Introduce Yourselves here

[goldseal]

...perhaps a bit TOO hoppy....

No such thing

Welcome aboard.

[woody1962]

Hi there - can I also say 'hello' to all members; i'm new to the site as well and recently returned to wine making after several years. I also started with a Young's Definitive White which was very nice - however I've now found that using the supermarket juice recipe (x1 ltr white grape + x1 ltr apple juice) is even better - i've got my third one on the go!! also trying some Red - (x2 ltr purple grape juice and x 1 ltr blueberry juice). I also made a Tom Caxtons bitter kit with the 'hop system' - I bottled it and just tried one tonight - pretty pleased but perhaps a bit TOO hoppy. In addition, I tried making some cider last October - its ok and beautifully clear, but I realise that i really do need some proper cider apples to get those tannins-
happy days!

[Cellar_Rat]

Welcome aboard. You will find us quite a friendly lot.

[Wines4me]

Hello

I would like to say hi to all members, I am new to wine making having just started with a Young's Definative medium white.

[Tibley Bobley]

hello from Munich. 20 years ago I made some oversweet Elderflower wine and now I find myself surrounded by Elder and thought I'd give it another crack. I also love cider and for some strange reason its impossible to buy the stuff in Bavaria even though apple juice is more popular than coca cola here- so why not make my own. While I'm at it an IPA would also go down a treat :-) BBQ season starts in May so I'm aiming to have some enough stuff ready and on the go to keep me going through the summer. The only downside is that homebrewing is not very popular over here so finding the right yeasts etc is proving a bit of a pain, but it just adds to the fun. I plan to start with wine 1 just to test out the ingredients and then crack on with the cider....wine...beer...wine

Good luck with that lot!

[Tibley Bobley]

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"Pickled" surely - sorry couldn't help myself!

Hic!... Hic!... Hic-zactly! Soused!

[i*windows]

hello from Munich. 20 years ago I made some oversweet Elderflower wine and now I find myself surrounded by Elder and thought I'd give it another crack. I also love cider and for some strange reason its impossible to buy the stuff in Bavaria even though apple juice is more popular than coca cola here- so why not make my own. While I'm at it an IPA would also go down a treat :-) BBQ season starts in May so I'm aiming to have some enough stuff ready and on the go to keep me going through the summer. The only downside is that homebrewing is not very popular over here so finding the right yeasts etc is proving a bit of a pain, but it just adds to the fun. I plan to start with wine 1 just to test out the ingredients and then crack on with the cider....wine...beer...wine

Prost d.

[Cellar_Rat]

Thank you Cellar Rat

Yes, well spotted: I quickly became an addict. If it all turns to vinegar, I'll soon be cured

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"Pickled" surely - sorry couldn't help myself!

[Tibley Bobley]

Thank you Cellar Rat

Yes, well spotted: I quickly became an addict. If it all turns to vinegar, I'll soon be cured

[Cellar_Rat]

This forum has the ability to turn the interested into the addicted, but it seems like you have already made a good start.

Welcome aboard.

[Tibley Bobley]

Hello Home Winers.

Last Autumn, fed up with wading through rotting apples in my Brother's garden, I decided to try to find a use for them - and hit on cider... bought the kit and got pulping and pressing. There's about 30 gallons fermenting away in one of his spare bedrooms now. Then I bought a wine making book and started filling the fermenting bins with apple wine (or, at least I hope it's going to be apple wine at some future point) - about 15 gallons... then sloe wine (again, fingers crossed). Also there's a keg or beer (Woodford Wherry) and a bucket of Cab Sav fermenting away from kits. Most recently (yesterday, to be exact) I did a bucket of rice and raisin wine and a bucket of mead (I keep bees, by the way). It was hard work - well, dealing with the apples was hard work - and I still don't know if any of it is going to be drinkable. I, myself, am fermenting (or perhaps that should be "fomenting") questions. The wine book seems good - but a bit random and contradictory in places. I can see I'm going to be needing advice from time to time - and this looks like the ideal place to ask for it.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Sally (aka Tibley Bobley)

[goldseal]

Welcome aboard.

You are right - if you have a wine you don't like, stick it in a cupboard and forget about it for a year or two

[Sasquatch]

Hi All,

Many years ago my wife and I tried wine making, but what with young kids and travelling about it came to an end... Having recently purcheased a shed in France with a variety of fruit trees, led me back to this very adictive hobby. What have I been missing all these years. Unfortunately I work abroad in the Netherlands so when I get back each weekend, I loose my time knocking up different wines/beer etc learning all the time. I must say this site has plenty of helpful info and have spent many an hour reading through the threads.....

Having started with kits which I now have a nice variety in my newly converted cellar (garage). I've started with the fruits, my pear wine turned out superb , such a light and crisp taste to it. Then there was my pineapple juice which (fantastic result) i adapted from an orange juice wine. However I don't think my apple and berry wine is going to be so lucky but as I am slowly finding out as I am sure we all do patience is a virtue....Along with this there is the beer of which the Wherry turned out fantastic but not sure what the Black Pearl will turn out like after taking 4 weeks to ferment and only reaching 1014, but I have seen others having problems with this one...and again patience is needed. The pilsner is up for bottling tonight when I get back home...

I am looking forwards to coming on board.

Happy New Year to all..

[lockwood1956]

Welcome aboard

regards
Bob

[eastcoast]

Hi all, I work and play in Newcastle. I am newish to all this i have tried cheep kits in the past with out much success, I am so pleased to find this site learnt so much in a very short time. cant wait to get going. cheers.