Anybody Brew wine?

[twinturbo]

I am thinking of doing a wine homebrew, I generaly like dry red.

Anyone have a good recomendation on a good brand for the liquor?

Cheers

TT

[ayjay]

Gone all posh on us now:p

[robo]

I cant help as the last time we tried that we got about 10 gallons of vinega:o

Bob

[sven8t4]

http://www.ostgardr.org/brewing/richard.cider.html

Iknow its cider but sure someone will find it useful....i've made loads with this and works great!

[twinturbo]

Gone all posh on us now:p


Much prefer vino to the alternatives, If I was posh I would be buying it :p ..

I would say it's not worth spending money on an expensive bottle.... But 4 weeks back my mate came buy with a £5 Merlot and a £15 Merlot. Unfortunatly I could easily tell the £15 Bottle.. DARN!!! Still if your not comparing then £5 will do, £4 is better LOL!!

TT

[K4KEV]

I have a Chai Maison White bubbling away at the mo.....will let you know how it turns out.......did a 1 week kit last week and yep it had finished after 5 days 1 day to stop it and a couple of days to clear not bad but very strong at 12 percent.....you can get yeasts now that brew in 24hrs...they call them turbo yeasts and are generally for base spirits like vodka etc can reach 20 percent in 5 days.
Kev

[twinturbo]

12% normal for wine ...

TT

[brainbug007]

I've had a go at cider and "country" wines made from elderflower & berry. The elderflower tends to come out quite nice :) In terms of a red, I'd check places like wilkinsons or a local brewer's shop as they usually have tons of different concentrates to choose from. A good brewer's shop will have samples too :)

[Homersdouble]

I've tackled this subject in a slightly different way..........I'm in a co-op that runs a champange grape vinyard here in Sussex!
It's a fair bit of work through the year, but there is nothing to beat sitting back and glugging your own produce (takes 3 yrs to process though:( )

Chris

[robo]

I've tackled this subject in a slightly different way..........I'm in a co-op that runs a champange grape vinyard here in Sussex!
It's a fair bit of work through the year, but there is nothing to beat sitting back and glugging your own produce (takes 3 yrs to process though:( )

Chris

I think TT was thinking more along the lines of a glass or two, not a truck load. Mind its a nice thought,:)

Bob

[Deanno]

my mate in work brews wine.
at the moment he has got sloe gin on the go and i think hawthore berry wine and elderberry wine.

We are both into Bushcraft and forraging he's in his mid 50's and has taught me loads from knife making, making wine Elderflower Champagne (think thats how you spell it?) fire starting using the bow drill and other methods, my next task its cider and cherry vodka mmmm:D

[brainbug007]

Ya elderflower champaigne is well nice and really easy to make. The last batch I made I tried using some of the high strength yeast to get it at 20% and it still tasted pretty good :)

[HandyAndy]

Reading this thread all of a sudden put a vision into my head :D

A Dodge Charger with a boot full of moonshine jumping over a river with a couple of rednecks in it screaming " Yeehaaaa" :D

Sadly Miss Daisy wasn't in the vision :D

Now then , who,ll be the first to paint the confederate flag on their Roadster bonnet ?:D

cheers
andy

[ayjay]

In case anyone doesn't know it's GREEN and WHITE with a RED DRAGON:D

[Enoch]

I used to brew a lot of wine and beer, I got all my supplies from here: http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/
they do some really excellent kits, I never had one go wrong. One thing I did find was that I got superb results by using Lidl bottled water instead of the chlorine laden rubbish that comes through our pipes. Sure it puts the cost up but not by much. If your tap water at home tastes ok you won't need to go the bottled route. I stopped doing it because I was drinking far too much and I was seeing rabbits when there weren't any:D
Trying a kit first is a great idea as it is easy and a lot less messy than doing it from scratch. You don't need much kit - a demijohn, a large saucepan, some scales, an airlock, some syphon tube and some bottles to keep the finished product in. I would recommend a fermentation killer that ensures the wine does not continue to ferment in the bottle, if that happens the cork flies across the room at 2 am followed by the wine. Ask me how I know :D
Best of luck, do try it, it can be very satisfying.
Dave

[baz-r]

i brew my own beer but 40pints been drunk quicker than i could brew it come the end :) i found beer kits have come on leaps and bounds and realy nice ales can be done in 3 weeks or so (£20 a batch)
my beer must have been good as i got asked to brew 80 pints for a friends wedding and it went down a treat :D

as for wine there are loads of quality kits but its not a thing i do sorry