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Did a bit of reading and using brandy is a quick fix as you get the oak flavour without using chips. Also can be bottled sooner. Tasted good but leaving it to clear for a few weeks

Hi Clint one of the family favourites at our house. 5 litres Welches Purple Grape, 5 litres Beet It Beetroot juice from Tesco, 4 bags sugar and all the usual additions. Just used4 ltrs of the wine which is almost finished with a bottle of Napoleon Brandy. It’s pretty good but needs a bit of...

I will have to go easy. I have 20 litres of Beetroot wine on the go so might take 5 litres of that to give it a try 😀

Thinking of trying to make port using a 5l red wine kit but what is the ratio of spirit (brandy) to wine? Guessing not 50/50. Also will it need clearing?

I find Wilko kits take a good 3 weeks and ignore your readings and let it ferment out

Any medium white kit. I use Wilko medium. I use a 30 bottle kit and when it is nearly ready, take 5 litres off into a Demi John. Do not use stopper although you can clear it. When almost finished, transfer into swing top bottles and add a level spoon of sugar to each bottle and seal. Wait for it...

Successfully made sparkling wine from Cellar 7 peach and mango. Was cloudy but cleared well. Problem was when opened the fizz pulled all the sediment up and it goes very cloudy again. Still tastes good though. Next time going to leave in demijohn to clear naturally then bottle and add sugar...

Very nice Pinot but quite disappointing fferentvtobthe Beaverdale. This is lighter and a bit fruitier with a hint of pineapple

Try 3 x Welches Grape, 2 x Tropicana mixed berry and 2 x Beet It Beetroot juice. Makes 15 Litres of a deep dark red wine with a hint of Beetroot. A family favourite. I also substitute 750 grms if the sugar for 750 no of honey

Hi Skye ifvyouvcan get to a Tesco, Welches Purple Grape. If you can get to Asda, red grape juice 😀

Bottled it today on day 6. Got 26 1/2 bottles. Never seem to get the 30!

Made a few WOW’s that ended a bit fizzy cus I didn’t degass enough so decided to try making a sparkling Rose. Easiest recipe I found was to make as normal but don’t stabilise and then add teaspoon of sugar to the bottle once bottled. Made 6 bottles. Tried one yesterday and it didn’t work. No...

WOW! Just finished the 30 bottle Cellar 7 kit in 5 days. Added the Finings and it cleared in 2 hours. Going to leave till Saturday to bottle though. Tastes pretty good.

After a few initial cheap kits I have always stuck with Beaverdale. However local wine shop closed and Beaverdale seems hard to come by on the Internet so now I am trying the Cellar 7. Not cheap so I assume it is good? Interested in their peach and mango if this turns out well

Welches Purple Grape from Tesco. I love it. Hard to make white wine though

Just finished my latest batch of Beetroot. This is by far my most popular wine. This is best yet; 3 ltrs Welches Purple Grape 2 ltrs Beet It 2 ltrs Tropicana mixed berry 2kg Sugar 750 grms honey lemon juice Black tea Pectolase made up to 16 ltrs, 19 bottles. delightful full bodied red, bit...

It’s in my wine shed now

Thanks Chippy. Still got the bungs and airlocks i Going to leave it to clear on it’s own for a month or two then bottle it

Do you still need to use stopper if you are storing your wine longer term in demijohns? I usually stop, clear and bottle as soon as it’s finished but This one is being kept at least a year