The advantages of home brewing when you fancy a cheap tipple

mr2jay

Hehe, just re-read my post

We have 8 bottles of each wine - not 2 bottles - ready for the hampers

We don't drink that much

January20

And what happened to your picture mr2jay?

My demi-john are bubbling away quietly. I'm not the greatest at this waiting game

mr2jay

January20 wrote: »

And what happened to your picture mr2jay?

My demi-john are bubbling away quietly. I'm not the greatest at this waiting game

Picture? :think:

Not sure what you mean....

The waiting bit is important....but you know that

mr2jay

So how are you Guys doing?

I have just finished bottling my Raspberry Ale (smells divine) and my experiments with tea wines have gone amazingly well. The Blueberry and Apple is a storming success (ask the BH ) and I have a Cherry and Cinnamon and an Apple and Cinnamon on the go at the moment.

The Raspberry wine smell revolting though, as does the coffee one so I think I may need to chalk them up to experience and not bother again

January20

mr2jay wrote: »

So how are you Guys doing?

I have just finished bottling my Raspberry Ale (smells divine) and my experiments with tea wines have gone amazingly well. The Blueberry and Apple is a storming success (ask the BH ) and I have a Cherry and Cinnamon and an Apple and Cinnamon on the go at the moment.

The Raspberry wine smell revolting though, as does the coffee one so I think I may need to chalk them up to experience and not bother again

I would reply about your query re the picture but... I can't remember what I meant! :rotfl::rotfl: Honestly, I have the memory of a gold fish at times!

I'm going to check my demi-johns to see what is bubbling or not and report soon.

January20

Still bubbling a little...

A bit bored now

geordie_ben

I'm gonna start my homebrew quest this weekend, gonna pick a load of gear up from my dads as he used to do it years ago, and then get anything else I need off eBay.

I'm not a lager or ale fan, so gonna go with ciders and wines

mr2jay.. any chance of popping all your recipes into one post? So us newbies can easily follow thru them?

What's the quickest recipe you can make? I've got a party coming on the 28th.. reckon anything would be ready in 1 week?

January20

geordie_ben wrote: »

I'm gonna start my homebrew quest this weekend, gonna pick a load of gear up from my dads as he used to do it years ago, and then get anything else I need off eBay.

I'm not a lager or ale fan, so gonna go with ciders and wines

mr2jay.. any chance of popping all your recipes into one post? So us newbies can easily follow thru them?

What's the quickest recipe you can make? I've got a party coming on the 28th.. reckon anything would be ready in 1 week?

Go to the pub Plenty of choice here in Newcastle anyway :rotfl::rotfl:

I started 3 demi-johns at the beginning of June (6, 7th and 10th respectvely I think) and they are still bubbling a little. It's not an fast process! Alternatively...

... I made homemade lemonade yesterday. 12 hours and you can put vodka in it

geordie_ben

Been looking at sterilisers.. is this one any good? Anyone used it before?

January20

That's the one I've been using. It's easy to use and seems to have done the trick of cleaning the demi-johns and other tools properly, judging by the smell of my unfinished wines.