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Ooh I'm not that technical! Will the TC be ok to drink cloudy though? I'm getting thirsty!

I bought a tub of the above as I figured it would be easier/cheaper than the sachets. I have used in a white/purple grape wine, some turbo cider and a blackberry and nettle teabag wine. Fermentation seemed to start slower than usual and after almost 3 weeks they are still completely opaque and...

I've just put some of this on, love rose =)

Thanks oldbloke, I'll try getting on the floor when I start, I probably haven't been. Lots of useful tips there for when I haven't got my extra pair of hands around (he's kill me for calling him that lol!).

I've just bottled my first TC, it was an extremely basic recipe - apple juice, half a mug of strong tea and cider yeast. Put into 1 litre bottles with about 2 tsp sweetener in each and the general opinion is that it tastes like Woodpecker, don't know if that's any help!

I've got the one from Wilko's. The tap on the end is a godsend! I generally get someone else holding it still at the dj end but my main issue is that some comes through then I get a massive air bubble so I have to drink the first bit or spit it out in the case of sterilising fluid. I guess that...

Please tell me syphoning gets easier with practice? I must have gulped down half a pint of mead whilst racking it last night! Not that I'm complaining, it was lovely but a huge waste and it would have been so much better out of a glass! Any handy tips?

Oh ok, that doesn't sound too traumatic! I just googled courgette wine and apparently it is 'delicious' so maybe I should have a go. Have to admit it sounds rank!

Thank you for the welcome! I'm a bit nervous of processing fruit tbh, that's why I've started with simple ones. Having said that I have got blackcurrants and courgettes growing in the garden, do courgettes work?

Hi, having procrastinated about making my own wine for many many years I found some demijohns in a charity shop two weeks ago. The following day I started off some mead (my favourite ever drink) swiftly followed by some orange wine and last week I added some turbo cider cos I'm impatient and...