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Sounds lovely will def try your recipe Thanks

Just watched a re-run of HFW River Cottage & he gives very brief instructions but no quantities or ingredients apart from the obvious for making gorse wine. Anyone got an easy recipes please?

Racked for 2nd time on the 14th Nov the SG was 0.995. Do we need to add Campden Tablets now? If so how many per D/J? Also how long do you think we need to leave it before bottling? Hope you are still tracking this & thanks in advance.

Many thanks for such a quick reply. Have done as you suggested and will add yeast etc late tommorrow. When do you think we should strain the fruit off the must?

Just taken a reading this morning and its exactly 1.00 & the taste is much better, but still v dry! Have moved to cooler location, do I need to cover it to protect it from light? Will try it again in another 2 weeks, if nec would I add the sweetener then, & would some form of red grape...

Have made approx 4 gallon of 4lb Elderberry +10lb tart mix Apples & 5lb Sugar am leaving all the fruit on the must at the moment. Have not as yet added any other ingredients like yeast, nutrient or pectolayse etc, temp of must is currently 24C or 75F. 1. The OG is 1.05, but the must tasted v...

Have decided to use up load of free apples to make some wine, have read that apple can be a bit tasteless, so thought of adding elderberry tho not sure? Any advice? Idealy I would like something a bit lighter (but reasonably dry) than the bramble & elderberry that I have just made, also pref a...

Have followed your advice & opted to top up to 4gals with grape juice 2 days ago gravity has gone up 5+ points to .998. Keeping 4 DJs at average temp of 70F+. However there are no obvious signs of further fermentation. Should we leave it for another week at this temp & then move it to cooler...

Hi Sorry the last DJ is only half full - so we need 2.5 litres (ie 3 x litre packs). Do you think it might be worth using another DJ ie 5 instead of 4 & adding more grape juice to even it out even more. What is the max grape juice you would add to the overall quantity? Really appreciate your advice.

Great, so re-assuring. Will get some great red grape juice this morning. Have made 3.7 DJ's, 3 are quite full as had read that should fill to top, 4th is just approc 2/3's full. Should we average out the existing wine and then top up with 3 litres of red grape juice? Many thanks for such a quick...

Very new to making wine not from kits. Just made Bramble 9lb & Elderberry Wine 11lb (Internet recipe), using 20lb fruit to approx 10.5lbs sugar, 3tspn pectin enzym, 5 crushed campden tablets, 6 tspn yeast nutrients, 5tspn wine yeast (instructions state rounded & no need to activate), 10 tspn...