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Hello all, just a quick query, I found a few bottles of DB I made a few years ago, they were bottled, and corked but has floating bits in it, do you know what this could be, every batch I've done, after being left for about a year has floaties in the middle

I know this is of no use, but I attempted watermelon wine, after 3 months it was not looking to good, and the liquid was super thick, I ended up discarding it

Hello everybody, I have recently made a pale aperitif sherry from a wine kit - butlers pale aperitif, I was hoping to do a 6 galon batch, using ingredients from scratch, I have scoured the Internet but have struggled to find any recipes, Has anyone done one before? Could you advise what I...

Hey all, yet another question from me, Firstly thank you all for your help so far, I have gained so much knowledge thanks to you all. I have recently posted about a watermelon wine I am making I have recently racked it off into carboys, but the liquid is rather thick. I was advised to add...

Hey all, yet another question from me, Firstly thank you all for your help so far, I have gained so much knowledge thanks to you all. I have recently posted about a watermelon wine I am making I have recently racked it off into carboys, but the liquid is rather thick. I was advised to add...

Hello, me again, Firstly I want to say thank you for being such a big help, It means alot. I took a gravity reading just now, it's at 1.050, not 1.150 So that's alot better than I thought it was, the liquid is still very very thick, and there was no fizz on stiring what's my next steps...

I have no idea what I'm smelling haha, it doesn't smell off though, When I stir the wine, I don't get a fizz I'm about to go home and do another reading, I will update results in next hour

My temp is 20'c, No bad smells, just smells like strong alcohol to me Yeah added 1 packet of champagne yeast Yeah it cooled down and I left it 24hours then added the yeast as the guide said No idea how to check pH of the must

Yeah, I followed a Guide as linked below, how does 1 restart the fermentation if I have to, sorry for all questions, its my first time doing a non kit wine I followed this: http://www.celebrationgeneration.com/blog/2011/08/03/homemade-watermelon-wine/

Starting gravity was 1.16, after transferring the first time I expected it to be alot lower

At the moment I only have another plastic bucket, with airlock and bung, would this be sufficient enough? I also have no idea how to make up the missing space between the wine and the top of the bucket, I only Managed to get 15litres of wine out of this, and it's a 23ltr bucket Lastly, you said...

I have uploaded a picture of the watermelon wine below, does everything look OK? I'm about 3 weeks in, I have transfered to a second fermentation bucket once while putting it through a sieve to get rid of most of the bits

Hello, thank you for your response. I have racked the wine off for the first time, I noticed it is very thick, kind of the same texture and thickness of milk. will it become more watery the longer I leave it and when i rack it off again in another month?

Sounds brilliant thank you, I haven't stirred it since I've done it but I will give it a stir when I get home today

Just a quick query, I have started a batch of watermelon wine about 10 days ago. This is the first batch I have done without using a kit I heated the watermelon to break it down and put it through a sieve, the batch is currently fermenting with good activity My question is, when I opened the...