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two more gallons of Banana wine on the go today
they are fermenting already.

One damson mead in secondary ferment after racking; cherry and dandelion mead in the bottle (latter ready to drink, former will take another year), Christmas ale in the bottle, Brown Ale in the keg. I've got a pumpkin ale I want to do next week so here's hoping if I get to it!

Just started a 3 gallon batch of elderberry wine,
This will be fit for a

I'm on countdown now for my barrel of bitter which will be ready in a week

over the last couple of month I have started 2 gals of rice & raisin 2 gals of blackcurrant & pomegranate juice 2 gals of orange & carrot juice 2 gals of coffee wine.
I have 1 keg of Czech pilsner maturing and 1 fermenting at the mo

just put on
rhubarb wine
rose hip wine
peach wine
apricot wine
trying to empty freezer before I need to start freezing again

and my first batch of nettle beer

First batch of heather ale (as in, malt extract brew with heather instead of hops) of this year bottled and conditioning, though to be honest, quite a bit of it has already been drunk. It's still good, in spite of me leaving it in the bucket too long.

Mad experiment just started: Parsnip "ale" with no added sugar or malt (I'm not sure what to call this - it certainly won't be wine). I'm not expecting this to be very strong!

had a good day foraging yesterday so now got
more nettle beer
Alexandra beer on the go
plum blossom , nettle, Alexandra, gorse wine all started
going to a good year I thinks

Just started two gallons of coffee wine

coffee wine that sounds good
could I nick your recipe

ingredients to make 1 gallon
1lt white grape juice.
1kg-sugar(half should be brown)
8tsp-coffee.
3-oranges(only use the juice no pith or skin)
1tsp-ritchies yeast&nutrient.

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Coltsfoot flower wine

for medicinal purposes only

Probably the reason why you thought you had lost your head the other day

now teaching my son the art of wine making ( just so he can move and do and the jobs I can not at the monument carrying demi johns on crutches not a good idea )
and just put on some nettle and coffee wine thanks for the recipe

Just started two gallons of Dandelion wine
Ingredients for 1 gallon.

4-pints of dandelion petals (No green material)

1lt-white grape juice.

800g-sugar.

3-oranges.

Half a strong cup of black tea(No bag or leaves)

1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.

1 quarter-tsp-Marmite (optional)

mineral-water.
Method: steep only the petals in boiling mineral water for at least 28HR's,then add to a pan with the orange zest of 3 oranges only(No white pith)then bring to a boil and simmer for 1hr,then strain with a very fine strainer or muslin cloth and add the sugar to the hot liquid and stir until the sugar as dissolved then leave to cool, then add the strained juice from the oranges, cold black tea and grape juice, and petal juice, Marmite and yeast compound to your Demijohn top up with mineral water to the neck, fit airlock and fully ferment out.

When fermenting as stopped rack and mature for at least 12 months.