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Yea, I've read that it can be exposed to oxygen but I'd be drinking the wine fairly soon anyway so I'm not sure how long it would start to spoil.

Hello everyone, I decided to try my hand at making a 6 bottle of wine kit. Done everything by the book. Even left the wine a couple of days more than it stated when i added the final ingredients. Bottled it and have had it in a cupboard since 30th August.. However i checked on them today and...

Hi union, Thanks for the advice on adding hops etc to combat the off like taste. As i'm new to brewing i thought i;d just go buy the book as to what they say etc. I'm all for trying different recipes, because lets face it if we didn't we'd get nowhere lol If you want to inbox me that'd be great

Do you know any sites like that northernbrewer.com but in the UK? or can anyone else recommend any?

Looks like my locals version of John fookiin Holts Diamond haha

Yea i was thinking it was due to the fermentation taking the colour out but wasn't 100% sure. I'm half way through fermenting a blackcurrant and apple one which was dark purple before i pitched the yeast, so i will see what colour it turns out on Saturday when it should be fully fermented out...

Thanks for the advice gents. I have 1 of them black LED strip temp gauges on each of my fermenting buckets and DemiJohns. Temp is usually around the 22c mark but has I'm not around during the day its hard to tell if it increases to high 20s given the heatwave that's just hit us lol. I've...

Thanks for the reply bud, I had no other way of testing to see if the temp was too high or too low. My hands we're clean has i was in and out of a container that had all my equipment sterilizing. I went and bought an LED thermometer couple of days after and checked fermenting temp and it was...

Hello Everyone, I'm new to HB so i bought a kit that contained 3 DemiJohns, Keg, 2 5 gallon buckets and a few extras like heat mats, airlocks etc. It came with a lager kit. This one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391442088572?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT After...

Hello Guys, This is my first post so please bare with me. Well i decided to try my hand at doing homebrew turbo cider after seeing a few tutorials on NoobTube. I had 3 DemiJohns, sanitized and rinsed. I boiled 3 1 Litre mixed berry concentrate juice for about 15 minutes and added an equal...

Hey guys, Thought I'd make a thread and say hello, Ive recently started to try my hand at making some homebrew and thoroughly enjoying it. Took some valuable advice from the forums via google and decided i had to sign up :) I'm from Manchester, England (Yes we have the greatest team...