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Doing my second wine kit, nothing special and after the last kit I noticed how much body was missing from the taste. Second batch now but I have added grape concentrate to the mix which I purchased from wilkinsons. Half way through fermentation and noticed how slow its going. Upon reading the...

Hi all Off this weekend to start off a wine kit. Now I have made a 6 bottle kit but now looking at doing a 30 bottle kit. When I made the 6 bottle I racked after clearing on the second week. My question is if I ferment a 30 bottle in a barrel can I just leave it in there after clearing and just...

Hi all Just a quick question. Im now movng aaway from ciders for a while and giving wine a go. Got myself a wilko wine kit (6 bottle) and it there is nothing about moving to secondary, reason om asking is because last tme I added finings to my cider it just clung to the sediment and never...

Hi all On my third batch of cider.. Recipe: 4L Apple juice from concentrate 1lb Honey 1Lb Light brown sugar 1pkt Cider yeast 11g 1/2 L warm water for sugar and honey. Now I was advised to add 1 campden tab in the first 24h after 12h I added pectolase then everything else. SG was 1.110 checked...

Hi all Just made my first cider. 4L Apple juice from concentrate 200g brewing sugar 1 tsp yeast nutrient 5g wine yeast Temp range 59-75f fluctuations 1st day all good 2nd day fermentation went CCCCRRAZY!!!!! Had to move from bubbler to blowoff tube ! 3rd day all settled moved back to bubbler...

Hi all Right firstly im a newb at this so no trick questions please. I have read quite a bit on this homebrewing malarkey and thought i would give it a go after coming across this recipe for TC first batch was dead so tossed that down the sink. FIRST BATCH 2L Apple juice from concemtrate 100%...