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Raspberry Lowicz (12%) One of the cheapest (Lowicz £1 when on offer at Tesco) yet nicest drinks I've made. Lovely chilled sat in the sun in the back garden. I wouldn't say this tastes like a wine more like a strong still cider and if you used a full bottle of syrup I suspect it would be more...

So my (soon to be) father in law is really keen to make some wine. He loves trying my beers which is really nice. His garden has 3 huge Greengage trees in it, grape vines, apple trees you name it! I fancy having a go at a wine with some of his grapes and a load of Gages. He messaged me...

I've made a batch of mango wine and have been aging it for a while now, 6 months-ish. It tastes good but I made a previous batch that I carbonated and it was sooo much better, like a pear cider almost. So my question is: If I prime each bottle (they're swing tops) would it start to ferment...

Hi I have been suing the 7 day wine kits for about 2 years without a problem, however, the latest kit is not clearing. I have added finings etc and given it over a week, but no luck. does anyone have any tips or can anyone help please.

Hi All, Just opened a bottle of white kenridge Pinot Grigio that’s been sitting for 3 months now and it stank of rotten eggs and had something floating in the liquid. I’ve looked at some of the other bottles and another 3 have got something floating inside. What did I do wrong? Did I not clean...

I've got the pure turbo yeast. Does it matter if the temp is a little high compared to the 18-24c target for brewing upto 20% in 7-10 days? I didn't realise how much internal heat this yeast would generate. The air temp in my brewing cupboard is about 24c. After the first day the water temp...

I've just racked 23 litres of a Winexpert Selection kit after fermentation from a bucket into a 30 litre plastic carboy and I note that the instructions say I should give it two weeks to clear now the finings etc are in. That seems like quite a long time to be sitting there with 7 litres of head...

Hi all, My Google-fu power is weak today, so hopefully somebody can point me in the right direction. I was reading a Michael Tonsmeire (madfermentationist) article about using wine yeasts to brew beer (link: https://byo.com/article/brewing-with-wine-yeast/), in particular using Lalvin S6U as...

Is there such a thing as Damson wine as I have a large number of Damson trees and there is aonly a certain amount of Damson gin you can make! I would like to find other uses for damson so gratefully receive andy suggestions, I also have a large amount of 1 litre Grolsch type bottles (many full...

Hi all I'm new to the site. Only been making my own wine the last two years so other than helping my grandad as a young boy and nicking his wine as a teenager I'm a newbie. I was sat down today ordering some yeast ball's for a batch of Chinese rice wine " shaoxing huangjiu"style. Just...

Well, my first wine after about 50 or so beer kits and I am simply amazed at the quality of the final product. Several of my wino friends have had a bottle and the agreement is total - this is one of the best wines that we have had in a long time. To put that into perspective we are mostly £6-8...

Newbie here so... I have done couple of mead wines and one fruit juice wine with instructions all gone well.. I have recently put on a 25l sugar wash with alcotec 48 currently waiting for this bad boy to reach around 15% but my question is I've seen some videos of this and most want to distil...