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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Taxi_Driver on 06 January 2013, 18:26:46
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Decided to have a go at it...
Popped out today and bought a demijohn and associated gubbins you need..
Bought a med dry red wine kit to go with it...
Followed the instructions and its burping away nicely at the moment..
Anyone else make their own wine and if you use a kit, which make/brand do you think is the best?
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I used to make beer and wine when I was younger. I don't think any of it made it to full term. ;D
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I used to make beer and wine when I was younger. I don't think any of it made it to full term. ;D
Wine making kits seem to come in 4 weeks kit or 7 days kits......guess which one i bought ::) ;D
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My Grandad used to make wine from fruits, berries, leaves, flowers and well anything really.... ::)
It was never much good and he always used bring a bottle when he came round so over the years quite a stash of the stuff accumulated in a shed. However, I discovered when I was a teenager that some of it actually aged quite well and was fairly drinkable!! :y It was great for teenage parties as not many 15 year olds had access to a stash like mine! ;D
My parents never found out until years later when my Mum was looking for something and realised that all Grandad's wine had vanished!! ;)
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I used to make beer and wine when I was younger. I don't think any of it made it to full term. ;D
Wine making kits seem to come in 4 weeks kit or 7 days kits......guess which one i bought ::) ;D
Kits!! Thats cheating. Stuff grown from the garden such as rhubarb, blackberry's, gooseberry's and any other fruit you can pick for free.
These days i do white wines as they are drinkable after a month or so whereas the reds need time.
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Dear TD I don't want to cause you any disappointment but England's climate not really support your intention of making wine...send me your adress I'm gonna send you a bottle of real WINE that supposedly will much cheaper than all your cost till now. ;) :) :)
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Dear TD I don't want to cause you any disappointment but England's climate not really support your intention of making wine...send me your adress I'm gonna send you a bottle of real WINE that supposedly will much cheaper than all your cost till now. ;) :) :)
We have airing cupboards...........ideal :y
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My Grandad's strawberry wine was like a fine claret....................... after 10 years!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Was given a Wilkinson's kit (Cabernet Sauvignon) a month or two before Christmas. It was supposed to take about 3 weeks, so I timed it to be ready for Christmas lunch. Bottled it two days before and tried a bit then. Vile. Undrinkable. Didn't drink it with Christmas lunch!
Tried it again a few days ago; now just about drinkable. Bloody horrible though. ;D
Hope yours goes better! :y
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We used to make loads of home brew years ago. We stuck with the Cellar Wine Kits and Geordie Scottish Export for the Ale. Although I'm a Lager drinker, I never really took to Lager kits as they seemed to have a bit of a tang, but the Ales are fine. We also did the raw materials route for Cider, Elderberry and Elderflower wine, but this is a lot more hassle with filtering etc.
I bottled some, barrelled some and drunk loads. Mine was all filtered so very little, if any, sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
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been there and done it,made a beautiful plum wine once and then tried a grapefruit and ginger with tea and it tasted like smoky bacon ;D,trick is find a method that works for you and stick to it
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I have some elderberry and orange rosé bottled and aging ready for the meets this year. It is a little potent though at nearly 18% ::)
The hangovers are a tad savage......
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Having sampled some of guffers home brews, it's good stuff. Only need one mind :o
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:y :y i used to make wine when i was younger i allways double fermented mine it use to knock my head off one night me and my mum drank a demijon full needless to say i didnt go to work the next day ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Having sampled some of guffers home brews, it's good stuff. Only need one mind :o
The one we made when you were all over here has turned out to be a nice little beer. I hope to save some for Newent ::) ::)
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Having sampled some of guffers home brews, it's good stuff. Only need one mind :o
The one we made when you were all over here has turned out to be a nice little beer. I hope to save some for Newent ::) ::)
What?.. Save it until September? (https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26795734/Smilies/rofl.gif)
I had a good day yesterday.. 23L of Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby mild and 24L of Rauchbier now bubbling away. Oh, and I scored a 50L stainless vessel for conversion into a copper. :y
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Years ago when I was a teenager I used to make home brew. It never seemed to make it past the ready by date as me and a group of friends would always finish 40 pints in an evening. ::) :o :o :o
Some of the brews I made were quite strong up to 8%, but the stronger they were generally the worse the tasted. I always found the kits where you boiled all the ingredients, rather than syrup based kits much better. But my teetotal parents were most unimpressed when the house smelt like a brewery. ::) :o :o :o
I've still got all of the kit and I'm thinking about starting to brew again once I'm in the Ukraine as there beer is a very good lager, but you IMHO can't beat a pint of good best bitter. :y :) :) :)
In my wife's village, in the Ukraine, at any celebration large 2 or 3 litre bottles of home distilled vodka seem to appear from nowhere. It tastes very good, err huh, or so I've heard. ::) :o :o :o
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Was given a Wilkinson's kit (Cabernet Sauvignon) a month or two before Christmas. It was supposed to take about 3 weeks, so I timed it to be ready for Christmas lunch. Bottled it two days before and tried a bit then. Vile. Undrinkable. Didn't drink it with Christmas lunch!
Tried it again a few days ago; now just about drinkable. Bloody horrible though. ;D
Hope yours goes better! :y
I was warned by the shopkeeper, that how long they claim it takes depends on ideal fermenting temp. You need a hydrometer to tell when its ready for bottling, also apparently you can work out the % of alcohol with it as well, but i havent got my head around that bit yet ::) :)
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I used to make my own wine when I lived in Scotland full time and also when I was in the sandpit for long periods. Some was passable but always drunk!! Here in Mallorca I buy red wine from the bodega at €9 for 5 litres. :D :D
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All bottled now :y
And tried a bottle last night....very drinkable :y and had a great nights sleep ::) ;D