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Yes underage, but I could have passed for 18 easily from age 14, so the landlord could be forgiven. He was stunned when there was a close-harmony rendition of "Happy Birthday" on my 18th! I went on to sing as an adult both at Coventry, St Albans and then Liverpool before falling out with the...

Brung up in the Midlands, the local stuff was Brew XI - a ghastly concoction. Thankfully at least the Coventry Cathedral Choir pub sold a decent Draught Bass, so I cut my teeth on that. Never seen before or since, the beer at the caravan site we frequented near Conwy sold Brew X. Choir trips to...

That's the problem with most Lyme Bay wines in my experience. Watery and too sweet. With a kit though, I suppose you could vary the recipe next time.

I shall give some of these newfangled ideas a go. :) My wife used to make 'instant wine' from tea and such like, but then again, she was drinking the darned stuff straight from the DJ! You can probably picture her face when I told her the sloe wine would be drinkable by Christmas - 2020! I agree...

Thanks Mozza, The wine has been in the airing cupboard with a very well insulated tank, such that it is actually cooler in there in the height of summer. I don't think its a temperature issue. The beer is thriving in the same location. The idea of banana wine sounds particularly horrid, but I...

Thanks for all the advice. I thought this would be a simple problem that many would have helpful hints on. Apparently not.

Well I've just added myself to the minority of church-going Christians in the poll!

Nobody got any clues? I'm sad to report that following the addition of more yeast and nutrient, the batch I tried this on has done absolutely sod all - not a single bubble from the airlock. After all the trouble of picking the sloes last autumn, I would hate this stuff to go to waste.

It is - a micro-brewery indeed. It's a husband and wife team who have a quite tiny cottage. The kitchen is half typical kitchen and half completely spotless brewery. The living room is half living room, half beer stock room! You've only got to look at the ABVs on their beer list to know they...

The beer is slightly better now, although there doesn't appear to be much of a market for real ales. Menai Bridge has a couple of great pubs with well stocked pumps, the Black Boy in Caernarfon is now another goodie. Here on the island though we have one particular gem of a brewery - the Druid...

Captain's log - supplemental... I've just measured the SG at 1.060 so this confirms it has a way to go I think. Just added a culture of GV4 and a teaspoon of Youngs nutrient to a gallon. I don't hold out much hope as it's already had that treatment about two months ago! (Yes, it's taken me a...

Newbie to home wine-making, so I am bound to be making newbie errors. My father made various wines over the years, but the finest was sloe, and having found a glut near our new home, I had to give it a go. I'm using the good old "First Steps in Winemaking" recipe as dad did, and it all started...

Hi All, Found you friendly folks while looking for the answer to a problem with my homemade sloe wine - I'll search for answers first and then post a proper query. My wife and I moved to the glorious Isle of Anglesey just over 18 months ago, from north Staffordshire, and are absolutely loving...