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Checked my PET bottles, they are really firming up nicely. :) Ian

Cheers. As its my first lager I was a bit impatient. To be honest I think I will make it again and leave it to bulk mature in the PET for a month get some ready for next summer with the turbo cider :) Ian

Hi, when I made my Ribena Strawberry and Blackcurrant Turbo cider last week I bought my Ribena from Asda. Whilst in there I noticed Asda do their own double strength strawberry squash in 1.5l bottles. When I looked at the dilution rates it show Riben as 1 part Ribena and 4 parts water...

Hi, I just bottled 42 bottles of Coopers Mexican Cerveza. I used 40 500ml glass bottles and 2 Pet Bottles that I just poured the sparkling water out of. I am learning so I have done the pets to check rigidity for carbonation. I batch primed with 170g of brewing sugar boiled up in a little...

Ok, made it. When I did my last turbo cider recipe there was the juice of a fresh lemon in it. I bought Lidle own version of jiff and boiled it up with the Ribena. Used Lalvin Champagne Yeast. Ian

I'm making some of this tomorrow with 1l of strawberry Ribena and 2l of Blackcurrant Ribena. I have 10l of lidl clear apple juice and 10l cloudy. Gonna use lalvin yeast. Should keep the wife happy. Ian

I have heard the Solomon Grundy blush wine kit is about the best they do. Apparently it has a zinfandel flavour sachet. Ian

Cheers, at £45.00 a pop I can't afford to be unlucky too many times :) Ian

Hi, I made it short at 21 L. There is 7.5 L of juice in the kit so would have needed to boil 13.5l which is 3 pans and an kettle. The only other thing I can think of is the rinse water for my carboy was not boiled. In future I am going to use Milton which is no rinse and kills everything...

That's what I thought. Hard to believe given that the instructions say 20 days dependant on temp. Yes I did change the yeast to Lalvin and the temp was 80 degrees F in the first 20 hours but after that I got the temp stabilised at the recommended 20 degrees C. (Sorry I can't make my mind up...

Cheers. I tried all that. Tasted it, it's like vinegar and has a reading of 0.992 on a a wilkos hydrometer. #riojadownthedrain. I meticulously sterilise everything. Only think I can think is that I used bottled as opposed to boiled water. Research indicates yeast likes hard water. Just put...

Yes, cheers, checked everything. It's totally dead. Nothing in the airlock at all, its a 23l PET Carboy with rubber bung and airlock. That was a waste of £45.00 Ian

Meant 30 Degrees.

Hi, 8 days ago I started a Beaverdale Rioja. I did change the yeast for lalvin and in the first 24 hours I had the temp too high at 80 degrees. I then dropped to 22 degrees. As per the kit instruction I removed the wine off the bark chips yesterday and put it in a sterile 23L Carboy. The...

So can I but the kit I am looking for is a little different to WOW and the handpicked Elderberry I have made in the past. I want something very up market. Ian

Ta, I'm really wanting to make the best of the kit and the instructions say keep it as close to 20 degrees as possible. So other than the advised change of yeast to lalvin I am going to do the kit to the letter as the next one I have planned at £80.00 for the kit I wont be able to afford to...

I put 21l of Beaverdale Rioja on yesterday and placed the bin on a brewing heat pad in my garage. The brew went loopy and having misplaced my thermometer in a house move went to the aquarium shop this morning and bought a thermometer and just in case a 50w aquarium heater. Got home checked...

My brew is going loopy. It's in the garage which is cool but kept warm on a brewing heated board. On forum advice I have made it short at 21L and substituted the standard yeast for Lalvin. Ian

Hi, are WineXpert and Vintners reserve kits the same product? Thanks Ian

Thank for the warm welcome. Just made my wine kit. Now in the garage on my heat pad and wrapped in a towel :) Ian