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

ragz_2

About to collect blackberries for this year's winemaking. I did some a few years ago and one batch came out well, the other did not...

Any tips from more experienced people would be appreciated

nearlytherenow

Hi everyone anybody brewing anything at the moment? I did a few Wilkinson kits a couple of years back and have just started one today. Never made wine other than from a kit although I do have some demijohns so might give it a go!

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we are enjoying the 5 gals of reisling that I made early this year from a kit and have elderberry maturing in the garage. other than that nothing on the go but have two kits handy so may get my arris into gear and set something up this weekend. Hm parsnip was fantastic least year as was a wine from another site called worzels wine, only used a couple of cartons of juice. Have picked loads of blackberries from the allotment but they are frozen and could be used anytime. The maturing last years elderberry will be just right for christmas time

bargainbird

We've got blackberry 1G and elderberry 5G on the go ATM

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pinot grigio and chablis blush kits opened and set up this morning. Ready just in time for the christmas/new year hols. Am using the usual PET (plastic) water containers and have greased thread with a little vaseline. Not ordering any more just now as am trying hard to de stash certain things but next one will be a 5 gal beaverdale pack as no more effort to make. After christmas as we have several gallons almost ready and ready

babyblooz

We have a large (and I mean large) bucket of grapes that have been crushed and are sat waiting to be turned into wine. We bookmarked the page that should have told us what to do next but My computer crashed and I had to reinstall everything from scratch and I lost my bookmarks.:mad: I have tried to find the original page and can't, so can anyone point me to an idiots guide on what to do next?

bargainbird

Hi,

I've never made grape wine before but i found this

We've just started 5g of apple

babyblooz

Thank you for that! It seems a good guide so we will be following that when we get in from work. We had so many grapes it seemed daft not to at least try to do something with them.

I had about half a inch of elderberry wine last night and within five minutes my face was flushed and I was feeling slightly warm! Don't know what the alcohol content is but it might be an alternative to switching on the central heating in future!!!

sunset_gold

Started two Wilc0's tins yesterday, a chardonnay and a cabernet, both in the airing cupboard now. They were £8.50 each plus a 1kg of wine sugar for £2.00, hopefully 12 bottles for £19, so less than £1.60 a bottle.
I am expecting they will be ok to drink, but had in mind cooking wine at that price if not to our taste. Anyone tried these? Reviews?

Primrose

One thing to bear in mind about drinking very new elderberry wine is to be careful if you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome or ulcerative colitis. It is very high in tannin and can cause considerable internal irritation and inflammation. Best to leave it to mature for two or three years in those circumstances if you have the patience!