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  1. ColinF

    First Turbo Cider

    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...
  2. ColinF

    Elderberry Wine Gone Wrong

    I kicked off multiple batches of Elderberry wine in late Oct 21 from berries I had collected and frozen in the weeks before. In general they had 1.5 kgs of berries and 1kg of sugar. They fermented in new plastic food grade buckets for 7 days and I then strained them into DJs. I racked them...
  3. ColinF

    Country Wine Filter

    I've just taken delivery of one of these https://www.brewbitz.com/collections/homebrew-equipment/products/mashing-and-sparging-bag-55cm-x-34cm?_pos=3&_sid=f86cb0224&_ss=r Anyone use one for filtering your pulp ? The base holes, although not huge, are significantly larger than the sidewalls...
  4. ColinF

    Country Wine and getting the SG Right

    I have a straining bag on order and am hoping to have a go at some country wine real soon. Whatever fruit I use if I stew/crush the fruit etc and then make a must up to 4 litres (shoulder of the DJ) and check the SG of the must I'll be able to use one of the conversion charts to work out how...
  5. ColinF

    Mead Flavouring

    So, I've got 2 x 1 gallon DJs of Mead started. Considering favouring 1 for comparison. I've read different opinions as when to add the spices, what do you guys do ? Thinking liquorice and/or Star Anise maybe. Thoughts ?
  6. ColinF

    First Go At WOW (A.K.A - Supermarket Juice Wine)

    Ok so here goes my first attempt at a WOW 😂 I've got demijohns coming out my ears so I've kicked off 3 at the same time. All 3 have a base of RGJ and Apple (Both 100%). I added up the sugars from each of the juice cartons and added sugar for a total of 1100g per gallon. Dissolved the sugar...
  7. ColinF

    Shopping List For New Winemaker

    Hey guys, going to be having a go at a few WOW recipes in the next couple of weeks. I've got plenty demijohns, stoppers, airlocks etc. Got a hydrometer and confident using it. I don't have a trial jar though (only done large kit wines in a bucket so just put hydrometer into bucket). In terms...
  8. ColinF

    Hi from Caithness

    Hey folks, figured I'd say hi. Probably been over 30 years since i last made wine. Only kit stuff though. My wife bought me a Youngs 30 bottle Merlot kit for Xmas and I got around to making it a couples weeks ago. Turned out to be more of a Rose than a Merlot, but it's quite a nice drink and I...
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