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I started a gallon of Rosehip yesterday and made rosehip syrup too while i was at it

Hello Prison break fan and pitwipe.. the dried fruit recipe is as follows 900g Sultanas 450g Large Raisins 1.1kg Sugar 1 Lemon 1 Orange 1tsp Pectic Enzyme 1tsp yeast compound Happy Brewing Yesterday i started another gallon of Elderflower Champagne and a gallon each of 2 variations of Elderflower Wi...

I started a gallon of dried fruit wine yesterday and hopefully i will have 2 or 3 differant gallons going before next week.

I have beer, cider, white and red wine all waiting to give vinegar a go.only problem is, i don't know how ...can anyone help please.

I have just started some elderflower champagne and also just as an experiment i bought 2 litres of apple juice and i am fermenting that out and may sweeten it later.

wow, i have never laughed so much after reading all of the above in my life. Unfortunately my oh is a little over 4ft and her dad doesn't run a pub :? . I got the breadmaker in the end with money from xmas and my birthday and i am now saving for a wood burning stove and evacuated tubes. My oh was ov...

Hello my fellow ish people. I have lots of idea's for little gadgets that produce electicitiy, but don't know enough about Amps, Volts, Watts. Things like the size of the charger to size of batteries and inverters and all that kind of stuff. I also stripped my old tumble dryer of its motor which say...

ok just interested to see what everyone else does to save energy. I make sure everything that needs to be turned off is turned off at the plug. every bulb in the house for the last 6 years has been an energy saving one. i always use the eco setting on the washing machine. i have a 3 second kettle i ...

just in the process of making a summer ale beer kit. Just wanted to see what it was like because i noticed it sells really well.

sloe gin on the go

My partner thinks i am mad because i pick wild stuff on the way home from town. Some people just don't understand how we feel. We all obviously have a creative side to us that is allways wanting to get out lol. that reminds me, i have a sloe bush at the end of my garden plus elderberries and hawthor...

I have been cycling to work and back since last November, a 16 mile round trip in total. I scrapped my car so had to use my bike, not regretted it one bit. I am interested in the cycle to work scheme too as are many i work with.Can anyone tell me exactly how this works including how much you can spe...

I wish i had found them . They will be fine as long as you sterilize them and if making a red wine then they are perfect for racking as the green glass will stop it losing its colour.

I started 5 gallon of blackberry wine on sunday.

I made some last year but only about a litre. i used a mixture of eating, cooking and crab apples. i used a cheap multipurpose wine yeast and it tasted great. i wish i had made a lot more, gonning too this year