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Hi irishbrew, had the same idea myself I have a basic 5 gallon pressure barrel with a S30 pin valve fitted on the small 2 inch cap, I fitted a car wheel valve to the barrel to keep an eye on pressure just push on a psi gauge to get a reading I think the max psi is 15, the barrel works great...

just had my first wurzels and its awesome have to pass it on to Tom Donoguhue he's been making wine for the past 30 years or more in my home town a legend :cheers: was looking at the concentrate thats expensive stuff why not go with Meridian they do malt and barely extract too autumn and hedge...

didnt have to wait till tomorrow after all, the wines defrosted quickly in the kitchen so i poured two glasses of the controll wines non frozen and two of the frozen, first thing is that they are still clear no haze i put rice and raisin wine in the fridge once not in the freezer and got a bad...

good experiment moley, i wont be as fussy as il be the only one tasting it tomorrow i have the banana + rose hip, and a grape juice wine out of the freezer defrosting now, they are very young wines too and are pretty harsh see how they go :D

this is realy interesting i have a banana and rosehip freezing to see how it turns out after reading this :D http://wijnmaker.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

thanks lads :D :D

a noobe only 1 beer kit and 1 AG done so far, but! built all my gear myself. with some help from the THBF and Don Osbourn. 2 wine kits, some juice wines, and 8 country wines, under my belt :grin:

did the same thing well almost the same thing 2 days ago, but put the glycerine in at the start of fermentation, the wurzels is almost clear now :D

Holy moley 19 % awesome

i think this is how to go about it if you subtract your Strating SG by the final SG and divide it by 7.36 you will get what your after, your first drop was 54 so divide that by 7.36 and you get 7.3 % acl/vol your next drop was 10 so divide that by 7.36 and you get 1.3 % acl/vol add the two and...

pear concentrate and white grape juice 1 360ml bottle of meridian pear concentrate ( makes 2.5 litres ) 2.5 litre of tesco's white grape juice 1 KG sugar 1 tsp of Pectolase 1 tsp of citric acid 1 tps of grape tannin 1 tsp of nutrient youngs high alcohol wine yeast 5 ml oak a vin when finished...

bottled the kit today and iam having a glass now the wine turned out awesome except for the labels

hi granda, your a bit away from where i am down in Laois, sure if your gonna try the concentrate experiment let us know it turns out :D

hi, i made this back in october its still clearing and in about 3 months time might put it into PET botles primed with a tsp of sugar and pich of a fresh starter, and see what happens :D 375 ml bottle of meridian elderflower concentrate 500g sulanas 1kg sugar 3 lemons the skin and juice half...

hi granda, if you did concentrate the juice are you not going to water it back down again in the must :hmm: thats my thinking dunno it might work, what part of the country are you in? there is a very good brew store on line i got loads of stuff from them, and they have an in store pick up if...

hi corby, no expert or anything only a green horn, but i read a bit about yeasts and if you use a port or sherry yeast you might not get a port or sherry drink, for sherry if the recipe is for a sherry i think its the amount of air apace that gives the sherry effect in the storage stage of the...

nice looking brew moley, have you ever tried parsnip stout? i made a 1 gallon batch a good few months ago based on on the recipe in CJJ Berrys home brewed beers and stouts and used 1.1 lb of spray malt in place of the half lb of malt extract and it was great, and strong had no hydrometer at the...

hi Jack its my first red kit too, and only my second ever wine kit to make, i think it will turn out pretty good, so far so good :D will keep posting :D

made this today the berries have been defrosted over night 9 lb elderberries 2 lb damsons 3.5 kg sugar 3 tsp yeast nutrient 3 tsp pectolase 3 tsp citric acid yeast lalvin bourgovin RC 212 water to just over 3 gallons got the idea for this from CJJ Berrys 130 New Winemaking Recipes. Non Pareil...

racked the kit from the 5 gallon fv into a new dj, picked up 2 ds's and this press last week it just needed a little clean and its like new, that pic was taken before i cleaned it when i picked it up. added the stabiliser, it tastes good and smells nice