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  1. godfrey

    Growing Hops??

    Spotted some new shoots today on the first gold I planted late last year :party:
  2. godfrey

    Secret Santa 2013

    A belated Happy New year to everyone.... and my apologies for the very very late reply ! I have just opened the first of my two Santa's W11 strawberry and mango hippy juice the wine is superb! and I will certainly be having a go at tea bag wine myself in the future... the wine is super...
  3. godfrey

    Show us your pressies

    Santa was good to me this year :-) brought me things I can't make..... although I can make sparkling wine, it is not real champagne :thumb: :cheers:
  4. godfrey

    time to get your break on

    finally after a long lag in the iPhone jailbreak scene there is at last a jailbreak for iOS 7x evaders have dropped their jailbreak after news that 2 other teams were close to release the new jailbreak is available on http://evasi0n.com/ :cheers:
  5. godfrey

    Problem solved

    there are many fridge builds in the beer section most use the stc 1000 for temperature control
  6. godfrey

    banana wine??

    we have a recipe in the forum that i bookmarked:- viewtopic.php?f=41&t=44078 didn't get around to try it yet, but it is in my todo list :thumb:
  7. godfrey

    Secret Santa 2013

    after a long wait in the sorting office.... I finally had a chance to collect W9 today :-) thanks Santa :hat: going to have fun guessing the ingredients, before I open the love letter :cheers:
  8. godfrey

    Secret Santa 2013

    oppps sorry bout that I thought it was the contents a secret not the creator I guess it is better if it is all a mistery :-) my bad :-( post edited... I wish a mod would have edit sooner.... w11 arrived, looking forward to this on Christmas day :-) edit: no offence taken :cheers:
  9. godfrey

    Secret Santa 2013

    Wx and Wx are on route I hope I sink the battleship :-)
  10. godfrey

    Wanted Port recipes please :)

    seeing this post I just tested my plumb port... I can drink this now !!! SG just over 1.020 I guess as I used less elderberry and more plumb and malolactic fermentation is almost finished I have 25 litres of lovely Christmas cheer I plan to put some away for ageing :-) I think it will...
  11. godfrey

    Urgent Reminder

    why cook them now ? sorry for my ignorance !!! is there a recipe for sprout wine ?
  12. godfrey

    investments ?

    I guess 22 gallons of alcohol a year is wrong also only half a gallon a week or 3 bottles of wine a week my wife drinks at least 4 bottles of wine a week lol but they are talking only in beer so 22 x 9 pints 198 pints a year not even 1 pint a night when i was a lad I could drink that in a...
  13. godfrey

    investments ?

    received this email earlier today and wanted to share
  14. godfrey

    Malolactic Cultures

    I think the cultures available to buy are for wine not cider I am sure one of the mods here was saying they are not suitable for cider last time this came up....
  15. godfrey

    Hop cuttings

    I don't see why it would be bad to take cuttings now so long as the vines are still with leaves taking them now and growing over winter indoors would give the root a chance to establish and perhaps even some first year harvest plant them out in the spring :thumb: I took some cuttings a...
  16. godfrey

    How much slurry should I pitch?

    use a small amount and make a starter :thumb: I recently started a gallon of wine with a teaspoon from a frozen slurry took 2 days to take off without a starter but if you make a starter the yeast colony will double every few hours so use a small quantity to make a pitch able colony :thumb:
  17. godfrey

    Cheapest sugar ?

    checked the website... looks like 5kg sack @ 85p per kilo your offer is cheaper :thumb:
  18. godfrey

    Cheapest sugar ?

    I was in a super store earlier they had giant sacks of sugar must be 10 kilo or more not sure exactly of the weight as I was in a hurry but it was a big sack ..... the sack was only a fiver if I had space in my granny trolley I would have got it I nearly put the cat litter back to make...
  19. godfrey

    Does everyone use stabiliser in their wines?

    I don't use anything in my wines but we like brute not sweet I have read that stressing the yeast in high ABV can stress the yeast and as a result give bigger hangover I have stopped sugar feeding my port now for this reason but I already let them up to at round 18%
  20. godfrey

    Growing hops, different types

    I was quite lucky to get some 1year old crowns of primadonna / first gold a few months back they are bedded in and hope they do well next year :-)
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