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Not wanting to waste the sloes (and the gin that they had soaked-up!) from my first sloe gin, I thought I'd have a go at a Slider - sloe-infused cider. I started with a basic turbo cider with 4L of Asda Smart Price long-life juice (150g sugar/litre) plus 165g of sugar to make about 4.2L in a...

Asking out of curiosity, as not in any rush, but... I've just completed a couple of Winexpert kits, a Classic (4 week with 8l of juice concentate) Riesling, and a Reserve (6 week with 10l) Traminer Riesling. Both have exactly the same steps up to the 2 week stage where they are racked into a...

I've inherited a vine - not sure what variety, and have a reasonable crop this year - about 4-5kg I'd guess. I don't know the variety, but the ripest ones taste reasonable 'raw' (a little tart perhaps) so I suspect it's an eating variety rather than a specific wine grape, but since supermarket...

I'm making a blackberry wine at the moment (just started) and have read here that elderberris make a good addition. They are just coming ripe at the moment round here, will I be ok to just take the dark ones from these bunches (I.e. discard the green)? I really don't want to get a year down the...