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I never noticed 🤪

I presume that was with 4litres of juice so 400g sugar plus 90 & 100g, so we were both at or close to 500g total sugar. I guess I could have dissolved my sugar in the juice, but at the time I only had 6 litres of juice and I wanted to get 2 DJs on, so that made the decision for me 😂

Yip that's it, then after racking and priming with a half litre of apple juice I topped up fully with water (approx 500 ml). I was worried that the water might weaken the brew but it was fine. I considered just topping up with apple juice but that would have put 100g sugar (instead of 50g)...

I primed each DJ with 500ml of applejuice which has the effect of adding 50g of sugar. Worked a treat 👍

Yeah was giving them a squeeze daily 🤪 Tried some more at 10 days and 14 days after bottling. Wow what a difference. Beautiful sparkle to the cider, with a healthy kick after a couple glasses. I'm def a Turbo Cider convert 😯 My wife has a selection of 'Skinny Syrups' which we tried out...

In wine making terms 3-4 days is pretty quick 🤪

I take it with the novatwists that after the first use, you just bin the original shroud and only use the cap ?

Or 100 for £16.20 🤔👍 https://www.brewgenie.co.uk/novatwist-wine-bottle-screwcaps4

Bottled my TC about 6 days ago. Primed both DJs with 500ml of apple juice, which equates to 50g of sugar per DJ. Also put 2 tbsp of artificial sweetener into 1 DJ. Had 4 x 1 litre bottles and 1 x 500ml bottle from each DJ. 5 days on, thought I'd try some. Started with the 2 x 500ml bottles...

I'm still using 'Clear It' that I bought Aug 2021 😯 I keep it in the fridge 👍

Both DJs dropped to 1.000 within 6 days 👍 I'm still trying to gather PET bottles so its still sitting in the DJs. I noticed that its also starting to clear. If I delay this any further am I going to struggle to generate any fizz when I prime the bottles ? Or will there still be enough yeast...

I'd add it as soon as possible. You're wine is going to ferment for 7-10 days so won't do any harm adding the tea on day 2 or 3. It def needs those tannins 👍

That's will power for you 😯

Again, I wouldn't worry about how the sediment looks as long as it has settled and the wine looks clear you should be fine. I trust the gravity was less than 1.000 ? You previously mentioned the bubbles on the surface. That's most likely just the wine naturally degassing. If the wine has...

Hey Peter, welcome to the forum. I'm not entirely sure I know what I'm looking at in the picture. What quantity of wine is it ? How long has it been fermenting ? Did you check its specific gravity when you started ? Do you know what it is now ? I wouldn't worry too much about what the sediment...

My first Kit was a Youngs Merlot Winebuddy. Nice enough product but not a red. Dark Rosè maybe, but not red. These cost in the range of £25-30 (30 bottle). I think you need to pay a little more to get more concentrated red grape juice.

I'm not sure anyone has made an 'easy' red from fruit juice. A few members have tried using dark cherries and dark cherry coulis, with some success. Yes ☺

Will the passion fruit syrup not kick it off fermenting again ? How much sweetener did you put in per DJ ? So has that been about 3 weeks ?

Thought it was about time I tried a Turbo Cider. Took note of Roddys post and scaled it down to 1 gallon batches. Had planned to use 4l of Apple Juice, but decided there wasn't room, so only used 3. 3l Asda Apple Juice 700ml sugar solution (200g) 300ml black tea (3 bags) 1 tsp Pectolase 1...