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Oooo, thanks for your super quick replies, we have a couple of the big 5 gallon buckets, so will they be suitable? Thanks again :D

Hi, at home me and my dad have only ever brewed wine, although he's pestering after brewing some beer. As his birthday is coming up i thought i'd buy him a kit. Can anyone recommend a decent beginners brewing kit that isn't too expensive. We have standard wine brewing equipment, would i need to...

This recipe sounds yum!! Just a few questions if someone could answer for me... Instead of cider yeast would i be able to use youngs yeast and nutrient? Also once its in the demijohn do you just ferment it as you would for a wine? And do you have to use Tannin? I've seen people replace it...

Hi, does anybody know how long Ribena wine takes to ferment? I first put it in the demijohn a month ago and then two weeks later topped it up with cold water, as the recipe said, but now its still fermenting, like one bubble every 2-3 seconds. Most of the other wines i have done have slowed...

Just an update on the cherry wine situation... about 48 hours after i re-racked it into a clean demijohn it didn't start fermenting again. so i tried to get some outside opinions (family etc) on the taste...none of them would taste it after announcing in smelt of vinegar, so i poured it down the...

So i've racked it into another demijohn and added about a pint of water...and pretty much straight away it started bubbling...Yay!!! although that was about an hour ago and now nothing is happening again :( Any more tips?? Thanks

Today i started my Elderberry wine, after about 2 hours of plucking the berries off the stalks :shock: I've never really used my hydrometer, but do I just need to take a reading of the fruit and water mix? I know you shouldn't do it once the yeast is added, however i thought it needed to be...

Thanks I'll try racking it off and diluting it, yeah it was slightly bitter, it really hit me on the back of my throat...it doesn't smell bad though :S Thanks for your help :D

It was from C.J.J. Berry's First Steps In Winemaking: 2kg Red Cherries 1.3kg Sugar 1tsp Pectin enzyme 4.5l water Yeast and nutrient. Stone the cherries. Pour boiling water over the crushed berries. Add pectin enzyme when cool. After two days strain onto sugar and nutrient, add yeast and leave...

Wow free honey, I'm feeling quite jealous! enjoy :)

I just used Wilkos all purpose wine yeast, the same as what i use for all the other wines :(

So I measured this with the hydrometer and got about 1050ish, but then i tasted the wine and it was AWFUL! could this be because I have left it on the sediment for too long after the ferment had stopped?

Ah, thanks! I'll have a look and hopefully pluck up the courage to venture into beer brewing :D

Hi, on a walk recently I found a Hop plant. I've never brewed beer only wine, but is there a way I could use these hops to create a beer using wine making equipment i.e a 1 gallon demijohn rather than the 5 gallon carboy that is used in beer brewing. Thanks :D

With the recipe we used we just made 5 times as much, which made around 25-30 bottles :)

Ah, thank you! I think it would be best if i start using my hydrometer more regularly :)

I've never really used my Hydrometer, how will I be able to tell from using it? Thanks :)

Hi, last year we used this recipe: 4lb/1.75kg blackberries 3lb/1.5kg sugar red wine yeast 1tsp yeast nutrient I found the recipe on ' Whytes Home Wine Equipment' website. It was our first attempt at brewing any type of wine and it turned out lovely :)

Hi, about a month ago I transfered my cherry wine into a demijohn and was amazed at how quickly the bubbles were going in the airlock -super fast- anyway about a fortnight after that it stopped fermenting and I haven't seen a single bubble since. There is about 2inch of sediment at the bottom...

Hi, I'm Carly :D I started brewing wine last autumn when we brewed 5 gallon of blackberry wine, Yum! I now have a few different country wines all at different stages of fermenting. I am also studying towards a degree in Mathematics at Liverpool John Moores University :) :thumb: