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I would presume somewhere on here is the information I need but I don't know how to access it yet so; I had a problem with the wine I have/am making because during a cold snap my wife and children left the doors open, this was three weeks ago. I have since made a warm box in my workshop so that...

I am here again but only because I heard a cork go 'POP'! when I looked to see what had happened, I saw one cork at the end of the hallway and the bottle fizzing like mad. I had made a Christmas mead (I hope I still have), to rescue it should I decant it back into a demijohn (with the rest of...

Hi everyone, again, and a special hello to Mr bernardsmith for all the help you have given me, well I am at it again and for some reason I have had a total blank on how this little begger (hydrometer) works. Ok i have been busy with making something to help get me through to next season plus...

Just a quick one guys, I managed to get 3.9 Kilo of rosehips when cleaned and toped, I was planning on two gallons/demijohns which would give me about 4LB of rosehips per gallon, dose that sound about right or do I need to go hunting round for more?

I want to make a Christmas mead (aiming for Christmas 2019) using 'All Spice' as the flavouring. I don't want to be eating mince pies but a subtle flavour should be ok, how much for 1 gallon? I am thinking of 1/2 a teaspoon in the mix, but before I go ahead I thought it prudent to check in case...

Hi guys, just to get this out the way, I don't do beer but the wife likes a nice lager, something akin to Carlsberg, Grolsh etc. I am set up for wine and don't have a clue about beer or lagers. I have used kits from the suppermarket in the past (30 years ago) but never had anything anyone finds...

I suppose it is wine if it is enclosed while firmentation continues, yet I am open to correction as I have yet to make cider but that isn't why this post. Before time began or before I even knew what a hydromiter looked like, I found a book in the library ''idiot proof brewing'' I had had a go...

I only use fresh fruit, I get about 4 demijohns of apple wine and two of rosehip. I do have a small but compact fruit garden and since starting to make wine all of a sudden everyone likes fruit, we got the children potty trained with raspberries, "use the potty and you can have another...

Please what is a paint bag? what do they look like and what do they do? I use a container a seive and some muslin if I need it, what and how do paint bags work? what are they called? In the UK it means nothing, paint bag?????

I have watched the threads for a few days I have read up on things that seem relevant to my situation but I am still no closer to being proficient or sure about what I do. I am going to sort out my 3 gallon must today, Firmentation stoped within 4 hours of adding the yeast, but not before...

OK I have come into this forum because of the flavour enhancers used within mead, from just one fruit to all sorts, I would like to know from those for whom it is legal what is ganga mead like and how much bud per gallon. Secondly magic mushies, has anyone ever made mead with mushroom flavour...

Hi guy's and gall's, I joined day before yesterday and got right on with the mead stuff I have going on, LOL I didn't remember the five posts per day limit so I have had to wait to today say hello properly, I could have said hello last night but I was afk Hello! In the past I have brewed a few...

Hi again, Because a few months went by before I started making my final batch of mead I thought I would make a larger amount, so I have used a trearium which is now my meadairium, I cut out some polystirine and clingfilmed it to seal the meadairium with a airlock poked through it. When I added...

Hi I had started some mead at Christmas, racked it and have left it on my wardrobe floor. The firmantation was fairly quick and only lasted two and a half weeks, since racking and when waking every morning I still hear 'blub' coming from the wardrobe, about one 'blub' every two minutes. Firstly...