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Thanks, I'll look at that gervin... I'm a bit if a "chuck it in and see what happens" kind of person, which is really just being totally disorganised but with a positive spin...the yeast I most likely used was just Young's Super Wine Yeast... So nothing overly fancy. I have some EC1118 I use...

Hi all, I have some carrot whiskey on the go...I went to rack it and it still tastes a little sweet. The sg was about 1020 (from 1150) so coming out about 17%. Looks like I reached the yeasts tolerance as it had seemingly finished fermenting. I was considering repitching it to get the last of...

What might cause bitterness in a fruit wine? I am slowly - with much help and advice from this wonderful forum- getting to grips with various brews and concoctions. However it is not unusal for my brews to have a slight but noticeable bitterness on the tongue...kind of almost aftertaste. What...

Just to wrap this up....the mead hadn't stalled...I had a crack in the bubbler...so the co2 was coming through but leaking out before getting bubbly! :tinhat: So I have mead with 3 lots of ec1118 yeast, two doses of nutrients and a dose of mag sulphate... When I finally replaced the...

Sorted, thank you!!

Excellent...thank you good people.... I have just got access to fresh pressed grape juice(!)... Any recipe to point me towards!?

Thanks vw911....I have never done a kitwine... What's the difference between one and a kilo of blackberries?

...I have a few fruit wines bulk aging for Christmas, but any suggestions for something I can get on now, for drinking in 87 days time :laugh8:

Hi all, I am confused a little by wine thiefs, hydrometers and refractometers... I am trying a few brews where one needs to 'check on fermentation' is it correct that a refractometer - whilst maybe the most convenient tester - is absolutely no good once fermentation has started? To see how a...

I am finding mead a bit hit and miss...as I stumble my way through this brewing malarky, but i do feel that EC 1118 yeast is an exceptionally good yeast to use for mead... More generally, I am confused about quantity of honey to use - when recipes say (for illustrative purposes only) 2 jars for...

Morning all, I made 5L of a mixed wine; using rose petal cordial I made and also elderflower cordial I made. Didn't really have a recipe but added some tanin...and some pretty standard wine yeast. SG 1090 All bubbling nicely. Stopped about two weeks ago. So left it (as I generally do) and...

Picking this up, but hopefully still relevant: I am going to make the above Lowicz TC...and again use 5L DJ. I want a more Kopperberg type flavour - so sweeter..and will sue sweetened yeast...HOWEVER... Is it ok to use part of a cider yeast pack - that is for 25 litres - will the...

The cordials were pasteurised, but that's all. I did add a CT to the mix 24hrs before adding the yeast, as I wanted to ensure all was 'clean' before adding the yeast. I do similar to my fresh fruit wines...adding a CT to the mixture before adding the yeast a day later without issue... I'm...

Hi, so...I made my cordial wine roughly based on the pointers above... Elderflower cordial (home made) Rose petal cordial (home made) Strong tea Nutrient Super wine yeast. Start sg 1090 Yeast pitched just dry, via a teaspoon like I normally do... 3 days in and no sign whatsoever of any...

Hi all...so, I have litres and litres of homemade elderflower cordial. I am looking for a wine recipe? Obviously the cordial...but do I need to: Add tannin Add white grape juice Anything else? (Yeast, obviously :laugh8:) I'm looking to make 5l batches to start with... Thank you!

I am about to bulk prime and bottle some TC. I am looking to also sweeten at priming stage with "TRUVIA"; which is sweetener from the Stevia leaf. Sugars = 0% Polyols = 99% Is this sweetener non-fermentable does anyone know?

Thanks. Yes, they're new... But I worry. Although, now I know I can reuse them clapa

Thank you! As an aside...at bottling, do you sterilise your caps!?

Thank you terrym.

I have made some straight TC, and it has fermented to dry. However I had to go away for a few days. It is now 16 days since I started the brew. I now need to decant into a bucket to bulk prime and bottle. Do you think the yeast will still be active to prime? Or should I add a little yeast at...