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Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:49 am
by wabbit955
just put on fennel beer
and fennel wine
from wild fennel I picked this morning
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:06 pm
by Pumkinpie
My goodness what time were you out fennel picking this morning.
Does it make an aniseedy flavoured wine?
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:14 pm
by Bulworthyproject
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:07 pm
by wabbit955
Pumkinpie wrote:My goodness what time were you out fennel picking this morning.
Does it make an aniseedy flavoured wine?
was Sunday morning just had not gone to bed
hoping it makes a aniseedy flavour never made it before
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:50 pm
by Crastney
I have a Wilko strawberry wine kit on the go, and will start a fruit wine from rhubarb and ginger fairly soon.
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:42 am
by irigg
Not been here for a while due to many family probs but now i'm back brewing again so here goes
1 gal apple wine
1 gal elder flower wine
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:37 pm
by wabbit955
going to do a pea pod wine today after I shell all the peas I just picked
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:08 pm
by silly_sammy
Finally started my brewing thanks to great advice on here. Hurray! Got two large demijohns of elderflower on. And one empty demijohn waiting to go. Not sure what to try next. Do like the idea of wurzel..
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:36 am
by phil55494
Strawberry Wine on the go from the rather large number of strawberries the plot is producing right now.
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:34 pm
by irigg
just been out and picked enough honeysuckle for 2 gallons
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:23 pm
by prison break fan
irigg, tell us more about the honeysuckle please. pbf.
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:22 pm
by WILDBREW
Recipe makes 2 gallon
2lt-red grape juice.
1lt-ribena blackcurrant juice.
1lt-cranberry juice.
2kg-sugar.
1tsp-ritchies yeast compound.( per DJ )
water.
Method: make a sugar syrup with half of the sugar then leave to cool, then divide the sugar syrup and the fruit juices
into the DJs add the yeast compound fit the airlocks and ferment for one week then make some more sugar syrup with the other half of the sugar when cool add to the DJs and top them up to the neck with cold tap water fit the airlocks and fully ferment out.
when fermenting as stopped rack then add finings and the wine should clear in about 5 to 7 days then rack again and mature for about 6 to 12 months.
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:53 pm
by dave45
Wilco's half-price 5-gallon Munton's Merlot kit (bargain!).. I've always been impressed by Muntons beer kits so thought i'd give it a go.
As its blackcurrant season I'd like to make some blackcurrant wine, but previous attempts have not been very good. I have 4 gallons in carboys "maturing" in the hope that time will mellow it out. Anyone got a foolproof blackcurrant wine recipe? I could easily fish them back out of the freezer !
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:53 am
by 123sologne
wabbit955 wrote:going to do a pea pod wine today after I shell all the peas I just picked
We did the same than you a week ago. :) 1st time though. Can you tell me what it tastes like if you did it before?? Anything like a grape white wine or a slight taste of peas... or who knows what else?....
Re: What i'm brewing at the moment
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:00 am
by wabbit955
sorry my first time to so no idea