Wine making

[Spahill]

Originally Posted by chris.oldgit

it has sulphite and preservatives added,

probably explains why the headache starts on saturday evening rather than sunday morning

[chazyboi]

all round to cods house in 6 weeks then for a sample sesh whooooooooooooooop .....my missus used to make jam and make the jam into wine at a later date just add water and yeast and pectalose ( spelling)stuff ,,to make it out of just juice ect she says you have to boil it to get rid ov additives then it will be ok

[cod]

just going to start with the plums and take it form there i think i have a recipe to follow so just hope i get right

[didgeman]

Look on Free-Cycle for demi johns. People throw them out all the time. Also need a fermenting bucket. These guys are pretty well priced.

www.the-online-homebrew-company.co.uk

Airlock is needed to stop the alcoholic flies getting in your wine. One little fruit fly and you have a nice batch of vinegar! I know from experience!
Most importantly is hygeine. Buy good wine makers steriliser. If you mess up with the hygeine you will be dissapointed.

Pick your own fruit. Blackberries may just about pickable due to the none summer we had. 5-6 lbs per 10ltres. makes an amazing rich red wine. Plenty of info on the web.Good luck. Rose hip is good but a pain to pick. Lovely wine though. If you can get apples from somewhere they make a very nice drink too.

Always try Freecycle first -you will be amazed what you can pick up for free.
One of my didgeridoos is from freecycle and it is an original aborigine one posssibly 50 yearss old --price - around £400,- normally. Freecycle free!!

[cod]

Originally Posted by didgeman

Look on Free-Cycle for demi johns. People throw them out all the time. Also need a fermenting bucket. These guys are pretty well priced.

www.the-online-homebrew-company.co.uk

Airlock is needed to stop the alcoholic flies getting in your wine. One little fruit fly and you have a nice batch of vinegar! I know from experience!
Most importantly is hygeine. Buy good wine makers steriliser. If you mess up with the hygeine you will be dissapointed.

Pick your own fruit. Blackberries may just about pickable due to the none summer we had. 5-6 lbs per 10ltres. makes an amazing rich red wine. Plenty of info on the web.Good luck. Rose hip is good but a pain to pick. Lovely wine though. If you can get apples from somewhere they make a very nice drink too.

Always try Freecycle first -you will be amazed what you can pick up for free.
One of my didgeridoos is from freecycle and it is an original aborigine one posssibly 50 yearss old --price - around £400,- normally. Freecycle free!!

cheers for the info mate big help that mate im on the freecycle so will keep a eye out

cheers again

[Ripple]

Originally Posted by lazy hooker

can't help you on the wine but sloe gin is my thing.....

keep on looking at the sloe's around here and thinking there nearly ready...don't hold onto the "pick them after the first frost"...the ripe plump ones have blown off the bushes by then or been eaten by birds....i hope to get out this weekend.

don't bother buying expensive gin...but do make sure its 40%...lidl do a great one for £7 or £8 quid....

john

I'll drink to that !

Not been a good year for Sloes aroung here. I once heard they go in cycles of two years. One good year then one bad, then good again. And so on..................!

Ripple