Homemade wine

16011996

boots do some stuff, mine are selling it off cheap to make room for other stuff. wortha look incase other stores are doing it.

bugs

I thought Boots stopped selling homebrew stuff years ago! They must have looked under the bed *and* on top of the kitchen cupboards. Shall have to have a look...

16011996

they probably cleared out an old pile of stock. :-*

pol

One of my regular brews is from a pkt of fruit teabags (69p, Morrisons), takes about 4-5 weeks and very drinkable.
Another easy one is from cartons of grape juice (Lidl offer 49p).

Both make a gallon, very easy, cheap and quick to brew.

Jay-Jay_4

How do you do the grape juice one?

pol

4 x 1ltr cartons Lidl red grape juice
1lb sugar
2tsp citric acid
1 tsp nutrient
1 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp tannin
1 tsp pectolase

Sterilise everything as usual, put everything except 1 carton of juice into a demi and fit airlock. Add the remaining juice when the initial ferment has died down a bit (3-4 days). Let it ferment out in a warm place and rack off when finished. Add finings and rack again. Takes about 4-5 weeks from start to finish, even quicker in warm weather.

Jay-Jay_4

Thanks for that, what is nutrient, tannin and pectolase....and where do I buy them

Sorry for being thick I expect that big supermarkets have winemaking stuff so I could look there.

My mum used to make elderberry wine.... it was strong enough to make your eyes bleed so I'm not asking her for advice

Peeejaay

Hi all,
I have been making wine for about 10 years now and the most successful one I make is Marrow & Ginger. I gave a bottle to one of my employees who used to import all his wine and he offered to buy from me at £6 a bottle! Its very easy and I'd be happy to give the recipe if anyone wants it but winemaking recipe books are easily attainable from librarys and second hand bookshops or charity shops or Amazon.
Happy Boozing!

moggins

Jay-Jay wrote:

Thanks for that, what is nutrient, tannin and pectolase....and where do I buy them

Wilkinsons still sell all the things you could ever need for winemaking.

I bought a fantastic winemaking book from my local oxfam shop today for 49p

HOLsale

16011996 wrote:

do you grow into drinking red wine? i hate it, but older friends say you like it more as you get older

i don't think i'll ever 'grow' into red wine, but i am very sensitive to the tannins it it and i don't drink it because i start getting the hangover whilst drinking it, it doesn't even have the courtesy of waiting til the morning after :eek:

i'm curious to hear about other fruit wines and any tips on winemaking or mead/ale making. i am forever seeing demi johns at charity shops and we've been quite curious to make our own brew for some time, so much so that i have several wine making books that i've picked up over the years from charity shops

do you have to use fresh yeast or is it the dried stuff for baking? if it's fresh, where do you buy that?