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Im wanting to make some lilac wine but not sure how to measure the flowers? The recipe calls for 3.5 quarts and Im confused :confused:

I woke this morning to find instead of giving off gasses both my wines are sucking air back through the airlock. Is this normal?

Panicing a bit... My 5 gal primary is full of fermenting apples that are going mental! And have been since I pitched on Thursday evening. There is a cap of apple pulp on top which is much less deep than it was earlier in the week, but at 1060 its not ready for racking into secondary. I have...

I read a lot about aging wine in demjohns, what is the best way to seal them? Can u buy big corks (I assume rubber ones for air tightness) or do u just keep them fitted with an air lock? Also when a recipie says top-up am I right to assume with water? Sorry for such a basic couple of...

As mentioned on an earlier thread I have a fig tree with lots of underdeveloped green figs on them. The chances of them maturing and ripening now autumn is on its way are they of any use? The figs seem hampered by growing in the shade of their own leaves I think they grow in sunnier countries...

I read allsorts of recipies on here and elsewhere, people use champagne yeast or port yeast I was just wondering what the differences were?

Hi all, newbie here! After several weekend walks past blackberry bushes and elderberry trees a spark was lit that I would have a go at making wine. Having read various websites etc. the general rule with elderberry (and other fruits) is to pur boiling water on them then mash them and that...