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Has anyone ever made wine with the sloes left after making sloe gin? Will the fact they've had sugar and alcohol (gin) added already make them a no no for fermenting, or will it help fermentation? I've just put my sloe gin into bottles and the leftover sloes look too good to waste. I've...

Hi folks I've started a gallon rosehip wine and a gallon that's a mix of hips and haws. I let them ferment in the primary for a week then racked into demijohns. I added a camden tablet, some pectolase and some citric acid - which I suspect I should have added earlier. After ten minutes...

Hi I've had a search but can't find the answer to my current puzzlement! I'm about to use a hydrometer for the first time but don't have a test tube. Can I use an ordinary drinking glass or a glass jar or does it have to be something tall and thin? (Yet another of the questions I never...

Hello I'm very new to winemaking so I have a possibly stupid question. How come Camden tablets kill off unwanted yeast but not the good yeast you use to ferment? :?