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The latest stuff I set off I think I possibly had too much sugar in, my SG was at 1.100 which I know is way to high, I was adding water to get it to drop but was not dropping and I was worried about adding anymore water etc, to get a good ABV will I be ok to stop fermentation above the usual...

Right guys I had set away a batch of wine and was worrying airlock activity was poor then just stopped, anyway since then I added an extra yeast sachet 5grams ( had already started with 5 grams in beginning) what happens was I checked airlock before basically giving this new yeast time to...

Has anyone ever used white grape juice with an apple and mango fruit juice to make a wine? If so how did it work out?

Hi folks I have been making my own wine through the summer just using grape juices and fruit juices which has been great, i do it at home and had an area where I do fermentation which was 21-25% degrees then once racked I put it in cupboard which was 17-21 % which has been fine, the problem I...

Hi I'm just starting out and I'm keen to try a 5 litre rose wine using just fruit juices and grape juice, could someone please point me in the direction of how much of each ingredient I would need and how much water and sugar (roughly to add)?? I'm just starting off low profile as you can see

So why is it we leave wine so long when bottled or in secondary fermenter? Does the taste actually get better or does it become stronger? I'm just starting out therefore intrigued as drank my first batch immediately and was lovely, would there be so much difference say left 6-8 weeks?

Hi all, I recently brewed a home made 5 litre wine kit from wilkinsons and followed instructions and all went to plan, so now I have went for the 30 bottle 20 litre kit and tonight was the night to bottle (14 days later) I know seems short time but that is the instructions to follow, any the...