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OK I know it's a daft name, but I am new. I've been making some great wine from kits so I thought I'd try my own recipe. I had some grapes that had got a bit dry so I basically juiced them and added a bit of sugar , I also added some sultanas after soaking them in boiling water. The OG...

You might be right, after first week there was no sediment. I've just checked and theres a tiny bit. I'll shake and warm see what happens. Thanks.

Sugar & water syrup. It was sat for about 2.5 weeks in bucket, but it fermented very quickly and was clear at end of first wek. I would have bottled then, but I had no bottles. :(

I've made a really nice taking lager which was crystal clear and tasted great. I was hoping to condition in Plastic bottles, so added syrup to the lager and bottled hoping for it to harden up. The problem is it's not firming up (after 3 weeks) and so it's pretty flat and too sweet. I've...

and if I store it at room temperature will it go away?

Chill Haze - whats that?

Just brewed my first beer. Took some time to condition in 2l plastic bottles, but went lovely and clear in my warm brewing box. Put first bottle in fridge and drank it that day, absolutely lovely. Clear as a bell, and tasted beautiful. Nice head and remainder even had a head following...

Thanks for the advice, I'm going to rack them today. There for nearly immediate consumption so need to speed up clearing process and if there is a way to remove bitter taste caused by too quick fementation I'd love to know.

To be honest she's a diamond, I can understand her with 5 kids running round the house it's not conducive to good brewing anyway. A bit more information after trekking round Tesco, Dunelm Mill, Morrisons, Aldi before finally getting a Turkey baster from Wilkinsons for the extortionate price...

I've used old Plastic carbnated soft drinks bottles very successfully.

Yes I working in Celcius. The instructions said 30 degrees to start it and it seemed to bubbling away at that temp so I left it like that. It's too hot isn't it? I'm just using a small electric oil filled radiator. (about £9 from B&Q) Could I restart in anyway?

I've started brewing in reasonable quantities now with different wines and mash. My wife was not very happy at the dining room being taken up with three 30 bottle plastic buckets so I moved them to the garage/shed. The brew then stopped because of the cold, (I rescued the wine by bringing...

Made some cider from own apples that had low sg and fermented like crazy for three weeks. It then stopped and is still cloudy (will try some peptic ) It was also very tart, (but apart from that good taste) so I added some sugar, (now it's a bit too sweet). It hasn't started fermenting...

Rough wine is good for marinade

This is still bubbling , but down to about one bubble a minute. Should I wait longer?