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Hi everyone, I've been following a recipe for making Sloe berry wine via BrewBitz. One of the suggestions is to basically add several lbs of sloe berries, boiling water, then leave it in a warm room for around 2 months. A thick, green mold forms on the top of the fermenter, which you then...

Hi everyone, I'm new to Wine-making and my friend has requested a wine. She would like: 'Mateus Rose Wine' which from my research is a Portugal wine. I'm not a massive wine drinker myself and I haven't heard of this one before. The main description is: "Young, fresh, fruity and versatile...

Hi everyone, I've been making some plum wine, but there isn't enough of the wine to fill my demijohns: I don't have a smaller container to put these in. I'd estimate I need around 600-700ml to full these 2 demijohns. .Left demijohn is 1.9 litre, right is 5 litre. I've been reading about...

I was just reading online about topping up: http://eckraus.com/wine-making-topping-up/ One suggestion is to add a combination of water and vodka, to ensure that the alcohol content isn't diluted. I can't add pure water as I'd estimate it needs at least 450ml of water to top up. Which is...

Adding white wine to a home made plum wine?

Hi, Thanks for the reply, There isn't enough wine left over to fill it. Plus I don't have a smaller demijohn, it's only 1 gallon. Anything else I can top it up with? I'm worried the water will dilute it.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I decided to buy a smaller demijohn and transfer the wine contents across to be safe. There's a lot less headspace now: I wanted it to be a little closer to the top, but sadly there wasn't enough. I didn't want to dilute with water or add plum juice from...

Hi everyone, I've been making some Plum wine. I've reached the secondary fermentation stage, so I've moved my wines into two, 1 gallon demijohns. There's less liquid than I thought there would be, so I wasn't able to fill the demijohn all the way. Here's a photo showing them both: So both...

Hi everyone, I restarted the brew. I followed all the steps I mentioned in my previous response. I added the pectolase, sugar, campden tablet on Wed evening. Waited 24 hours. Then I added my yeast around 11pm on Thur. This time, I kept the bucket in my room at 16 degrees. After about an hour...

Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I decided to remove this batch and start from scratch. I believe I could have eventually saved it, but with the mixture of campden tablets, extra yeast, and the plums slowly liquefying, I thought it would be better to start again. I'm going to...

Hi everyone, I've been attempting to make some plum wine by following this recipe: https://andhereweare.net/quick-easy-plum-wine/ Normally fruit wines seem to take 6 months, but this wine only takes around 6 weeks with the aid of 'Danstar Nottingham Ale Dry Beer Yeast' I combined the above...

Hi everyone, First time brewing cider. I'm making: "Youngs Strawberry & Lime Cider Kit" I've been reading the reviews online and a lot of users have said that it doesn't have much of a hint of lime, it's mostly strawberry. I'm looking to add some extra lime juice to give it more of a kick...