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Just got this email from them; Great Wine kit offer! Feeling the January blues? Well here's something to cheer you up! 10% off all Wine kits! Just enter winecrazy in the discount code area of the checkout or basket and 10% will be deducted off every wine kit in your basket...

yes many times. I use both the 5 litre and 10 litre boxes for longer term storage. You can re use the bags a few times (after sterilising) if you are careful not to push the tap in no more than 2 clicks. I recently started to use 5L food grade jerry cans in place of 5L water bottles as...

Home Made Wine & beers by Ben turner is good amazon seems to have used copies available (original print was 1982) http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0010K4X3O/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I thought about that but decided that sterilising it could be problematical. That and if its in the brew you have to take the wire out meaning it needs to be sealed. These days i use heat mats for big brews - i have a couple of reptile heat mats (cheap of ebay) and a temperature...

Its only been stored about 2 weeks but was drinkable immediately. It has a somewhat more delicate taste than the sauv blanc in my opinion but i wait to see what her indoors thinks of it, will probably open a few at xmas.

It looks perhaps a little dark but as her indoors said when i did this kit "it looks like someone has peed in the bottle" :-? The pinot version is somewhat lighter (just finished one myself) but as long as the sauv blanc tastes ok i wouldn't worry about it.

Funny thing i have made a lot of wow's but never tried a simple apple wine, think i will give it a go after seeing this. Did you use a standard demijohn and top up with water - after the initial excitable fermentation obviously ?

Looks fine to me. Put some petroleum jelly around the rubber bung where the airlock enters, its probably leaking past that or the cap thread.

I always leave a week after the finings are added. That way i don't need to filter and have not seen sediment in a bottle yet.

i think that suggestion was a red herring :lol: My guess is he meant malic acid which is used to balance the flavour. have a look at the acidity and ph section here; http://www.cider.org.uk/part3.htm

Malic acid is naturally found in apples which is why it tends to be used in turbo ciders which may lack acidity as the juice is generally made from desert apples. Try this supplier...

Think i need to lay down after just reading that lot...well done looks like it will be happy Christmas :thumb:

If its the barrel type i linked to then mine didn't come with one.

I only use the standard buckets for racking and clearing these days because as you say quite often they dont seal well so you dont see airlock bubbles. I switched tot he barrel type for fermenting and find them to be much better. Currently on sale at tesco for �£10.50...

Had a red stored more than a month in the summer in the 5 litre plastic bottles (the volume reducing weekly) so a standard DJ should be good for a month and more.

No i mean the 5 litre plastic water bottles you can get at sainsbury and the like. I use the water for the brew then store the brew in the bottles. i re use the bottles a few times then put them in the recycling. I have used bag in a box type storage in the past but the above is easier and...

These days i rack into 5 litre water bottles and age in those, saves a lot of time bottling and once one is opened we haven't had any go off yet :lol:

I have done this in the past with wine and applied the method i use for clear cider. I allow it to finish fermenting then add finings to clear (if i can't be bother to wait) then rack and bulk prime and bottle or simply bottle prime. Its then left inside for a week at room temp. I use...

On cider kits I use cold water from the tap give it a good stir and let it get on with it, never had a problem yet.

If fruit flies are the problem and they can be an annoyance in summer then you can make up a little fruit fly trap as a decoy. Simply; Half fill a small jar or container with warm water add a spoonful of sugar and yeast and stir. Cover the top with clingfilm and secure with a rubber band...