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as im more of a beer man, and i do it form kits at the moment as i want to get my stocks up

end of jan was 5 gallons of tom claxton ale,
last week as 5 gallons of toms lager,
im poping to the beer shop tomorrow but debating if it should be 5 gallons of stout or something else.

i am considering, for later in the year, a random idea of a Sloe and blackberry champagne. its mental i know but what the hell.

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Penny Lane wrote:We've got orange on the go and I just put parsnip wine in the demi-john today. Got a long list of more to make

Gosh, that reminds me....MANY, MANY years ago I did a wine using parsnips and (orange)??? It's name was Westcott Schnapps I think. It had a HELLUVA punch.
Anyone got any recollections or ideas as to a recipe??
I've a load of softening parsnips just crying out to be used!!
Barry.

I'm using the basic recipe from John Seymour's Complete Guide, can give you the recipe if you like?

That would be brilliant.
I made the Westcott Schnapps about 30 years ago when I first got into brewing..
BUT, family & work meant it had to take a back seat.
Now that I'm ever closer to retirement age (retire, HAH!!) I'm getting back into it.
Barry.

To-day i have started two gallons of Cranberry&pomegranate juice wine

ingredients: to make one gallon.

1.5lt-cranberry&pomegranate juice.
1lt-Red grape juice.
1kg-sugar.
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound.
water.

This wine can be made for less than £3.00 per gallon
Hope you like it

I have 11 litres of traditional mead in the FV at the moment. I'll probably be racking it into a carboy in about a week, to clear. Then I'll probably get a wheatbeer on the go ready for the summer.

Lots of good unprocessed honey available here directly from the beekeepers. The prices aren't too bad either, I pay about £1.40 for a pound of unprocessed honey. It'll work out about about 60p for a 500ml bottle by the time I've finished.

Just started two gallons of wine made from fruit juice from LiDL,
( plein sud ACE vitamin-getrank )
it only cost £2.63 to make a gallon.
it's fermenting very well all ready

first batch of nettle beer on the go now
along with alexander beer make that with same recipe for nettle beer that i found on here
and a batch of alexander wine

Organic beetroot juice wine.
ingredients makes 1 gallon.
1lt-organic beetroot juice.
1lt-red grape juice.
1kg-sugar.
half tsp-Marmite,optional
1tsp-GP yeast compound.
water.

I seem to have fallen off this topic, must get back on! pbf.

started a gorse wine and a rhubarb wine today
and some more alexander beer

Just started 2 gallons of peach nectar juice wine,this time i have used 1.5lt of the peach nectar juice
per gallon.
ingredients to make 2 gallons
3lt-peach nectar juice.
2lt-white grape juice.
1.5kg-sugar.
1tsp-pectolase(per gal)
1tsp-GP wine yeast compound(per gal)
water.

I've succumbed. I don't know why, particularly, but I'm having another go at banana wine - every other attempt has been very successful if drinking petrol is a measure of success. However, badly-stored supermarket bananas at 5p per kilo tilted the balance. I've used 5 lbs per gallon and substituted a couple of teabags for the banana skins (which only add to the general muckiness).

If I survive, I'll let you know how it went.

Mike

i used to make mine from dried bananas and this turned out ok but you need to leave it to mature for at least 6 months before drinking

MKG, I bet you still drank it!!! pbf.

... merely in the interests of good experimental technique

Mike