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  1. J

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    If your wine is too sweet do not bin it just bottle it up and keep for the occasions when you brew a super dry wine, in the past I have had super dry tc's and have mixed some of my sweeter efforts in with it to make quite a quaffable Drink. My motto is if it contains alcohol never ever throw it...
  2. J

    ALE MARY! What's the worst beer you like?

    What about thunderbird :drunk: whatever happened to that drink :(
  3. J

    ALE MARY! What's the worst beer you like?

    When I run out of home brew then I'm not adverse to buying the aldi cheapo Galahad lager and shipstern bitter as the saying goes needs must when the devil drives lol As for a john smiths clone , I make one of these every time I undo my zip and point Percy at the porcelain :tongue:
  4. J

    Most interesting thing you've ever seen in beer?

    I have had a garlic beer from the garlic farm on the isle of wight that was just way too garlicky and was just like drinking garlic juice, unable to taste any beer at all. Also had a chilli beer also from isle of wight, extremely hot unable to taste anything after lol. By far the worst beer I...
  5. J

    Screw top bottles

    I have re used screw tops loads of times but have also successfully corked dozens of screw tops and have never had so much as a crack in a bottle. I did come across some bottles where the necks were just too narrow to cork but these stood out a mile.
  6. J

    Spiced Banana Wine

    what about pectolase is it needed with banana????
  7. J

    Youngs Black Cherry 6 bottle kit

    I made this kit "as is" and must say i think it turned out really nice without the addition of anything
  8. J

    My first proper go...

    if you are struggling for demis then just go to a large supermarket and buy a load of 5 litre bottled water use the water for brewing or drinking :wha: and then drill the lid to take an airlock et voila a cheap demijohn ps we holiday in shanklin every year so i expect a invite for a personal...
  9. J

    Fruit Teabag Wine - are these any good?

    they can make really nice wines, i made one using a blackberry and nettle as for a recipe i would say just search the forum i know moley did a thread on it cos thats where i got the recipe from before hope this helps
  10. J

    Youngs Harvest Bitter review

    Note to seasoned kit brewers always give the destructions a quick squint. I got the youngs harvest yorkshire bitter and surprisingly when you read them it tells you to use 1.5kg of sugar whereas the normal bitter is only 1kg. Nearly caught me out that time lol
  11. J

    Top tap or bottom tap?

    I have a top tap and have had no problems whatsoever you just need to ensure that the float tube is fitted to the tap adapter before putting the lid on as these can become loose and you will have to lose all the precious gas to remedy the problem after. The tap on mine is very sensitive and only...
  12. J

    melon

    Bright green in flavour?????? anyone know what bright green tastes like lol :doh: :doh: :doh:
  13. J

    Watery after taste

    Did you add any Glycerine as this gives the wow more 'mouth feel'
  14. J

    Making Mead

    Why oh why do all these local festivals happen before i find out lol There are plenty of good mead recipes on here just use the search but make sure you have plenty of DJs as it takes quite a long time to ferment and even longer to reach a drinkable state. ps if you have any spare honey let me...
  15. J

    Another classic garden pub build

    Errrrrr what about the fact that on the left he's got a tennants LA surely that must trump john s#its
  16. J

    Tesco and/or Bargain Booze Shopping List

    one of the most underrated shops has got to be co op they have a great selection of bottled ales from local brewers and neighboring counties absolutely brilliant :cheers:
  17. J

    To all Scottish members, fancy a job.

    ERRRRR..... No he's just seen the price of the bloody stuff £55 for 1 330ml bottle cant see a scot ever buying this lol
  18. J

    Tea wine will not clear.

    Yes but does it taste okay, if so bottle it and drink the sucker, sorry but i really dont get this obsession with getting crystal clear wine if it tastes good who cares, if you intend to enter it in a competition okay but to throw away wine just cos its a little hazy seems mad to me. I used to...
  19. J

    camping essentials

    No that's what the local 2 for a tenner pub is for. Carry on camping not holding traffic up
  20. J

    camping essentials

    ROCK PEGS...... So much better than the flimsy bit of wire you get supplied with most tents and available cheap on ebay
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