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Decided to have a stab at making beer, since I had all the bits and bobs anyway through wine & mead making... Picked up one of these kits for £7 in tescos, couldn't resist! Couldn't just be a normal one tho, have to experiment. Decided to add 100g of molasses & 50g fat-reduced cocoa...

OK guys, decided I'd take a quick break from making mead to make a festive beer...it's my first essay into beer... I've left it a little late as I've had trouble getting the necessary stuff here in the dark wilds of western Scotland... I managed to score a Cooper's Stout kit on the cheapo...

So I've bottled my first mead (a simple honey mead, with just a little orange for acidity) as gifts for people... Next time I will buy foils, but aside from that I'm rather chuffed with the result.

Hi all... Since my last mead turned out so lovely, I thought I'd try another, and also get rid of a pound of raspberries that have been lying in my freezer for a while... Recipe/Method This is a 1 Gallon mead (since I've not got the balls yet to try a 5 gallon)... I bought 3 pounds of about...

HI all. Having a stab at a WOW-style wine. Recipe: 1Ltr Peach juice (not from conc.), found in Tescos 1.5Ltr Tescos WGJ 700g sugar 1tsp yeast nutrient 1tsp youngs super yeast 1tsp pectolase 1/2 squeezed lemon 1 cup of strong Earl Grey tea Handful of raisins for body. SG was 1.100 at about...

Hi all... My first wine, a 6-bottle Wilko "Cherry" wine kit (and the I use the term cherry under advisement. I've tasted more cherry from a sodding pick&mix sweetie!) is finally done and ready to bottle. Since it's almost undrinkable right now, and it obviously needs aged a lot, can I just...

Well, decided I'd have a stab at mead...used the MAOM recipe (a JAOM variant) from our american cousins on a certain other HB site... Since there are people saying they'd no activity for a day at least after pitching, I'm quite surprised that 4 hours in, I'm already getting a bubble every 9...

Righto guys & girls.... Been wanting to do this for so long, but now I've finally made the first leap into the unknown, and bought some kit, I figured it'd be safer to get a rubbishy kit. 1 Gallon Wilko's "Black Cherry" country wine kit has been duly purchased, made up and is already starting...

Hi everyone... Never know what to say in these things, so I guess "hi". Been wanting to start making my own brews for years, but never had the time/determination to start (I find motivation a trouble sometimes)... I finally managed to get a few bits of cheap kit; I know I'll probably be...