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as the other guys have said I prefer buckets although it wasn't always that way, originally I used to use demijohns (carboys) but u cant beat the flexability of a bucket for cleaning and ease of use, it just makes everything so much easier, to clean and to use, its basically your best bet. PS...

Not sure where you are from there, but, if we are talking 4.5 to 5 litres ive got an experimental temporary storage idea on the go, im stacking mine in the bottom of my wardrobe as im stuck for storage space, demijohns and carboys don't really fit the bill for me, because you basically cant...

added some updates to mine, ive tried to keep them on the one post @fabric mine took 3 days to get going and ended up very very fast fermenting too.

Although I check ph here but only recently as most of the fruit I ferment ie grape and apple tend to be in the ball park anyway, from what I gather white wine generally has a desiable starting ph of around 3.2, red around 3.4 ish. PH and final sg and other factors tend to probably come into...

Some of you guys/gals have amazing winery areas, I live in a one bedroomed flat and can only look in awe and think right i need to sort some kind of storage here. Looking great there ;-) That loft might be good for some long term storage of stuff as well, out of the way maybe ?

Some of my strawberry wine ;-) really nice it is, as well :d

I started an experimental wine, on 24/2/15, based around bananas, the recipie is below and is for 10 litres (2 gallons) 1 litre apple concentrate. 1/2 litre welchs red grape. 1 lb of frozen squeezed, fresh white grape. unpeeled bananas. 3 sliced and 1 mashed. bananas with peel on...

pro_coupe34 hello and welcome ;-) carol15 from what ive read online there has been a scarcity of some grape juices over the last 2 years or so, apparently due to poor crops.

helium is inert and readily available, for kiddies balloons, but i`ve no idea how it would work with any of these ideas, its also, lighter than air so might be awkward to use. Although it could probably be used with a pressure barrel im not sure of its effects interaction wise eg it might be...

Ive just been looking over some old books ive got, relating to ginger recipies, as, you seem to be making a 5 gallon batch ive scaled the ingredients up to suit a 5 gallon ferment. Recipie one. Ginger wine. Root ginger 425 gms sultanas 1.5 kg (either one of these two) white grape...

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Im no expert but I have just done a quick google search, I would tend to think your basement is a good place to store it, as long as there is no risk of very low temperatures ie cold enough to freeze it and hopefully not to large a swing in temperature over the next 4 - 5 months until you bottle...

What`s great about home wine making, is, you have a very free hand in choosing what you want to make, almost all fruit and vegetable can be fermented, if care is taken, most preservative free carton juices, as well as tinned fruits, vegetables and wine kits. When I started making wine, I did...

Am I right in thinking calcium carbonate is chalk ?

To be honest, Its not often I get bad acid from wine, but, circumstances etc brought it home tonight, it actually tasted very nice and didn't appear too unbalanced until I had drunk about 5 hours worth of wine, the amount I added was really small, and didn't have any real noticeable effect apart...

Have to say im still drinking cherry wine

Raspberry always makes a nice wine. Ok ive just re read this, I must have had beer goggles on, there is no mention of raspberry. Sounds good ;-) hope its nice

you know im closing ths down on a non commercial basis its both too complexed and un neccessary

Well ive left that brew for one half hour after adding the sodium bicarbonate, and all I can say is that it has transformed the wine into a more palatable and more easily tolerated drink than previously was , the case. The amount I added was prob to small to be measured weight wise and I have...

Ok this might be a bit early to bring up, but, u know how it is wen you've had a few and you've been sampling and not sure if it because you've sampled a few or if its subjective or not, well, ive just tried an experiment, which goes like this, I made a cherry wine that was made from what I can...