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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...

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...

The instructions for my cider kit say to bottle at 1.060. I have read several posts that say to wait until it's 1.000 or lower. What effect on the taste of the cider, and alcohol content will there be if I do it at 1.000 as opposed to 1.060? Sarah.

Hi everyone. I'm very new to brewing. I find a Hydrometer a hassle. Lots of sterilising, turkey basting the cider out, getting the liquid at the right temp for the Hydrometer and insuring it doesn't touch the sides of the test tube. Plus every time I check the SG I'm using a fair bit of liquid...

Hi there all. Purchased everything (I think) that we could need for a home brew hobby for my better half for Christmas and we have just got our first brew on. We are doing the Young's Peach & Passion fruit kit first. We are using wide neck fermenters instead of buckets. I will go through...