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Not surprised! I'm only on 20mg once a day.

I was on statins and had the cramp problem. Complaining to the doctor I was then put on a different brand. Problem solved.

Lidl now have the Polish honey in stock. £5.99 for 900g. I made mead with it last year and it turned out splendidly. Got some and already it's off!

So after I visited Lidl today I find honey is now £1.35 a jar! The title of this thread is therefore somewhat misleading! Apologies if I mislead anyone by advising boiling honey to remove any preservatives. I must have had a senior moment and got my recipes confused! Still it remains far cheaper...

Tannin probably.

Yes, just use your everyday yeast as this is a pretty basic honey. More expensive honey would benefit from say a champagne yeast. Stand jars in hot water before opening. Rinse jars with hot water to get all contents out. Boil honey to remove any preservative and skim off any scum. Top up to 1...

If anyone fancies making mead and lives within striking distance of a Lidl store, you're in luck. Not having made mead for a number of years, mainly because of the high price of honey I was pleasantly surprised to find honey at 75p for a 340g jar in our local Lidl. So 3 jars makes a gallon at a...

Called in Wilko Accrington a couple of weeks ago on way to Specsavers. Homebrew section virtually empty.

We have had a plague of small flies this year. The other night I placed half a gallon of wine in a plastic lidded container in order to add finings. Unfortunately I found to my dismay I had run out of one item, so had to order a fresh supply. Whilst awaiting delivery by snail mail one of the...

I always add a couple of bottles of Asda red grape juice to my red wine fruit. Not only is it cheap - but enhances the colour and depth of flavour. If you picked wild berries it's quite possible your wine will be fairly pale as they don't get sufficient nutrients from the soil.

Blackberry wine already clearing without fining! Should be excellent next year.

2 galls of blackberry wine on the go. Good crop this year.

I'm lucky as there are enough rose hips where I live for me to be able to make as much wine as I have room for. I'm currently drinking last year's output and it does taste fruity. I only made 2 gallons this year as I'm trying to empty my shed.

Fair point. I should have clarified only one has a valve fitted.

4 x 5 gallon barrels. Cleaned and sterilised. £40 o.n.o. Located BB4 postcode area.

I make this every year from dried elderberries. Stripping the berries off stalks is tedious and takes ages while dried berries are inexpensive. Plus you can get a second run off them which produces a lighter wine. This you can either drink or add to the main batch which as previous posters have...

I think the Asda grape juice helps, although before that became available the colour was still a ruby red.

Of course - happy to oblige. Raspberries 4 lb Sugar 3 lb Water 1 gallon. Yeast 1 tsp Nutrient 1 tsp Pectic enzyme 1 tsp. Citric acid 1tsp. (I add this to the sugar and boil it - making up to one gallon) That's the original recipe but I reduce the sugar to 2lb and add a litre of Asda red grape...

Just done first racking of 2020 Raspberry. Already it's fallen clear and bright without fining, with a glorious colour and full bodied taste redolent of the fruit. And some people wonder why we go to all the trouble! Cheers!

Couldn't agree more. What's the point of making something so strong that you are tipsy after one glass?