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I pulled out some frozen plums to make a country wine but as I emptied them into a mesh bag in the wine I realised it was fruit from a rumtopf, basically fruit that sat in rum and sugar for six months. Has anyone done similar? this will likely impact fermentation I expect if it even starts, any...

Hello all, I have a nectarine wine on the go with chopped fruit that was frozen, I am using a TILT hygrometer and following the initial drop in SG it’s risen from 1.047 yesterday to 1.052, would this be the sugars releasing from the fruit or the pulp possibly? Thanks

Hello All, I just purchased one of these conical fermenters for use with concentrate or juice (especially "WOW" which I used to brew in the Middle East...) but I was wondering if anyone who uses one with fresh fruit recopies? do you steep the fruit first or use a juicer? fruit in the fermenter...

Hello All, I thought I would ask this non brewing related questions as you are all subject matter experts in all things beer I am looking for a present for my 18 year old son, thought I would get him a beer dispenser specifically the PerfectDraft as you can get the Stella kegs (6l) but this kit...

hello All, been a while since Ive been on here and need a bit of advice (or comforting) I just put 40 pints of Woodfords Wherry in a pressure barrel, added 75g of brewers sugar (as per instructions) and added a sachet of Youngs finings, then I read the instructions for the finings which said...

Hi All, I have just brewed a rather nice Rose from RGJ but the problem I have is a really strung smell off the top of the glass, I don't know if it's the campden or stabiliser, I followed direction on both so my question is do I have to leave it longer or will this not go away? Ps the wine...

Hi All another question from me If I have a liquid with SG 1017 that means around 50g of sugar (normal granulated white table sugar) per litre? If I want to get that to a potential 4.5 to 5% ABV according to my calculations I would need 30-35g of sugar per litre? So for 18l it would need...

Hi I hope I am asking this in the right forum, can anyone recommend how many priming drops to use with a coopers ale in 2.25l PET bottles and how long to leave it? The avg temp is around 24degC

Hi All, I am a new member and wanted to get my first post in, I have brewed in the uk several times over the years in the uk, my beer was never up to much but those were in the days before the internet and this forum had more success later on but moved over to wine. Now I live in the Middle East...