Adventures in Homebrewland (image heavy - you have been warned!)

mumzyof2

Hahahahahaha MrDT... That pic with the ballon on the bottle made me laugh (you know me) hehe. Very very good I did not know you had a thread for your home brew... well done x

tramps

have got a gallon of gooseberry wine bubbling away been reading this post through and noticed that some people use the fruit from the wine afterwards
stewed my gooseberries with some sugar smelt very alcoholic!!!!!!!!!
cooled added to cold custard and whipped double cream (8p value custard and whoppsied cream) cheap gooseberry fool and tasting of alcohol

Gangstabird

Oh no, nopot2pin, we didn't rinse it just used it, shook it off though.

We are about to add the yeast as it's around 24 hours since we started.

Drum roll and tah dah........................

Pics coming soon

nopot2pin

Gangstabird wrote: »

Oh no, nopot2pin, we didn't rinse it just used it, shook it off though.

We are about to add the yeast as it's around 24 hours since we started.

Drum roll and tah dah........................

Pics coming soon

Hmmmm... let me know how it goes...
I always rinse mine... just to get rid of the bleachy smell iykwim... I normally rinse about 3 or 4 times...

Will be interested to see how it turns out, if not rinsed....

Gangstabird

I just want to add that Demijohns are not easily found. I walked for miles at 2 of the biggest boot sales in Essex today. I found 2 at the very end. I should have just gone to Wilkos as.....:D once you have factored in the petrol money and buying nearly £10.00's of tat for my little ones, I have not money saved at all

The DJ's were 3.00 for two.:rolleyes: I now have sore feet and some more DJ's.

On a good note, my peach wine is bubbling away nicely now in a DJ.

I have bought some red grape juice from Lidls and I did buy a kit from Wilkos (Elderflower). So I am starting 2 new ones. We should have some lovely stuff for Christmas.

doraexplorer

well think my apple cider is not doing what its meant too... its stopped bubbling . i have added the other litre of apple juice and a campden tablet.

do i just leave it too it now? it smells pretty bad at the moment! think i have done something wrong,

does it need to be bubbling ? its in a warm place and was bubbling away nicely and now doing nothing .

2cats1kid

Did you sterilise all your equipment? Smelling bad can apparently be a sign that bacteria got in and have turned it sour. The DJ needs to be sterilised and no air must be able to get in.

My apple cider (that was meant to be wine) stopped pretty quickly too, but it smells just like strong cider.

doraexplorer

thanks 2 cats, i sterilised with boiling water . it smells really yeasty if that makes sense... i have only pulled the stopper thingie off twice once to smell it and once to add more juice and the campden tablet.

i am going to leave it for a wee while and see .... its really cloudy so hopefully the campden tablet will clear that .

i think i will jsut have to wait and see what it tastes like in the end .

how long after i have added the campden tablet should it start clearing?????



thank you x

Gangstabird

Can I just add that I have found a very helpful site. Not trying to detract from this forum, it's just that this forum is all about winemaking and they seem to know a bit
http://www.homewinemaking.co.uk/cgi/yabb/YaBB.cgi

doraexplorer

well i have just bottled mine got 5 bottles out of it . added 2 teaspoons of sugar to each bottle. they taste pretty mean ! as in errkk! but maybe a lot better chilled ...... heres hoping.

they are still a bit cloudy but i am going to call it cloudy cider. !


how is everyone else getting on with there bubbling, apple de la wino/cider ??