Hi from Caithness

[ColinF]

Hey folks, figured I'd say hi. Probably been over 30 years since i last made wine. Only kit stuff though. My wife bought me a Youngs 30 bottle Merlot kit for Xmas and I got around to making it a couples weeks ago. Turned out to be more of a Rose than a Merlot, but it's quite a nice drink and I managed to get a little over 29 bottles, so quite pleased.

I never had many demijohns in the past but I gave them away a few years ago, not thinking that I'd make a return to wine making. Anyway, made a request at one of the local charity shops a week ago and got a msg the other day that they had just received 10 of them and would i like them all for £40. Needless to say i was straight into the car and off to town.

So I've got my red grape juice, Apple juice and sugar. Hopefully getting all my additives on Mon and it's game on for some WOW.
Cheers

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum.

So I've got my red grape juice, Apple juice and sugar. Hopefully getting all my additives on Mon and it's game on for some WOW.

Keep us posted - Supermarket Juice Wine How To guide and Recipes.

 

[johncrobinson]

Your even further up north than I am.!!!

You got a decent deal on those demijohns they are now VERY expensive at my local homebrew shop.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Welcome :-)

 

[ColinF]

Your even further up north than I am.!!!

You got a decent deal on those demijohns they are now VERY expensive at my local homebrew shop.

Welcome to the forum.

Yeah I certainly did. I was looking online and they seemed to be in the region of £10 each, so I was going to order a couple. Then the manager at our local charity shop says oh we get them in from time to time. Few days later, "Ive got 10, how many do you want" she says

 

[The Baron]

Greetings

 

[starseeker]

welcome

 

[clyne]

Welcome from a fellow Caithnesian Good job on getting the Demijohns Where about are you in Caithness? I’m in Halkirk.

 

[ColinF]

Me too

 

[DocAnna]

A warm welcome to the forum - Caithness is such a lovely part of the country though I do appreciate it is rather a long way from most places .

 

[LesTom]

Welcome to the forum @ColinF lots of helpful folks and posts on here.

 

[bobukbrewer]

I lived in Thurso for 6 months in 1968. Loved it up there. Even had a day trip across to Stroma.

 

[ColinF]

I lived in Thurso for 6 months in 1968. Loved it up there. Even had a day trip across to Stroma.

Not made it across to Stroma yet. I drink enough of it though

 

[ColinF]

Just been to Farm & Household in Inverness and stocked up. My 30 bottle merlot kit turned out so well I decided to get a spare

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Looks like you are ready to go .
A word of warning the youngs clear it has a very short shelf life even if kept in the fridge.

 

[ColinF]

Looks like you are ready to go .
A word of warning the youngs clear it has a very short shelf life even if kept in the fridge.

Ah ok I'll keep that in mind. They didn't have Kwik Clear so that was my only option.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Ah ok I'll keep that in mind. They didn't have Kwik Clear so that was my only option.

Its good stuff i would say equal to KwiK Clear but i think its shelf life is one month after opening i have used it after that having checked it didn't smell nasty and i am sure (if memory serves) @tonyhibbett said ignore the shelf life.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I found his old post from 2015 -
Nowt wrong with my long term memory

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Moved to the wine forums as it'll get more views here.

 

[prog99]

Just been to Farm & Household in Inverness and stocked up. My 30 bottle merlot kit turned out so well I decided to get a spare

I live up here as well(dingwall) and didnt realise they stocked anything home-brew related at all.