Recent content by Benjammin

I am pleased to say that I appear to have broken the 'Laws of Physics' as my first batch of Yooper MindenMan tastes wonderful. This will be my last post. I think I have made my point about this forum. It has outdated members just as old as the web design. P.S Look at that headspace in...

I asked for advice not criticism. Some of you have been very helpful thank you.

I am open to new ideas I just want people to know, but Yooper didn't explain himself on his first post. Then he proceeded to send me an article that basically questions the capability of all the brewing equipment available on the market! This isn't being helpful to a newbie, its blinding them...

"Posters like you are the ones that drive away the noobs" Are you reading what you write before you post it? I am the noob and it's posters like you and Yooper who are driving me away! We come here for advice and you and Yooper are condescending and rude. I will go somewhere else. On...

What an egotistical, non-logical, long-winded rattle of a response. Its so long winded I have put the quote under my response so people don't have to go through and read all of it again. So by your theory, everyone's wine is going to go off because their bungs and plastic airlocks aren't good...

Can I just say that the last two posters comments aren't necessary. DoctorCAD and Yooper, you clearly haven't read the thread properly and scaremongering on a forum where people need help isn't helpful. The demijohn is protected from outside oxygen with a bung and a water seal in the...

The fermentation process hasn't completed. I was planning to wait until it stops bubbling and then move the liquid to a separate container. Until fermentation has completed will it be okay in this container?

Why is this so Yooper? I used a campden tablet and sterilised the jug, what difference does the space make? I am using a bung and airlock filled with water anyway.

Thanks for all your help. Yes that is the wine in the pic after racking. I did a good job at putting the plum fruit juice through a muslin bag and a sieve before bottling it in the demijohn so I'm not worried too much about what it's sitting in. Unfortunately I don't have anything smaller...

Thanks, it was quite clear and now its become cloudy and milky looking. My instinct is to leave it, as I have only just racked it. Am I right in saying that I should leave it alone now until the bubbling stops?

Hi all, This is my first post and my first brew! I need some advice as I am halfway through my first plum wine brew. After one week in the demijohn I racked the wine. There was about an inch layer of sediment on top of the wine, the racking reduced the sediment to about 1cm. I tried...