Wilko strawberry wine query

[Elburnzo]

Hiya, I started my strawberry wine kit last night as my first foray into home brewing. it's sitting at about 23c- the instructions said 20-25c. It has started bubbling but at about once every 20 seconds. Is this about right?

 

[MattN]

Yep, sounds great. Don't top it up though until the initial woosh has finished. usually day 5.

 

[Welsh_Wizard]

I started off a Wilko Elderberry on Friday night and the same is also true - bubbling but very slowly.

Compare this to the WOW sat beside it that is going 100mph and I thought I may have had a dud kit.

I have put the Elderberry DJ in the airing cupboard and already the bubbles are speeding up - thing it just needs a kick up the bum !

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You would be surprised how much a temperature drop of a couple of degrees makes to the time fermentation takes, my 30 bottle kit was bubbling very slowly and was off the scale of my stick on thermometer (minimum 18c) I have now wrapped it in double folded beach towel and its up to 18c and bubbling away nicely.

 

[AdyDnt]

I'm currently brewing a strawberry kit from wilko's as my first foray into wine making, where it says top your dj up to 4.5ltr and leave for 7 days to ferment, mines just stopped after about 2 weeks. So don't worry about it still bubbling away after 7 days.

 

[Elburnzo]

Bottled this yesterday, kinda forgot about it! Anyways it tasted lovely and I'm not a big wine drinker. Even nicer made into a spritzer with some lemonade! The strawberry flavour wasn't very strong, tasted more like a rose but lovely nonetheless. A bit potent though lol

 

[YoungJames]

I started a Cherry kit yesterday, i was a bit disappointed to find a flavour sachet. Is it just a Red kit with Cherry concentrate?

 

[Elburnzo]

Yeah it's just a strawberry flavouring sachet that you add in after fermentation.

 

[YoungJames]

It's the first wine kit i have made, wasn't sure what to expect

 

[Boatbrewer]

Now you know what you are doing, get yourself a good quality kit like a Beaverdale. :)

 

[Elburnzo]

Now you know what you are doing, get yourself a good quality kit like a Beaverdale. :)

I wouldn't go as far as to say I know what I'm doing lol! Making a turbo cider just now....let's say I overfilled the demijohn a tad... :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

 

[Boatbrewer]

Now you know what you are doing, get yourself a good quality kit like a Beaverdale. :)

I wouldn't go as far as to say I know what I'm doing lol! Making a turbo cider just now....let's say I overfilled the demijohn a tad... :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

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