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Hi guys! I have been wondering what your opinion are on the above matters! do you prefer glass demijohns and carboys to their plastic equivalent? I know i certainly prefer glass over plastic. I'm still on the fence over the cork vs rubber bung debate. I'm only taking about using it in the...

i know its not exactly wine, but the principles are the same :P basically does my plan of action below sound ok? so, whilst checking my wine the other day I noticed one of my protein jars was nearly empty and its slightly bigger than the demijohn. so I decided that it would make an excellent...

so venturing into making my first wine from a wine kit! Im using a merlot kit to make 1 gallon of wine. Not too sure how it will work out, but fingers crossed! will keep updates on this thread and on on my blog!

Just picked up 12 glass demijohns (9 clear, 3 brown) off ebay for £14! really pleased with that price! picking them up tomorrow, can't wait to get some wine bubbling away soon!

Hi guys, would you mind checking out my new blog? http://irishwinemaker.blogspot.com/ thanks in advance michael :)

Hi guys, So my rhubarb wine and my damson wine seem to have finished bubbling after the second racking. should i leave them as they are for another few weeks to clear and settle or should i rack them a second time already? They were only racked about 3 weeks ago after being in secondary for...

Hi guys, Im a student and as this is my final year, I've been looking into travelling abroad next summer after my graduation in July. Ive always been interested in helping with a wine harvest or doing some seasonal work on a vineyard. I know its early days for this, but was wondering if...

Hi, I currently have a batch of damson wine in secondary and have a couple questions. firstly it has been almost a week since it was transferred to secondary. It is still bubbling away but there has been a lot of sediment collect at the bottom. Is there any advantage to me stirring the wine...

Well, this is it. I have finally succumbed to the world of blogging. Im blogging my first adventures in winemaking, so if you guys and gals ever fancy a wee read heres the link: http://irishwinemaker.blogspot.com/?spref=fb regards, michael

put my second batch of wine under the airlock today. gallon of damson wine bubbling away next to a gallon of rhubarb. have to say this wine making is becoming addictive! i now have apple and apple and plum in primary! :) michael

hi, i have a spare sachet of burgundy yeast left over and was wondering if i could use it to make apple wine?

hi all, making damson wine, second attempt at fruit wine. had the damsons soaking for a week in water as per cjj berrys recipe and i put it into the demijohn 2 days ago with the yeast, nutrient and sugar with cotton wool to allow for the primary fermentation. now when i made my rhubarb...

hi, I'm new to the art of winemaking so learning as i go. couple years back i bought some vine from B&Q of the marrachel foch variety. first year they grew well and fruited as they did in the second year. i attempted to prune back and train the vines but with little success. after a couple of...