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Morning all, I have not made any wine for a few years, and would like to make supermarket fruit wine. I used to make a lovely apple one, but can't seem to find any white grape juice. I am in North shropshire , Oswestry, Wrexham area, I have only looked at supermarkets online, do any of you...

We just polished off our second gallon of this recipe, really good, better than the Chardonnay I used to buy.

Thanks all for the advice clapaclapa

I have tried it again. In the water it was 2 notches above the 1000, 980? In the beer it still says 1000. The other thingy I have is a Sachrometer which says the beer is 10, it goes from 0 at the top going down in 5's, any clue what that is, or is that just for wine. Also I had a heat belt on it

Now should I panic. I just read someone put a bung and airlock in to brew the wherry. I just put a cloth over the top and the lid resting on top. Will that have ruined it? My uncle used to brew and that's how he used to do it. I have promised my husband the best beer he has ever tasted asad. I...

I just took a reading in the jar and it was the same, but it is still foaming on the top, not a lot though.

Hi Clint, I just floated it in the beer, should I put it in a proper reading jar to take the reading, I used the 2 sachets in the kit,

Hi, I am making my first beer. I started it on Wednesday and checked it with my hydrometer today (Sunday)and the reading is 1000, should I put it in the barrel now? I have read other posts about Wherry and it seems to be a little early. Thanks in advance for any advice.

The numbers on my Solomon Grundy kit were the same, but on the kit is does say it would be around 12%. The wine itself seems to be the same strength as a 'shop' wine, clapa My sister thinks it is stronger than the Pinot she buys.

Thanks I will check out the threads athumb..

Thanks, I have got that on the go now!

Thanks, I will try that, could I use 1 ltr Pineapple juice with the apple or has one got to be grape juice ?

Oh well , I'd better get to Specsavers so I can read the labels properly lol.

I went to Pound stretcher today and they had some 2 litre cartons of apple juice, so I got a couple. I did not have my glasses on and it turns out they are apple juice drink, 20% juice. Will I still be able to make anything with them ? I have got 2 galls of the Rose from the Wurzel thread on...

Ok, I just found the kit review section :doh:

Hi, I am going to the Harris shop in Gornal at the weekend and as I have not made a red wine before can anyone give me their opinion on which kits are decent. I like a merlot or cabernet type, I want a 5 gall kit. The first one I have done is a Solomon Grundy Rose basic one, are their more...

So I'm aiming for 3 falls a night, sounds normal lol.

The kit says 3kg sugar, perhaps that is what happened, its the first time I have used a hydrometer. It still tastes like 'real' wine anyway. I think I will dissolve the sugar next time, thanks.

That's disappointing, its only as strong as Lambrini! I'm not a lush but the kit did say it would be 12% like a 'normal' Rose wine or something similar.

Hi All, I have just made a Solomon grundy Rose kit, it says it should be 12% alcohol. The starting gravity was 1050 and at the end it was 994, so has it made it to 12% ? I have just bought some juices and addatives to make a Wow type one next, I will be following the Rose one that Chippy...