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I have a degassing wand - bought - that goes into my drill. Does a great job!

It has calmed down after being cooler overnight. it is still fermenting but airlock has clear water now. Lost about 100ml only so I guess it could have been worse. You certainly live and learn with this hobby.

Ah, right, thanks for the info. Didnt know that you could top up after degassing. And thanks for spinning my pic the right way round!

Hello Chippy Tea, Yes, it is one of those. I was warned about adding the water very gently otherwise I would create a gushing monster! So I added gently and it seemed to be ok. Then started to bubble away. Anyway, it has calmed down a bit as its in a cooler position. Thanks for the advice. i...

Hi all, I have a wilko wine kit, topped up with cooled boiled water today for secondary fermentation and now the bubbler is full of wine and froth and leaking out of the top of the bubbler. Is this just a case of very active fermentation? I have put it in a cooler place to try to calm it down...

Thanks for the advice. I have the concentrate.

Hi, Having had below average results from a couple of 6 bottle wine kits I would like to try and improve things with adding extra grape juice. My question is - at which stage would I add this?

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Hello, Well its been about 4 weeks since I started my second kit and I bottled up my Merlot today. Just had to have a taste tonight. It's drinkable which is a massive improvement on the Winebuddy kit. I will let it mature now though as its not got a lot of taste. So hopefully after 3 or 4...

Went to local home-brew shop and bought California connoisseur merlot kit. I am immediately impressed as there is about 10 times the amount of juice as wine buddy kit. so here's hoping..........

Thank you so much for your replies. I will try again!! Will keep you updated. Cheers.

Hi As above, I tried the 6 bottle Winebuddy Cab Sauv kit, it was undrinkable due to the awful chemically cherryish smell. Does anyone have a better, maybe more expensive 6 bottle red wine kit to recommend. I would really like to try again. Cant waste the equipment I have bought. Thanks