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Good advice and some absolute laugh out loud moments thanks for this. Apologies for the lack of writing my darling girl is not home nights at the moment and I am being Mr Mum for my little bloke. Dinner, home work etc. That said I have him working on a history assignment right now, I can only...

OK the notes get really sketchy from here on and after the reading on this forum, I suspect that my mistakes really started multiplying from here on, mostly these were driven by my Skeeter pee run that had just gone from smelling delicious to something akin to burnt plastic or paint flashing...

Glad to see you are true to your word Mr Wild Hair and are sticking to the bitter end. As for option B, you are so right, a Ginger mate Robbie got taught to box by his old man from a very early age and in a touching and moving ceremony at age 15 his dad handed over the family set of brass...

Thursday 20th April AM Off to work again, but I ran the hydrometer and discovered the must was already down to 1.000. I tipped in last nights dried sultana, chilli and sugar mix/ boil, hit it with the drill again and left it to sit while I got ready for work. Did another read before I left and...

Arne, good advice, I hadn't fit the split "o" ring to the lid hole properly. Note to self: Wear your bloody reading glasses when wine making. Funnily enough, I always thought wine making would involve lots of glasses just not the reading kind. Mr Wild Hair, great story, your granddaughters...

Wed 19th April PM Still no bubbles from the water trap. Aaagghhh! I was thinking to myself here we go again, I had found a new and more creative way to stuff up a batch of wine. With a bit of trepidation, I unscrewed the lid and my lordy, it was fermenting it's bottom off, so vigorously it was...

Wed 19th April AM I'd like to tell you that I bounded out of bed to go and check the ferment except an evening with Mr. James B. Beam seems to prove the law of physics around equal and opposite forces. Last nights enthusiasm, had turned into this mornings feet dragging. However, on a bright...

Bernard, lightheartedness aside, the learning part is the reason I keep going and quite frankly why I joined, the brewing forums I found here at home didn't really have much (or very little) focus on wine, they are all about beer and spirits as are the home brew shops. I suspect what I need to...

Bernard thanks for the words of encouragement, I am currently ordering the correct items (something that I could not have done without the help here) to have one more crack at Skeeter Pee and I hope it goes well this time because stuffing up 3 batches of lemon wine in a row would suggest the...

Tuesday 18th April A.M. Back to work today so was a little rushed for time. I gave the must(?) a little stir and as I didn't have an appropriate thermometer to use, I put the palm of my hand on the side of the fermenter and it still felt a little warm but not in a bad way. The temperature would...

Monday 17th April, following on from Saturday's shopping run. Oh my lord, you are still reading this convoluted, meandering story. At this point I will guess you are the person who grabbed a whole bottle of your favourite tipple before starting on this journey with me. With that in mind I will...

Just trying to set the scene a little, I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This means heat, humidity and mild winters, the only frost I see is in my freezer and the stuff which is encroaching upon my hair colour. As a comparison think of a milder version of Florida, for the climate, not...

Okay, as promised, my diary notes (scribbles really) on making this super spicy ginger wine. What I have learned on this forum is that I need to take more time on this part because as I review the notes I realise just how hotch potch they truly are. The other realisation is that I need to take a...

Thanks Bernard, when I wrote this last night I had three or four glasses of courage on board. Upon reflection the thread should be about how not to make wine because as I said it was put together prior to finding this forum and taking on board the advise so freely given here. I expect as I share...

Will add the diary notes tomorrow night, it's nearly 9pm local and need to go tuck the little bloke into bed. Night all.

Disclaimer: I have stuffed up approximately 90 litres of wine so far, with a quick calculation in my head that is 20 gallons US. So be it upon your own head if you follow this recipe/approach without applying your own wine making knowledge. However, if you are just coming along for the ride...

Gidday Obelix, I'm in sunny Brisbane away from the Italians I grew up with in Nth Qld so don't have access to the generational knowledge they have. Keen to follow your exploits please don't forget to share where you find wine making items here in OZ please. Regards, Shayne PS Arw you down in sth WA?

For a super flavour ginger wine search you tube for "ginger wine papa" it's a bloke from New Zealand I've got the wine from his recipe clearing at the moment. (I did add peeled bananas to it though and kept the sugar up so it finished sweet. It does taste pretty amazing if you are ginger lover...

Johnd, thank you so very much for your concise and understandable review of Campden tablets. I do believe I will print this and add it to my newly created reference folder so to easily refer back to your words of wisdom..

Thank you dralarms, I finally have a bulk wine aging that tastes good so far and you have probably stopped me from screwing this one up. Ever grateful for the advice.