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I keep reading bits about adding campden tablets to wine before pitching yeast then every time you you rack off then again before bottling, if you rack off after primary fermentation then again when secondary fermentation is finished then again to clear and condition then once more before...

Just bottled my first batch of Rhubarb wine, 12 bottles from 2 demijohns and a good taster for me, needless to say my cheeks are glowing. Got another 10 litres to bottle when i get the right bottles. Tastes a bit sweet but lovely, hoping the sweetness will subside after 4 or 5 months in the bottle.

I’m about to start this wine with 2.5kg rhubarb 6 apples 1kg of sultanas 1litre of 100% orange juice 3kg sugar. I’ll leave this soaking for a few days then rinse through the fruit with 2 litres of boiled water then top up to 11 litres with cold water, check OG add pectolase leave for a day and...

I’ve been given 3kg of rhubarb and around 30 apples, the apples are similar to Gala and are good eating apples, I also have 2kg of sultanas and a jar of molasses that i could do with using up. Does anybody have any ideas for incorporating this lot in a wine. I have everything needed to do a...

Hi all, i started a winExpert california enigma reserve kit on sat 20th, it started a slow bubble after 24hrs and on day 3 started bubbling like mad day 4 today 24th i came down and noticed a fairly strong sulphur smell almost eggy, has anyone experienced this before? I’ve only done 1 other wine...

Brew2bottle still have a number of their classic and reserve kits on sale the classic are £29.95 and reserve are £39.95 for anybody after a kit.

I’ve made a rhubarb wine which has finished fermenting at .996 and I’ve re racked twice it’s now in the bucket awaiting transfer to demijohns so I’ve degassed it and am about to add some finings so quick question. Is it ok to add the finings A today in the bucket and finings B tomorrow in the...

I started my rhubarb wine 16/06/22 OG 1090, today i have just moved to secondary carboy it is now 998 on 26/07/22. I have just re racked to not let it sit on the yeast and any fallout for too long. So this is how it looks at the moment, I haven’t added any camden tablets yet so a couple of...

For anybody interested in kits, Brew2Bottle are selling winexpert reserve kits for £39 they should be around £75 but as they have a short bbe of october ‘22 i guess they want rid. seems a good deal if anyone is set to do some wine now.

Hi all, can anyone shed a bit of light. I did a extract kit MJ APA, fermented for just under 3 weeks at 20°C in my brew fridge, dry hopped for 4 days, cold crashed at 1° for 3 days and bottled for 3 weeks conditioning at room temp, however I’ve noticed in some bottles a little bit of stuff...

After a 12 month+ lay off from brewing, for a couple of reasons, I’ve just done 2 extract kit brews from the Mangrove Jacks range that I’ve had in my fridge for around 12months or so. An IPA and an American pale ale. They went off ok and are both bubbling away nicely. The IPA is in my brew...

I’ve had a lager brew lagering in my fridge at around 2° for about 4-5weeks i plan on bottling in the next few days trying carb drops for the first time, I’ve taken it out of the fridge for a couple of days to raise the temp a bit to reactivate any yeast ready for carbonation but i want to try...

Has anybody had any experience with these kits. How much juice comes with them, at 7kg pack there must be at least 5litres with it.

I have 5kg of rhubarb cut up and frozen i’d love to try a rhubarb wine with it but not sure where to start. Does anybody have an idiots guide of the process and ingredients needed please. I have all the equipment needed just not sure of a recipe and how to. Thanks in advance.

How do you all clean your pressure barrels. I plan on using it as a bottling barrel for my next brew as it’s the only one i have with a tap on at the moment and i want to batch prime, but with such a small opening at the top I’ve found it a nightmare to clean. At the moment I’ve put about 5...

I plan on doing a cheap kit brew for a golf trip away with the lads in August so i picked up a couple of the wilko’s geordie lager kits, now would there be a problem using both packs of malt in one brew, that would be 3kg of kit malt instead of 1.5kg. Would this make a terrible tasting beer and...

I’ve just done my first wine kit, a wineworks red wine (rioja supposedly), made to 23l i got 28 bottles out of it, which came with the equipment kit, i bottled it 3 weeks ago after 2 weeks fermenting and around 10 days clearing and conditioning at 12°c. The kit had 5litres of juice and 500ml of...

I’ve just ordered one of these seems too cheap but worth a punt i guess.

I have a beer currently sitting in secondary in my brew fridge for the last 2 weeks at 1°-2° and it will be there for around 6 weeks, i havent primed it yet due to an administrative cock up, i intend to bottle it after the 6 weeks but I’m unsure of how to prime it, I’ve screwed up part of the...

I’m thinking of taking the plunge and investing in an all in one system, I’m looking at a brewster beacon or maybe a hopcat mk3 at the moment, does anybody have any suggestions on these two. The hopcat is on offer at the moment at £399 which is £50 more than the brewster but it is 45l compared...