Recent content by TheMotherConfessor

I would love your recipe for when I'm a little more confident doing things from scratch, that sounds delicious! I would also like a recommendation for a type of white I can buy in a kit to add Elderflower to just for now. Only done four kits so far and still getting the hang of things so don't...

I'm in the UK so I can't find that here. I was thinking more like what type of wine, i.e a shiraz or pinot grigio or blanc. I know nothing about wine or the different types except that dry white is great for risotto!

Hi there. I just made my first 6 bottle Elderflower Wine kit. It's nice, not phenomenal, could have a stronger Elderflower flavour and it's pretty pricey per bottle. I'd like to make a larger kit and just add my own dried Elderflowers. I'm still only working from kits as I've only done a few...

Yeah I have tested it and it's only 1.001 off. I phoned the manufacturers of the kit yesterday and they told me to bottle with one of each brew in a plastic bottle so I took the plunge. They have no idea what went wrong other than maybe the temp. I have one more of their kits so if that one...

Other than SG is there anyway I can see if the yeast is still alive? If I were to bottle one flip top how long would it take to carbonate (I could see if it works after priming maybe?) I also have some coopers 500ml pet bottles that I could use. I will leave it another week. Have I got the...

If I leave it even longer am I risking the yeast dying and ruining my chances of carbonation?

It's in the top range of its temp for the yeast so I can't really up it anymore. It's started to clear now it's been that long and it's looking lovely. Almost crystal clear. SG is consistent and has been for a week or two. Although the kit doesn't recommend bottling at that SG, from what I...

Smell seems to have died down a lot now after leaving the lid slightly ajar yesterday. Panic over!

Thanks!

Okay. I'll stop panicking!

Okay, so it's now been 28 days and the SG reads a consistent 1.012. I'm guessing that fermentation has now stopped. The kit says to only bottle at 1.006 or lower. What should I do? Thanks, Sarah.

Not floating no but there is a scum build up around the sides of the container. My bad - it's actually strawberry and Lime (Young's again with around the same abv). Ingredients state there is strawberry juice concentrate in it. It's very red so I'm guessing there's a fair bit of it in there...

The peach and passionfruit is a add back flavoring if that's the right term. At the moment it's just apple juice. It's a very repulsive smell and none of my other ciders or wines have had that smell!

It may be co2, I'm not really sure. I've read a lot about the sulfer 'bad eggs' smell, I remember sulfer very well from school and I don't think it's that. It was a concentrate apple juice kit with yeast sweetener and nutrients. It's called Young's peach and passionfruit cider. It's pretty...

Hi again. So this is my second kit batch now and I have the temperature stabilised and it's going well. The SG is sitting at about 1.006-1.008. When I had a smell of the fermenter it had a really strong smell of what I can only describe as alcohol as it made my nose and throat sting a tiny...