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Can I just check - are you shaking the demijohn after you added finings? That should be done before. Once finings are added after degassing leave it to sit. Only thing movement wise after finings are added is to slowly rotate demijohn, without picking it up, to dislodge any sediment that catches...

SG1090 but probably higher as when the fruit gets broken down. Calculated sugar to 1100 with the tins and juice and sugar.

Hope it turns out well. Tinned peaches in grape juice That I can vouch for makes a wonderful light wine :) done that one with 3 lidl big tins(800g or so) peach halves in grape juice, could not fine any in grape juice in Asda for some reason... only in light syrup - that was probably best white I...

I have found some pear halves in grape juice in home bargains and put on some pear/apple juice wine today 10l 6tins of pears - blitzed 3l apple juice 5 green bag brew 1.5kg sugar Pectolase Yeast and nutrient Done in 25l fermenter Water to 11l to take crud into consideration Will strain after a...

The white burgundy is nearly finished. Just clearing at the moment. Had a sneak taste and it’s absolutely lovely. A bit more full bodied and complex than the Chardonnay semilion - I probably prefer it actually. It is lovely now but I bet after few months in bottle will be Ace. I tried wilko and...

Thank you very much- nylon bag- just what I needed. Got two- one large and one small. :) Another silly eBay listings are for empty/ used screw top wine bottles... I am not sure who would buy this

Brilliant. It’s on the go now :) looking forward to it. Thank you very much.

Going to try this one today. :) do you bottle carbonate it after or leave it still. Thank you very much!

Made another batch of blackberry/ elderberry today 70/30 split - should be just right :) 4kg blackberries, just under kilo elderberries. 2.5kg sugar and two litres of red grape juice. Pectolase and water to 15l - just waiting for some red wine yeast to pop in tomorrow. Hopefully a good recipe -...

First I think I have to get him to start modifying his kits a bit. The last one he has done should have had some extra hops added to be honest but not too bad as a summer drink :) I don’t brew beer although I drunk enough of it in my earlier years ;) there was a brewery with lovely pub attached...

Wonderful! - thank you. I have collected quite a haul of elderberries and frozen them in couple of bags. Will have a go at elderberry/blackberry (got those frozen too) - probably 30/70 split.

Pineapple TC! Recipe please :)

Bottled my pale white wine experiment... tastes good but will probably be even better in couple of months time For 10l 500g pale golden raisins - probably more... whatever was in the cupboard 1bottle wilko grape concentrate 2l apple juice 1.5kg sugar Zest and juice of 2 lemons 6 bag green tea...

Now I need to get my hubby to do the same over here :) looking great! My garden is also south facing and at the moment get blasted all day long

I am doing another pineapple apple juice at the moment (probably too hot to brew in this weather...) well after initial dislike and chill haze, the remaining bottles turned out absolutely wonderful light white wine after a month and a half in bottles. Took them round mother in laws to go with...

I am trying their white burgundy now - hopefully will leave some bottles to mature. Opting for 6 bottles to see which one I like better :) although now wish I did the 30 bottles as well... at least some would have remained

I have made this kit couple of months ago. It’s absolutely lovely wine. I did not have patience to wait for it to mature (only did 6 bottle kit) they all gone now...

Oh I am a bit of a silly person with hobbies. I start everything and get completely obsessive and then it sort of fizzles out. Learned how to play guitar when teenager- spent many days camping with mates singing songs by the fire - learned to play stairway to heaven and nothing else matters and...

My demijohns are sitting in the hall right now. That’s the coolest place in the house :)

One of those gym ball mould jobs of youtube :) best DIY project he’s done ;)