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I made this wine https://www.brewbitz.com/pages/parsnip-wine-reci in 2022 and decided to open a bottle this evening. It was bottled in July 2022, so it’s aged long enough to ‘assess its potential’. I bottled and corked it, and it’s been lying on the cork for 18 months or more. I did try a...

I’ve bought another 30 bottle red wine kit from the Range and will be starting it off in the next week or so. This will be the third time I’ve done this and I just wondered what the difference was between using either the advised 3.5kg of granulated sugar or using 4kg of dextrose sugar. I’m...

I bottled the red wine kit from The Range on 4 July this year and tried the first bottle this evening. This is the second time I’ve done this kit. It’s a very nice wine, with a medium body, but it’s a lot dryer than the previous kit. This isn’t a criticism as it’s still a very nice wine, but I...

Hello all, I’m having a bit of a clear out, and I’ve got 3 or 4 glass (3 clear and 1 brown glass) demijohns and 4 plastic demijohns that I no longer have room for. (I’ve still got quite a few after I get rid of these!) If anyone wants them, they can have them for free. I‘m in the Rhondda Valleys...

Last Tuesday morning I started off a Razorback IPA kit. Within a couple of hours, it started bubbling away merrily through the airlock and it suddenly stopped on Sunday morning. As it’s now the 6th day, and following the instructions, first thing this morning, I added the hops to the brew and...

Well I’ve just bottled another 30 bottle red wine kit from The Range. I never manage to get a full 30 bottles out of the kit, but in doing 27 I managed one more than last time. The last of the wine (which could have made it 28 bottles) was also a bit cloudy, so I siphoned that off into a litre...

Due to ‘external pressures and family commitments’, I’ve been unable to bottle the Raja’s Reward that has been brewing away in my kitchen. The latest situation is that the hops were added two weeks ago and I’ve just kept the brew at a steady 22 degrees in the hope that it’ll be ok. Will it...

I’ve read a few posts on here where there have been issues with the Bulldog Raja’s Reward, and in particular, stuck fermentation, and I think I may have the same issue. My brew has been going for 9 days now, and it’s still showing around 1016/1018 on the hydrometer, which I’m guessing is still a...

Yesterday, I started off a Bulldog Rajas Reward, which was a Christmas present from the beloved. As my kitchen can be a bit chilly, I used a heat pad to make sure the temperature remained constant. However, I’ve just checked it, and it’s brewing at 26/27 degrees, which is far too high. I’ve...

I’ve just been given a Bulldog Raja’s Reward IPA kit as a Christmas present so I think I’ll be starting it off in the next couple of days. From what I’ve read, it seems to be a good kit and not one I’ve tried before.

I’ve just been looking at the YouTube channel ‘Making Home Brew Wild and Cheap’ and theres a couple of videos where he uses two Geordie kits to make one batch of 40 pints. Has anyone ever tried this before, and if so, what was the outcome?

Today is the day when I bottle my Range Irish Stout. The hops have been in the brew for 3 days now so I’m going for it. The only question I have is that the instructions advise adding a half teaspoon of sugar to each bottle and I just wanted views on whether this would be enough. I am...

Has the Range stopped their IPA kits? Ive tried a couple of their stores, and there are none to be had. I have found some wine kits , the lager, cider and stout kits, but no IPA. Ive even looked online, and there are no kits online. I’ve just raided my shed and found the last 6 bottles of the...

I was hoping to have at least begun another IPA beer kit in time for Christmas, but having my appendix removed as an emergency two weeks ago, has put paid to that as I’m not allowed to pick up anything remotely heavy (I’m ok with a kettle and that’s about it) and have to take it easy. I’m sure...

I‘ve just been looking at the Dark Rock website and noticed they’re doing their own wine kits and I wondered if anyone has any experience of them. It costs £39.99 for a 30 bottle kit and if it’s half as good as their beer kits, then they’ll probably be worth a punt, it I just thought I’d check...

Has anyone tried this Dark RockSession Series Riwaka Pale Ale kit? https://darkrockbrewing.co.uk/beer/malt-extract-beer-kits/dark-rock-session-series-riwaka-pale-ale.html The kits look really good and I’m minded to try this one. If I buy the Pale Ale enhancer and the finings in addition to the...

Now that my carrot wine has been bottled, I’m going to do this parsnip wine: https://www.brewbitz.com/pages/parsnip-wine-recipe It obviously advises adding sugar (I think I’m going to need roughly a kilo, given that the parsnips will be quite sweet) , but I’m not sure whether to add granulated...

I’m starting off another Wilko Merlot 6 bottle kit this weekend. When I did the first one, I followed the instructions, which advised I only half fill the demijohn for the first week because the fermentation is more than a tad vigorous and then top it up once it’s calmed down a bit. The only...

One of my first forays into the world of home brew wine making was the 6 bottle WineBuddy merlot kit. I started it off in January 2021, and bottled it in February 2021, where it came out at 11.8%. After 3 months, I tried a bottle and it was more like a weak rose than a merlot, so I put the...

I’ve just racked off this carrot wine that’s now ready for bottling tomorrow, but I’m not sure I’m going to get a full five bottles out of it. I’d be grateful for suggestions as to what I could top up the fifth bottle with to make it a full bottle. I don’t want to use water,, so would rather use...