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My SIL made his first Malbec, a Californian Connoisseur earlier this year. At my suggestion, he brewed 20l to raise the ABV from 11.5 to 12.65%. It went well, and I suggested he store it nine months for Xmas, but when I next went a couple of months later it was all gone apart from one glass...

Have you still got blackberrys ripe near you. I use one kg blackberry to 500g elderberry for My red wine. Add one litre red grape juice (Lydls) and Sugar (850g) per gallon, plus usual additives.

I always brew my Barolo to 20 litres. As you said, the colour comes out deeper and the strength rises from 11.5 to 12.65%

I freeze / defrost a few times before using - they're half liquid then As the cells break down. I always use Lalvin RC212 yeast for Blackberry wine, as you get a very "soft" wine. Pete

Hi CS. If your local is ASDA, I was thinking of trying their own Juice one to one with raj, no acid like you said, and 150g currants. Pete

Hi. Sounds good. One thing I do with veg wines is take precautions against starch causing a haze by either adding amylase or fermenting a week with only half the sugar, then adding the rest dissolved in a pint of water.

Hi. Sounds good. One thing I do with veg wines is take precautions against starch causing a haze by either adding amylase or fermenting a week with only half the sugar, then adding the rest dissolved in a pint of water.

The tube on the left is a thermometer probe? The protrusion at the bottom is your tap? Does it have a hop filter on it normally?

My hole is 30 x 20 mm. Would a 22 mm tank connector cover this as I would have to make the hole 30 mm round.

I'm gutted. I added the kettle elements to my blue mango barrel and spent ages cutting out the lid. My last job was to add the tap. I started drilling, but the 18mm bit wasn't firm in the chuck and it skewed. So now I've got a hole 30mm by 20 mm in the curved part of the mango barrel...

Hi, thanks for this guide - I bought 1.7L morrisons Saver kettles @ 5 pounds last month, and noticed some changes:- the base is held together by five star screws now, I broke it apart with a large flat screwdriver in the end, the 3 pins sticking out of the black plastic have the middle pin...

Steve. Estimating the sugar, this fermented out to 10 - 11 per cent, correct? Pete

Steve, How did the Kraken turn out in the end? Pete

I would have to change mine to GoodOlPete1950

Banking (and before that, telecomms) IT support, RETIRED :lol:

Thanks for the url. Now you've *really* confused me. The volume of CO2 for American ales listed in the Calculator is 2.2 which calculates to 100g sugar, So presumably you suggest 2.0 from experience?

Can I ask how you arrived at that figure?

Thanks. Pete

Can anyone tell me how much to batch prime this brew with please?

Steve, how much sugar did you (batch?) prime with? Pete