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  1. Ebob01

    Do you dry bottles before filling?

    Great thanks for the replies, I'll carry on as I am in that case 😊
  2. Ebob01

    Do you dry bottles before filling?

    Hi I was wondering if you guys bother to dry your bottles before filling. I generally use a chlorine based sterilising solution then I rinse very thoroughly with a lot of cold tap water. I then just fill the bottles as I think what is the harm in a few drops of tap water. Reason I ask is...
  3. Ebob01

    How to degas wine with a home made degassing wand

    Apart from the wine not clearing properly, is there any other reason to Degas if making a sparkling wine? After all, you are basically just adding more CO2 again afterwards...
  4. Ebob01

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    Waitrose do a red merlot grape juice which I'd like to try fermenting without any water to see what it's like. I suppose it won't be a proper merlot without being fermented on the skins but I'd still be interested to see what it turns out like....
  5. Ebob01

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    Great thanks for the replies. In that case I might try and save the WGJ I bought online and only use 1 carton as I paid around £22 for an 8 pack. I like that people say they don't need to be aged for a long time either, I'm sure I'll manage to get through them fairly quickly stuck at home...
  6. Ebob01

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    I have a question regarding these WOW recipes, I notice generally people seem to use more apple than grape juice, for example 1.5 - 2 litres apple then only 1 litre of red grape. Given that these make nice kind of rose or table wines why don't people use say 2 red grape and 1 apple etc. I...
  7. Ebob01

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    Nice ye I think a sparkling WOW rose would be good!
  8. Ebob01

    Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

    Has anybody tried making a sparkling WOW, say with 1l red grape, 1.5l Apple juice, the other usual ingredients then shoved in some soda bottles with pouring priming sugar once cleared....?
  9. Ebob01

    Homebrewing sweet sparkling mead?

    Hi As long as you don't stabilise using sulphites and potassium sorbate there should be enough yeast present to carbonate. As you pointed out the fermentation will carry on and consume all the sugar until it is dry leaving no sweetness. You could use a yeast with a lowish alcohol tolerance...
  10. Ebob01

    Vegetarian finings suggestions

    Heya you could try bentonite clay Also this article might be useful but I don't know how reliable it is, I would do further research if you are severely allergic... http://www.creativeconnoisseur.com/newsletter/files/db12c8ced42abc5bb94f6169aabed36c-69.html
  11. Ebob01

    How long to age Elderflower Champagne?

    I made some Elderflower Champagne about 2 months ago using John Wright's recipe from the guardian. I used dried Elderflowers and a bottle of Ritchies grape fruit concentrate and EC-1118 yeast. I put the dried Elderflowers in a pan of water which had just come off the boil and left them in there...
  12. Ebob01

    Using priming sugar/carbonation drops cider making

    Great thanks Both! How long do you normally leave in the bottle before drinking it?
  13. Ebob01

    Using priming sugar/carbonation drops cider making

    I recently read an article on making cider, up until now i've only made wine. The article started to use priming sugar or carbonation drops at bottling to make it fizzy, however it also states to add sulphites at bottling to stop it spoiling. Will the use of sulphites not impede the yeast...
  14. Ebob01

    Amount of Honey in UK Gallon

    A US gallon is 3.8 litres whilst a UK is 4.5 so multiply the recipe by 4.5/3.8 which equals 1.2. What I have done for mead is look at the sugar content on the jar and then just add the amount of honey to get the sugar per litre for the alcohol content I am aiming for...
  15. Ebob01

    Sulphites and stabilisers in Sparkling wine/ Champagne

    I get the basic process of sparkling wine, so make a base wine and leave to clear. Then at bottling state add rehydrated yeast and some sugar but not sulphites or stabilisers. Leave to ferment in the bottle then go through the process of riddling and disgorging by leaving the bottles upside...
  16. Ebob01

    Using grape juice concentrate, sugar content?

    Nice I think I'll try that one, does it need any acid or tannin adding?
  17. Ebob01

    Using grape juice concentrate, sugar content?

    See response from Ritchie's 'As you can see our White Grape Concentrate is 65 Brix (65gm sugar per 100ml) Comparisons between Wine Grapes and Eating grapes I am not aware off. Our recommendation on our Grape Juice is 200-250 ml per 4.5 ltr of wine.' Info from the data is as follows Brix...
  18. Ebob01

    Using grape juice concentrate, sugar content?

    Thanks good idea I'll ring Ritchie's on Monday
  19. Ebob01

    Using grape juice concentrate, sugar content?

    Hi I have a 250ml bottle of Ritchie's white grape juice concentrate. Does anybody know what the sugar content is or what it is equivalent to not concentrated? I have a recipe which states 1 litre of White grape juice. I know I could measure the sugar content with a hydrometer (might have to...
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