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    Im out of the game

    Oh My God, my wife caught me having an affair and has kicked me out and poured 28 gallons of my summer wines down the drain, i felt like my life had ended. She then smashed 33 demi johns ans gave all my other equipment away on freecycle :o Im gutted absoultely gutted feel like crying !
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    Cooking Apples

    A lovely friend of mine has offered me as many cookers as I can Pick, Im not sure what I can do with them though, any help would be appreciated, Cider, Apple wine have no idea if they are suitable, Im not sure what strain they are but she said they are starting to turn RED, didnt know cookers...
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    Help with strawberry

    Made 3 gallons of strawberry recently and I have racked it, stabilised and de gassed it. It is clearing nicely and has a lovely colour but OH MY GOD its sharp, never experienced this before but it tastes a bit like strawberry flavoured nail varnish. It brewed to about 14 % but WOW sharp aint the...
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    Heads Up

    Tescos this week have strawberry Ribena on offer for half price, got me 6 bottles today, but they are going fast :thumb:
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    Calling all Wurzels brewers

    Over the past year I have seen lots of this forums members trying different types of juices to mix with the orange juice or grape juice from the supermarket and from what I can see have come up with some excellent results. I have onyl made about 6 gallons of wurzels and I love it but whilst...
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    The time has come

    Hi guys, I have been thinking now for about 4 or 5 years about brewing some wine on a very large scale, I would love obviously to do it on a commercial scale but when I saw how much of your turnover has to be paid n tax to the government i nearly had a heart attack(50% paid upfront on your...
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    Yeast starter any help with this.

    I have been readin my favourite book ever, "The alaskan Bootleggers Bible" This book teaches how to make alcohol from anything with anything. It talks about yeast starters, it says that after you have emptied your FV in to dj's that the light brown crud left in the bottom is basically yeast...
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    Clearing wine (Wurzels Orange)

    I have tried several methods of clearing my wines over the years and I have seen a few posts relating to it in here, I always ferment my wines with the dj's on the kitchen table in front of the radiator, when it practically stops, I then take it upstairs to the back bedroom to age and clear...
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    Wife thinks I need help!

    My wife says I need help, I say I need more space for more wine. Do you think Im bening unreasonable having this in the kitchen ?
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    Racked my wild cherry

    Racked the Wild Cherry last night, was at .998 way to dry for my liking. Can anyone give me any advice on how to back sweeten, never done this before. I added the C tabs last night, didnt need to fine it as it is crystal clear but I have never used stabilisers before , are these recommended...
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    First Beer a Success

    I have been waiting and waiting for days to get stuck in to this beer, my very first kit was a Geordies Scottish Export kit, I got it from Wilkies and got it home to find the yeast missing DOH! A quick trip to my brew shop for some yeast, which I was given for free, and found the kits in there...
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    ANY GROWERS

    Appologies Mods if this thread is in the wrong place, please feel free to move. During the summer months I located 2 wild Cherry trees, which I have since identified and Wild British Cherry Plums. One golden and one red. Apparently that is how they grow one of each. I picked loads of them this...
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    Fast working yeats

    Guys, sorry to seem dull, but I have just been reading another thread regarding supermarket juice wines, and it explains how they can complete in 7 days, how is this possible? I am not aware of any yeast that complete to a decent ABV in a week, am I missing something. I have used the turbo...
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    Help wit Sloe and Blackberry wine!

    What a plonker, I put 5 Gallons of Sloe and Blackberry in a fermenting bin without the yeats or sugars to allow the flavour to get in to the water, I only went on Holiday and forgot to add the yeast and sugar before I went away. I came back a week later to all the fruit sunken to the bottom so...
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    Rotting fruit or fresh?

    Guys and Gals what are your thoughts? Over the years I have tried using all types, very fresh fruit, softer more ripe fruit, and almost rotten fruit, Im lead to believe that when fruit begins to rot it produces a lot more flavour for wine making, I have found this to be true in some cases but...
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    First time beer brewer

    Hi all, new member here, wanted to ask a quick question. Im primarily a wine brewer, have been brewing for years but decided to try a beer kit last week. I put it on on friday, its a Geordies Scotish Export kit, Man was that stuff sticky, I didnt expect that at all lol. My question is, what is...
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