Ooh, great idea.
KK is very partial to a glass of rhubarb wine. Might have a go at that next.
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Nope, 'fraid mine was the Young's Chardonnay kit from Wilko's. My proper brews so far number a gallon of elderflower which needs bottling, a gallon of banana liqueur which also needs bottling and I have made a couple of gallons from tinned rhubarb for Madmax. I made rhubarb and strawberry crumble for pudding on Sunday and the juice from the tinned fruit is now bubbling away merrily in a demijohn with a tin of red grape concentrate - smells delish!
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Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View PostWow, one gallon a month - aren't you well behaved!
Glad you are enjoying mine - cheers!
Was yours parsnip Shirl? If so, stop drinking now Haze... That's strong stuff if my sister's brew is anything to go byLast edited by scarey55; 05-02-2008, 07:58 PM.
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Wow, one gallon a month - aren't you well behaved!
Glad you are enjoying mine - cheers!
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Thanks hon! You're right that the 'wait forever' bit is a HUGE disadvantage with making your own wine.
Hazel's sums say: 1 gallon of wine = 6 bottles = 1 month supply therefore make one batch of wine a month...
BUT do you see the flaw in the plan??? Make 12 batches of wine over the next 12 months before you can actually DRINK any of the damn stuff!!
*drum fingers
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Not too bad for a beginner
In fact, bleddy good for a beginner. Looks like you've got a bit of a flair for winemaking, well done.
Now..., all you've got to do is wait till forever before you can enjoy it
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Thanks Shirley I aspire to your wine, which is crystal clear, kit or no kit...
Tastes v good, btw - have a glass here now....cheers!
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That is looking pretty good Hazel. Seems to be clearing really quickly.
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Thanks headfry! I'm not doing anything like elderflower wot with being a townie and not know what it looks like.
(*see Haze making deadly nightshade wine...)
A week on and it looks much better - and I am now bouyed up enough to have a crack at celery wine.......Attached Files
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Hi Hazel, great to read your parsnip postings! you seem to be doing a great job.
I have the CCJ Berry book too, tried the elderflower but all went.....errrm shall we say - not quiet right. will try again this year :-)
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So after 10 days of 'strirring from the bottom' I poured the wine into a demijon and fixed the airlock. Don't know if I was supposed to strain through a filter, so I didn't, which is prolly why it looked like emulsion paint to start with ....starting to clear a bit now, tho'
Tested SG - it's now 988
Haze calculates % to be (1104-988)/7.36 = 15.5% !!Attached Files
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Hopeful collection
Hi ! Tpeers
Had a look at the map and you are right it is not on my way to Camberley.
Perhaps someone closer could benefit from your generosity.
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thanks T,Peers
hopefully we will get together.
I have looked into the price of raisins at tesco and they are 98p for a kilo. That is 2.2lb.
My point is that raisins would be a good addittion to any root wines.
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You are welcome to them - I gave up wine making, what I made was better as vinegar than as a drink!
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