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We have a few sloes on the bushes here in devon

Nice job

I have 3 pounds of sloes in the freezer and I like my sloe gin . I honestly think it would be a waste of good sloes

Welcome to the forum I have been making wines for about a year now yes it is a good hobby . people also on this site are very helpful if you run into any problems

I use warm tap water after I sterilize them and just pour the sterilizing liquid from one dj into the next so I do about 3 at a time

Very happy with it I hate gin but this comes out like a liqueur very tasty . Thanks for the reply

I have 3lb of sloes in the freezer I want to make sloe gin with I have made it before I want to make 3 litres the last recipe said use two wine glasses of sugar for a litre bottle so my question is this Do I triple the sugar as I'm attempting 3 litres as once I put it in I can't take it out ?

It does cost but look at the end result a nice hangover lol . People here in my home town love my wines I make and it is the only hobbie I have ever stuck at lol It must be because I love me booze

Had a MRI scan done last Xmas I have worn disk and a lot of nerve damage and it is interoperable according to my DR as I will still be in pain after as they left it to long . A osteopath would not even touch it . I have a 6 year old girl so a bonus now is I have spent a lot of time with her as I...

I would just like to say how friendly this forum is . I have been using it for a while now and since everyone likes a drink a 3 you never see any flaming and people are always quick to help . Thanks to the members and site staff keep up the good work

Wine clears very nice mate with finnings I have shook it before and it's about the same quickness . The back has been shoot for years use to the pain now been on crotches for 3 years so the physical part in degassing is a bit much for me to handle so I tend to skip that

I don't degas as I have a messed up back and the last time I tried I could not walk for two days never had any problems with it .

Is your brew the right temperature to cold will stop it to hot will kill it . You could always make a yeast starter .

I don't believe in global warming but something is happening to the weather can't remember last time we had a summer . Seemed when I was younger the school summer holidays was wall to wall sunshine It must of rained but I can not remember it

Went out the other day blackberry's few and far between no elderberry's yet down in Devon but dad reckons his bushes down the allotment will be ok come end of September . A few sloes but another month or so for them but I still have over 3Ib in the freezer from last year and off to Spain next...

I would have added the strawberry's at time of brewing and soaked them in with the brew for a week

legionnaires can kill your lucky and shower hoses hold that bacteria

Maltic acid

I have seen bleach strip it off before my eyes mate good stuff . As a ex surfer I hate using any chemicals

I must start using a log