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Hi, I use sultanas all the time for my regular 5 gallon batches, use 250g per gallon, wash them first in a colander under the hot tap to remove the oil ( and it softens them) add them to your bucket then I blitz them with a hand blender, add 5 litres of orange juice and 5 tsp pectolase, add...

Yes, good idea, let us know how it goes and good luck with it

I,d say give it a try with a gallon demijohn first but be prepared to have loads of sediment. I've made dozens of gallons of wine using one litre of orange juice and 250 grams of sultanas and the orange juice always throws quite a bit of sediment compared with other juices such as Apple. Give it...

I've used pearl barley in the past and it has always worked well, good luck with it. All the best

Hi Jonny, Tasted pretty dry to me, needs a bit of maturing though, it was a bit quick it went like hell for the first week a bit like an orange WOW. All the best

Just as an an update; I racked this yesterday, it had an SG of 0.995, (approx 14%) and had a nice taste, I've moved it to the wine cellar (shed) for maturing but I may break into this during the festive season :D All the Best

Totally agree with Moley, always use wine yeast, it's not worth using bread yeast in wine making any more, the old recipes used it all the time because it was the only thing people could get hold of easily. Get a pot of wine yeast and it will last forever if you make stater bottles and keep in...

Good luck with your new adventure and if you really get into it start your brewery....why not ? All the very best

Good luck with this, i've got 3 on the go at the moment, all the best.

I made this kit last year, I wasn't impressed but the inclusion of more grape juice should improve it greatly. All the Best

You could freeze the juice in a tupperware type container, I've done this a few times, just defrost when you need it, I find the freezing process actually improves the juice too, works a treat. All the best

As an update and to answer a few questions, the campden tablets were used to kill off any "enemy" yeasts/bugs from the fruit, always a good idea as a precaution against infection when using any fruit. The fruit mix was fermented on the pulp for 8 days (stirring and gently sinking the floating...

This has slowed a little now so i've topped it up with the milk carton must, it's still going great guns though but not quite as manic as a WOW. I'm loving these old glass airlocks, although delicate they are a lot more musical than the plastic ones :D

Thanks for the info on the bulbs etc, making a warm cupboard in the shed is my next project. All the best

This is bubbling at 1 a second (I'm using a recently ebayed old cranked glass airlock, it's got a lovely pop..tone :0) and its got a hell of a Lava lamp going, almost hypnotic to watch......I must get out more often ;) Thanks for replies

Just me again then....thanks

Good luck with these, that 3gal fruit one sounds interesting, what bulbs are you using to warm your brews ?, I'm gonna have to rig something up as my shed is like a fridge at the moment. All the best

Hi All, I was clearing out the kitchen cupboard on Sunday and came across an old tin of Lyles golden syrup, was going to throw it out as it was best before Jan 2010 but then thought.......I'll try a wine with it. The only other ingredient I had was a 500g bag of sultanas so after a look through...

This is fermenting well now, getting a good bongo on the lid of the bucket :0)

As long as you added the yeast when the syrup had cooled a bit all should be ok, give it a couple of days it could be just a slow starter, i've had that a couple of times. All the best