Introduce Yourselves here

[lockwood1956]

Welcome joesixpack

hope you enjoy your time here with us at wines at home, you will find this a very friendly place.

regards
Bob

[Hippie]

Welcome, joesixpack! Dig the moniker!

[powerspade]

Great to find you

I have been brewing wine and beers for about 12 yrs, wines- mostly country types using fruit and veg from my two allotment plots:-
Rhubarb, parsnip,carrot,elderberry,blackcurrant,marrow,and many more

[Hippie]

Welcome to our forum, powerspade. We sincerely hope you enjoy yourself here!

[lockwood1956]

Welcome aboard...

another member from South Wales

have fun

regards
Bob

[Cruser]

Hi everyone

Hi, I'm new to wine making & will probably have a lot of questions. I have browsed some of the post here & it look like I have came to the right place to ask them. Thanks

[Paul]

Welcome

It's a very friendly group, even if some of them spell funny. Queen's English and all that -- pip! pip! and a cup of tea.

[Hippie]

Wow! Now we even have a Hoosier in the group! Cool!

Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time spent here. We might not have all the answers, but we'll head you in the right direction.

[shirlthegirl43]

Welcome to the forum - don't worry about the daft questions, I think I ask most of them!!!

Well worthwhile asking though - my first kit wines were gorgeous and my turbo cider is as clear as a bell and busy waiting for the primed (wahey I know some lingo) bottles to go hard (!) so I can put them in the fridge to cool and enjoy!

Happy winemaking
Shirley

[heeby]

welcome hope you have lots of questions to ask and dont forget to post any mistakes you make as it always helps others not to make them
mark

[heeby]

bottles to go hard !!!! ooooerrrr mrs

[jojo]

welcome!

[lockwood1956]

Hello and welcome

[wendle]

Another Newbie here!!

Hi everyone

What a great site. I'm a complete novice to winemaking, but have caught the bug this week.
I'm tooled up, and will start (hopefully) making my first batch of wine tomorrow. Am using a kit for my first attempt, on the advice of the kind chap that donated his demijohns to me, but can't wait to get into country wines.

Now, as mentioned, being a complete novice, can someone tell me if all demijohns are a standard 4.54 litre size, as this is what is called for according to the instructions on my kit. I know i could measure out the water to find out, but don't want to waste any.

Also, yeast. Wilko's sell wine yeast. Is this what i would use to make other alcoholic brews such as cider and ginger beer?

Thanks up front for any advice , and no doubt i'll be back soon to ask for more.

Wendle

[jackie]

Hi everyone. My name is Jackie. I make mostly kit wines--the 15+ litre ones plus occasionally a fruit wine. I also make beer--actually started with beer then ventured into wines.

I live in a very rural area with my husband, two dogs and cat . There no local homebrew shops so I order everything online. Folks around here say I keep the local UPS office in business. We do live on a lake though so that makes it worth it to us.

I've been making wine/beer for going on 5 years but still have alot to learn. I'm becoming known as the "wine lady" around here. I have everyone I know saving wine bottles for me (in exchange for some filled bottles of course). I didn't have the luxury of free bottles with beer, everyone likes the domestic stuff with the twist off caps so I just had to buy good "imported "beers (imported to the US) and drink them myself.