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Whilst out looking for rosehips I came across these little fellas.... can anyone tell me from the photo if these are sloe berries? I seem to think they are and wondering if there's enough to do something with them.. :wha:

Dunno what I've done wrong but there's little to no fizz in this outcome. Followed all instructions to the latter. Should be ready to taste and it tastes quite ok. Just flat :cry:

Get em cracked open boy. As a keen new to brewing hedgerow enthusiast, id love to know how the elderberry is. Hear a lot about keeping this berry wine for several years to age. Wjich is often easier said than done! So do tell once sampled please. You should have quite the opening ceremony too...

Same thoughts here. Ive a few too sweet whites (school boy novice errors) so am in the process of making some neutral whites dry as hell and then gunna blend with the sweets. Hopefully they will be super though!

I opened an elderberry from last year at the weekend. Given this will improve another year or more down the line, it was pretty damn good. Lovely colour and aroma. Not at all bad tannin wise but will get better. This was my first attempt at a wine and I left it to ferment right out. Have since...

Yeah, my concern was would low temperature effect the taste and or look . Might cover them if we get very cold...

Also have a question in temperature. ... My wines are clearing/ageing/maturing respectively in the garage. I have no place in the house such as cellar or anywhere cooler. We're blessed with mild weather currently but I wondered if the garage is still going to be an ok place come winter...

Thanks. Appreciate that feedback. Will get on with this some time this week. So... Rack. Campden. PS. Sweeten to taste. Leave. Bottle. Leave. Drink!

Cool. So I'll rack it and adjust the sweetness accordingly. After a campden and potassium sorbate... Does this (potassium sorbate) need diluting in a little of the wine or adding straight to the demijohn? And at what quantity, teaspoon?

Moley - wondered if I could just ask you about back-sweetening? Was going to start a new topic but saw this discussion. .. Basically this new to wine making chap (me) has first flower whites which are a bit sweet so gunna blend those but I will shortly have my first red which will need...

Just wondered how long peoples ferment was in the fv? This seems to be a slow one looking at mine and reading hasn't yet dropped by that much.. .

Any more tips or impressive results with this one? Just received this gift and plan to get it underway hopefully today. :thumb:

Really depends what you want to make! From a kit would probably be best for quick results, and somewhere to start. Or, take a look at the 'how to thread' on this forum for knocking up a gallon via juices, and a run down of everything you need. I prefer to make wine out of fruit, flowers and...

Was having a bit of a clean up in the garage/wine store and tragedy struck. I moved my current full of various loveliness demijohns to clean the table they're on and ever so slightly bumped one against another. Crack, splash, drip drip drip. Lost a gallon of blackberry. All over the floor...

Also a beginner. Therefore might be wrong! But I add yeast 24 hrs after the pulp has been sat in the bucket and at the correct temperature. ...

Racked 2 demi's today. One has sultanas in the mix, the other just a straight blackberry. Reckon I haven't overloaded the sugar with these so high hopes with the little taste i encountered upon siphoning :D Is this best left 12 months or as a lighter fruit could it be sampled (drank) earlier?

Ta Rob

how long should you give a wine before going down the finings route? Ive got a dandelion, hawthorn blossom and elderflower doing their thing. Dandelion has cleared great. Elderflower getting there but less so with the hawthorn. All are roughly 3 to 4 months in... Ta :D

Heard about the clearing issue wirh plums. Does it take longer than average? Also on this note, how long should you give a wine before going down the finings route? Ive got a dandelion, hawthorn blossom and elderflower doing their thing. Dandelion has cleared great. Elderflower getting there...

I've not quite the weight required in the gift of the bag of Victoria plums. I have just found some damsons however on a little foraging expedition. Anyone know if it wouldn't be ok to combine the 2 varieties?