Hi everyone - yet another newbie!

[bigsteve1911]

hi guys & girls,

Steve here from sunny Yorkshire :) Bought myself a "Make your own wine" kit from The Range last week - seems a bit TOO simple, but so far so good. Unfortunately, I've also found the forum which means I'm now dying to try all these different types of wine!!

Obviously I have to take it slowly to begin with, and I'm already learning - and discovering little problems with the kit I bought!! For instance, you get a fermentation bucket and an 18" stirrer. Initially you sterilise the stirrer in the bucket - but now my bucket is full of cloudy smelly stuff, how do I sterlise an 18" spoon in a 15" sink?!!!! And why did I wait till now to discover I have nowhere near 30 mine bottles?!!

For my first go, will recycled screw-tops be ok? I'm not expecting the wine to stick around too long anyway.

Cheers :

Steve

 

[AmericanOnTheIsland]

Hi Steve

 

[BrotherMalice]

Hello & welcome to the forum :)

Dont know much about the wine side of things personally but when I have made it in the past I have used screwtop bottles & re-used the caps :)

Ask friends and family to keep bottles for you :)

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[bigsteve1911]

Cheers Colin,

I figured I'd use screw tops till I've got myself sorted and bought corking kit etc. Had a little taste last night and amazingly it seems promising :)

Fingers crossed....

S

 

[bobsbeer]

Welcome Steve. I'm sure your first wine will be fine.. Don't worry and get a dollop of patience. Your going to need it. Oh and screw tops are the ONLY way to go. Cheaper, and easy to get. I have only ever used screw tops and never had a problem.

 

[dennisking]

Hi and welcome.

 

[ritchings]

hi mate im john from radcliffe manchester and i am just starting out aswell hi to everyone

 

[Vossy1]

Welcome aboard Steve and John :thumb:

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Welcome to THBF :thumb:
Where in Yorkshire are you Steve?

BB

 

[joe1002]

Welcome to the forum Steve & John :

 

[charlie_mead_face]

welcome to the forum :