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Two gallons of Rose wine.
ingredients for 1 gallon.
1lt-5 alive tropical fruit blend juice.
1lt-red grape juice
800g-sugar.
1tsp-pektolase.
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.
water.
all in it works out at about £5.00 for 2 gallons.

Opened last night.. turbo cider (150g added sugar)

Awaiting bottling this weekend.. 1G apple TC (no added sugar), 1G apple and raspberry TC (Polish raspberry syrup)

In the wings (planned, waiting to get started or waiting on ingredients).. elderberry cordial wine (home-made cordial + red grape juice), more TC..

Hi George, and welcome to Club Plonko

Mike

MKG wrote:Hi George, and welcome to Club Plonko

Thanks Mike!

I got the elderberry cordial wine started this afternoon, and the raspberry TC tasted very promising as I bottled it. Just need to find some cider yeast to get some more TC underway, I know there's a sachet or three in one of these drawers.. ..

T'other half went out and collected dandelion heads yesterday - the one dry and sunny day we've had for a few weeks when we could do this. They're now sweeping and tomorrow should be sieved out and have the sugar added, water and yeast. The recipe is from CJJ Berry and worked ok last year.

I hope to pick some dandelions this week,if the rain will stop.
I just hope the and 's round here have not pissed all over them.

was hoping the same but far to much rain hopfully next weekend
so drunk me crab apple and plum wing this weekend both worked out well

Just made some Dandelion wine last night .
it's now fermenting very fast.
ingredients will make 1 gallon
4-pints of DANDELION Petals step for up to 42HRS before boiling,(No green material)
1lt-white grape juice.
800g-sugar.
3-oranges(for juice&zest,but no white pith)
half a cup of black tea(no bag or leaves)
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.
mineral water.
Fully ferment out and then rack and mature for at least 12 months.

I'm bartering with one of my colleagues for a load of rhubarb. I'd like to make some wine with it but I wondered what flavours go well with it - any tried and tested recipes you could pass on? Would rhubarb and elderflower work well?

Hi Birdie wife
try spiced rhubarb wine recipe,it as fresh Ginger & cloves in it.
cloves are very nice in Banana wine.

Birdie Wife wrote:I'm bartering with one of my colleagues for a load of rhubarb. I'd like to make some wine with it but I wondered what flavours go well with it - any tried and tested recipes you could pass on? Would rhubarb and elderflower work well?

I made this recently - its flavour is good but it lacks body - try adding 200-500gms sultanas to it (per gal)

Started 2 gallons of Rice & sultana wine.
ingredients will make two gallons.
1kg-sultana's.
1kg-rice ( Basmati )
1.5kg-sugar (500g should be brown sugar)
2-oranges (for juice & zest only No pith )
1-cup of black Tea ( no leaves or bag)
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.
half tsp-Marmite(optional)
water.

Started a beech-leaf noyau this morning, first time I've tried this herbal liquor. Certainly seems straightforward enough.

Opened a bottle of raspberry syrup TC last night, very nice will be doing that again

Well we finally bottled the Vimto wine today. I just hope you're right about mixing wines that have artificial sweeteners with lemonade, Mike. We won't get back the time we devoted to this sh1te!

GA, as you know, I'm always right.

With exceptions

Mike