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This weed which is rapidly spreading countrywide can apparently be used to make a wine something like rhubarb. I just wondered if anyone had tried it.

What's your rhubarb wine recipe?

Anyone fancy a moonshine run to Glasgow?

There's a recipe in First Steps for Ginger wine. 3 oz ginger 1lb sultanas 2 lb sugar yeast and nutrient 1 gall water. Put chopped ginger and minced sultanas into a bucket. Add boiling water and sugar and when cooled yeast and nutrient. Ferment for a week or so, then strain into a demijohn. I...

I've been brewing for longer than I care to remember. I started off with First Steps and I've still got a dog-eared copy which I refer to as "The Bible". Not had much success with beer (exploding bottles et..) So I stick to wine. Hope to share my decades of experience and who knows - maybe pick...

When I make strawberry wine I always include a litre of grape juice from Lidl. Starts off the ferment explosively and doesn't seem to affect the colour or flavour. If it ever stops fermenting I use the double up method. Get a litre of Lidl red grape juice. (about £1) Start it fermenting in a...