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Just reading this post with intrest as I have just started my Mead off using: 2kg Honey 3 tsp Yeat Nutrient + energizer 1 pkt Youngs High alcohol dessert yeast Spring water = 1Gal Now my SG=1.130 !! Ish went off the scale slightly so yhis is an estimate. Whats the best way to stop this at my...

Ok but you mixed together after fermentation. Would it be the same if I went the same way as JAOMs recipe , obviously with vanilla and cinnamon and chucked it all in the primary. Would this affect the flavor? Or chuck it in the secondary for about a month? Also should I STOP fermentation when...

Bit late in the post but im looking at making a 1 gal batch so looking at 4LB Honey 2 vanilla beans 1cin stick Now do I put both the vanilla beans and the cinnamon stick in the secondary for the duration. Tia

Couple of things anyone. Never made a stout before and was wondering if this can be done in a one gallon batch just incase it all goes tits up, or is that a stupid question. Everything im doing is in 1 gal batches until I get the hang of brewing.. Also looking at a chocolate milk stout they...

How much coco powder should I use in place of the nibs?

Hi all I am totally and utterly green at this brewing malarkey with only ciders, a cheap wine kit and a weird foul tasting experiment under my belt , but my real love is stout. I've come across 2 recipes on here. Coconut cream Chocolate milk These I dream of making but don't get all this grain...

Wilko wine kit. As intended per instructions apart from inverting the sugar, rehydrating the yeast and filling to 1gallon straight off and needed 500g sugar not 450g SG 1.090 - VFG .950 Used blowoff tube not bubble ( personal preference due to very active fermentations ) Start to finish (...

Ha !! Too true. Was just thinking of stashing a couple away..

Hi all Just finished the degassing stage and waiting for it to clear. When I bottle, how long will it keep? Its not an expensive kit. I was told that it should be drank within 6 months! Its a wilko 21 day kit - cab sav Thanks

Ok. So joes is more or less but omit the OJ, ferment out and back sweeten with about 4oz honey.. probably looking at around 13-15% . I'll chuck it all in this weekend and see what turns out.. starting to knock out a brew every 2 weeks so can bottle some up and save for a rainy day.. If anyone...

Your right. Jusst looking for a good tasting easy quick brew other than cider.. which I might add did taste like a Buzzard's a$$, not that I know but was dry..

Surely I can stop close to with stabilizer/campden and raise the acidity with acid blend? Maybe

Looking at having a go at this but was wondering if you can just throw in a litre of OJ on top of the honey? 3Lb honey 1L OJ ( from concentrate ) 1 Cinnamon stick 1 Pinch allspice 1L Welchs white grape juice 1 tsp yeast Nutrient Wine yeast SG 1.100 FG 1.010 I know this is far from the...

Thanks. I'm still a complete noob with only a few brews under my belt. Not really expecting anything great, well not with my experience. Just ive never really had much success with finings and looking around ppeople seem to prefer the A+B finings pkt.. There's only one good wine and thats the...

Hi all Just a quick question. Im now movng aaway from ciders for a while and giving wine a go. Got myself a wilko wine kit (6 bottle) and it there is nothing about moving to secondary, reason om asking is because last tme I added finings to my cider it just clung to the sediment and never...

Update on my sour cider.. After 2 weeks sitting in my shed. Backsweetend with 2L apple juice FG is still giving me 12% Been sitting in fridge for 5 days First proper glass tonight and WOW , this stuff has changed soo much, no sourness and can hardly taste the alcohol anymore !! Could do with a...

I used bleach with my first brew, took me ages to get rid of the stuff before using the cardoy..

All good advice, im now on my 3rd batch of cider as this deing the easiest starter brew and like you wanted a quick fix but now own cardoys 4.5l , nutrients, yeasts of all kinds, hydrometer which is a must otherwise you have no idea where you are with alcohol etc.. Also I found that a blow of...

Stupid is it may sound , but you speak of blackberry cider. Now I know you can get fruit cider but the process of wine and cider is the same , is it not . So please tell as to how you would determine the difference between, Apple wine/cider, blackberry wine/cider or is it the base of the brew...