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I finished a Harris Premium Cabernet Sauvignon kit last week. It tastes great already, have put it away to age. Also currently finishing off a Cellar 7 Cabernet Sauvignon kit so i can compare the two in a few months time. The Harris kit came with 7.1 kg juice the Cellar 7 came with...

I found cider from a kit improved considerably when left beyond two months so with turbo cider from supermarket juice i also try to age for a minimum of 2 months. If supplies are low it doesn't always make it that far though :)

If they are all frothing up then you appear to have fermentation underway so its likely you have a bad seal around the bung or the airlock. I use 5 litre water bottles as demijons and use petroleum jelly to seal around the airlock bung, you may want to give that a try.

Years ago i used both the belt an pad method. The belt was a pain in the backside, it often slipped and did not seem to distribute the heat evenly. The pad was great but expensive (got it from boots back then). Today i use a 20w vivarium heat mat. They are designed for reptile vivariums...

Yes black tea obviously (no milk and sugar :shock:) The more tea bags you use the more tannin goes in. I have never used more than 2 in a 5 litre brew. With the bramley i wash it then chop it up and throw it in. Most if not all juices are made from desert apples so adding a...

I often chop up a bramley and throw it in. This definitely adds to the taste. I use 2 tea bags in half a small mug of water for tannin which occurs naturally in "proper" cider apples but is lacking in cider made from juice concentrate. Fruity tea bags may work - depending on the fruit used...

I did this for my very first attempt at a wow. I filled a demijohn with RGJ from concentrate and fermented it out. The result was truly bland. I ended up blending it with other wine to use it up.

If the above doesn't work well some other thoughts; For individual bottles you could let it drip through a paper filter in a funnel. I use the cheap thin filter papers to protect the thicker expensive filter pads in my vinbrite. Coffee filter pads would do just as well i suspect...

ok so probably a little overdone on the priming, somehow i always seem to manage to prime to little. You cant de-cabonate without releasing the gas which as i understand it is causing the problem. That being the case the only practical option is to release the gas as slowly as possible...

Where are you storing them ? When i finish a cider primary ferment i fill the bottles and add sugar to get the secondary fermentation going and leave them inside for a week. I then put them outside in the garage (or garden under cover) where its nice and cold. They clear over time and the...

Another guitarist here, play lefty acoustic 99% of the time with the occasional forage into electric. Built my own valve amp from a kit Se-5a from ampmaker. Still haven't made the case for it yet though and that was over a year ago :? Also been into growing tropical plants for years...

Princes juices down to 69p in tesco until 16th Dec, time to stock up ! http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=Princes+Juice&newSort=true&search=Search

This is a new one on me, I have never ever knowingly degassed wine or heard of it before. Never had a problem with clearing or fizzy wine either. Just checked my Boots beginners book of home wine making i bought back in 1982. The only reference i can find in it states; "When...

That explains a lot thanks. I still have two merlot and one cab sav kit so i will play around with them a bit, got them cheap from tesco so can't complain. I recently ordered a Cellar 7 and Harris premium kit, so looking forward to trying those out in due course.

Thanks, i have not tried any of their white kits, when my stocks are low i will give that one a go.

£8.35 delivered from ebay is the best price i have been able to find for some time.

That may have been me :) I have made several of the Cab Sav and Merlot kits and the results for me at least were not what i expected. i found them both a bit thin so add 4 litres sainsburys reg grape juice (£2.50) in place of water. To me this helps improve the taste significantly but of...

Maybe not the best but a good staple is the brewbuddy cider kit - brewed short to the 32 pint recipe Bottle it and leave it for 6 week or so before drinking and its surprisingly good for the price. Currently £10.50 as tesco direct - click and collect is my friend :D...

i suspect it will be fine but if in doubt i would get a mug and put an inch of warm water in the bottom then add a spoonful of yeast with a spoonful of sugar if it starts to froth readily after a while put the lot in the brew, not forgetting to sterilise the mug beforehand of course...

Hello, white grape juice seems to becoming rather extinct - at least locally to me. Red grape juice seems much easier to find both pressed and from concentrate.. I get it from Sainsbury's this one from concentrate is usually a good price...