equates to a litre of juice. Do they do a small pack to test it out I wonder? Thanks for the reply :)

Certainly a more cost effective solution if slightly more work. Are sultanas preferable to raisins or are they interchangeable? Thanks for the reply Tau.

Good point I suppose - think I was expecting a cheap kit to be fairly low quality and certainly lacking in pineapple notes of the above mentioned WOW. Also it didn't seem too bad if it was being split and raising the quality of three to four WOWs? Thanks for the feedback Chippy.

In the meantime though would you say a 1/4 tin of Youngs white wine tin kit is about 1l of WGJ?

I'm just clearing a DJ of the RGJ and apple WOW now (which smells great btw so thanks for that chippy :) ) but the wife prefers white and I wanted to make the orange/pineapple and WGJ which also seems to go down well on the WOW thread.

Nearest Wilkos is 140 miles away unfortunately. I do miss them!