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My wife bought me a Wine kit back in April for my birthday - made a start yesterday.
At the moment I've got a demijohn full of cloudy liquid with a half inch froth on the top - it's bubbling away through the water filled vent - hope it improves over the next couple of weeks when supposedly it's ready to drink
Am I in line for the trots or worse? Or will I be enjoying a lovely glass or two.
My wife bought me a Wine kit back in April for my birthday - made a start yesterday.
At the moment I've got a demijohn full of cloudy liquid with a half inch froth on the top - it's bubbling away through the water filled vent - hope it improves over the next couple of weeks when supposedly it's ready to drink
Am I in line for the trots or worse? Or will I be enjoying a lovely glass or two.
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Anyone on here into this?
My wife bought me a Wine kit back in April for my birthday - made a start yesterday.
At the moment I've got a demijohn full of cloudy liquid with a half inch froth on the top - it's bubbling away through the water filled vent - hope it improves over the next couple of weeks when supposedly it's ready to drink
Am I in line for the trots or worse? Or will I be enjoying a lovely glass or two.
My wife bought me a Wine kit back in April for my birthday - made a start yesterday.
At the moment I've got a demijohn full of cloudy liquid with a half inch froth on the top - it's bubbling away through the water filled vent - hope it improves over the next couple of weeks when supposedly it's ready to drink
Am I in line for the trots or worse? Or will I be enjoying a lovely glass or two.
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Used to do it years ago and whats happening is normal. One thing i would say is though. Be patient. As u may know, the longer wine is left,after bottling, the better it gets.
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Yep been doing it for years.
What you have sound right, it wont go totally clear until the lasy couple of stages, although it will clear as time passes.
The key to success is working sterile and not letting bactieria in that will kill your yeast culture.
What you have sound right, it wont go totally clear until the lasy couple of stages, although it will clear as time passes.
The key to success is working sterile and not letting bactieria in that will kill your yeast culture.
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I was heavily into it for a few years, but fruit wines, not grapes, or wine kits...to many chemicals.
I ran the gamut from tinned peach (excellent) to rose-petal, (sublime), but we eventually gave it up after getting to a bottle a day...........
Try also pineapple, blackberry and pomegranate.
I ran the gamut from tinned peach (excellent) to rose-petal, (sublime), but we eventually gave it up after getting to a bottle a day...........
Try also pineapple, blackberry and pomegranate.
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Did this for years. As mentioned above, patience and keeping things clean are the most important things. If your doing things from scratch getting the sugar levels takes some practise so learning to use a hydrometer is important too. I enjoyed doing it and always had a few demijons bubbling in the airing cupboard.
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Yes, make beer quite often from the premium type all malt kits. The end result is normally quite drinkable. Would love to get into brewing from the raw ingredients (malted barley, hops etc.) but it's too time consuming for me at the moment.
As for wine making, only ever done rhubarb, have a batch ready to be bottled now in fact. It's actually not bad My Dad used to make wine and again it was okay but probably on a par with a cheapy wine box from the supermarket, not anything premium.
As for wine making, only ever done rhubarb, have a batch ready to be bottled now in fact. It's actually not bad My Dad used to make wine and again it was okay but probably on a par with a cheapy wine box from the supermarket, not anything premium.
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Best one I did, (NOT!!!!), was when we tried raspberry.
It fermented so fast that it lifted the raspberries up the neck of the demijohn, blocked the water trap and shot both out all over the kitchen ceiling during the night.
Much cleaning up and managed to save one demijohn from two.
Oh...and two holes to plaster and repaint in the ceiling.
It fermented so fast that it lifted the raspberries up the neck of the demijohn, blocked the water trap and shot both out all over the kitchen ceiling during the night.
Much cleaning up and managed to save one demijohn from two.
Oh...and two holes to plaster and repaint in the ceiling.
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Best one I did, (NOT!!!!), was when we tried raspberry.
It fermented so fast that it lifted the raspberries up the neck of the demijohn, blocked the water trap and shot both out all over the kitchen ceiling during the night.
Much cleaning up and managed to save one demijohn from two.
Oh...and two holes to plaster and repaint in the ceiling.
It fermented so fast that it lifted the raspberries up the neck of the demijohn, blocked the water trap and shot both out all over the kitchen ceiling during the night.
Much cleaning up and managed to save one demijohn from two.
Oh...and two holes to plaster and repaint in the ceiling.
I started as a young teenager, My first was a elderberry, after proudly picking my own fruit and speaking kindly to my locak baker for some fresh yeast, i use a recipe from and old book of my grandfather.
Bunged it all carelessly into the demijon to set it going.
Instructions said to keep it warm
I put it in the airing cupboard with mums fresh clean laundry
Whole house was woken in the middle of the night when it finally went off and turned every thing Pink
Was not a popular lad for a while
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