Recent content by Aleisteruk

Hi all thanks for the replys :) I have decided to go with baby bottle steralising tablets, They do smell of swimming pools at first but after a thorough rinsing the oder is gone and theirs no tainted taste to the water. They are amazing value to, I picked up 48 tablets for £2 (1 gallon of...

Hi all, I've just been given 30+ used wine bottles (leftovers from Christmas) for my Muntons Premier Merlot batch which is just about cleared and ready to rack off. My question is sterlaising options, So far I have been using a Bruclens cleaner (sodium percarbonate) for equipment and the...

Why thank you mvcorliss, your Fullers ESB is in the post as we speak ;) and Pleasure to meet you unionrdr, for a moment I thought you was from Sheffield (uk) not twenty miles away from me. Already had questions answered and feeling part of the community :)

Ah, I understand now Fletcher21 thanks for explaining :) Hey Calder, I used a standard wine yeast in 3/4 gall whole pressed apple juice(not from concentrate) then topped off with water and sugar - this is why its tasteless I think. Next time I will only use whole fruit juice! Ive added the...

Hey, Thanks Fletcher21. Ive bought some wilko white grape juice concentrate to give it some body and hopefully taste:) Is it a bad idea to secondary ferment? I thought even though Ive racked it from primary off into a clean Demijon Its still fermenting? (forgive my utter noobness) I...

Hi all, I Have made a 2gall batch of Turbo Cider/wine with a Initial gravity of around 1070. Its finished its primary and its been racked off to secondary,My problem is it seems to have no taste to it at all. I used water to add the sugar which was my first mistake! Needless to say I wont be...

Hello from a total novice to the brewing world! What a gem of a forum! I've already learnt so much from reading posts by other brewing enthusiasts on here! Looking forward to being part of the community. Aleister