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My first attempt at Danger Dave’s Dragons Blood. Will see how it ages now as it tastes good already.

. Finished ready for Xmas!

First batch dried apricot

I have done a cranberry wine from dried cranberries, ocean spray cranberry juice 1lt and what cranberry jelly that was left from Xmas and appears to be doing well at the moment. Added some red Grape concentrate to give some extra body. will let you know how it goes.

Have made a dried apricot wine that am not far off bottling!

Hi have just started making wine again after a 39 year break, just wanted to ask a question about the recipiefor DB as it said to add 4 gallons of water. I would normally have boiled this but it doesn’t state that. Did you boil yours? Thank you

No put yeast in when water cooled to about room temp and the hydrometer at same time

So I take it that the wine I have made is about 11/12% which is ok for a dry wine. Probably needs to mature for 12 months to get to a good point and drink. I think Thank you

I took -4.5 to mean very little alcohol

Thanks for all the information chaps. When I looked on the little chart that cane with the hydrometer, 0.90 reads -4.5 % and —79 sugar per litre. which is where I came from with the -4.5% level. when I took the first reading before fermentation started The hydrometer reached the bottom of...

I have just watched the video. So that means the alcoholic content is therefore-4.5%? Which is not enough for preserving and maturing from what I remember, unless I fortify, which I am not thinking is good...

I reckon that is at 90

It doesn’t touch bottom but...

Hi I used 3kg blackberries 1.5kg brewing sugar 6lt boiling water 1sachet red wine yeast 20g nutrient tsp pectolase This didn’t give a reading a reading on hydrometer but had read that unless a certain quantity hasn’t been used then a hydrometer may not give accurate readings. after the...