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Thanks Scooter, will do. Terry

Hi Scooter, I didn`t know if the wine had stopped fermenting, I was just following the instructions which said after 3 days to strain the fruit,add sugar and then put into fermenting jar (demijohn?) and fit trap . Then it said I had to leave ituntil wine has cleared and fermented out. I did take...

Hi Scooter, thanks for your reply. Put 1.2 Kilos of gooseberries and 0.55 Kilos of strawberries into a bowl, mashed them and then added pectic enzyme and the yeast. I poured in 4.5 Litres of cold water and then left to stand for 3 days, stirring twice a day. Then I strained through a nylon net...

Hi, I made some wine recently (2/3 gooseberry, 1/3 strawberry) using a simple sounding recipe from a book. There was too much for the demijohn so I put the rest in a bottle, I made a hole in the lid and fitted a trap. A week later you can`t see through it and the trap is bubbling about once...

Hi. I have a Hinomaki gooseberry bush that produces red gooseberries. Does anyone have a good reliable recipe for a beginner to make wine from them? I live in Scotland.Thanks for any help. Terry

Hi, thanks for all replies. I have sent for proper ph strips, tartaric acid and some more yeast. Terry

Hi, the only test strips I had in the house were those I use in my fish tank. Only start at 6.4. So maybe not so confident. What an amateur, eh? I will buy some tartaric acid and some proper test strips. Terry

I suppose I assumed the acid would come from the fruit, but obviously not enough. What form does the acid come in, a powder I assume? Terry

Hi, the wine is pretty sweet. My hydrometer is obviously a UK one. At the bottom is starts at 1.150,140,130,110.120,110,1.100 then 90 and 80. After 10 it then says 1.000. The reading now is between the 80 and the 90.

Hi Bernard, I have the failed wine in 5 bottles and the next batch still in a demi-john. Sorry, I`m probably being a bit dim but were your instructions about what to do next time I make wine or to rescue what I have? Thanks for replying. Terry

No, I didn`t. What`s worse is that I have another batch made a month later which hasn`t been tested yet. Terry

Hi, I will attempt to cut and paste recipe. 1.3kg Gooseberries 1.15kg of Sugar 4.2 litres of Water 0.5 tsp of Pectic Enzyme 1 tsp Yeast Nutrient 1 Campden Tablet 1 Sachet of Wine Yeast (Our recommendation is Lalvin EC-1118) Gooseberry Wine Method In a pan heat 2 litres of water and add the...

Hi, after bottling my gooseberry wine I tested it and found it hadn`t even started to turn alcoholic. I posted a thread about it last week - non alcoholic wine- and it was suggested that I test the PH, which according to my test strip seemed to be about 6.4. Is this batch of wine retrievable or...

Hi, I just did the test again using a test strip I use for my fish tank. The colour corresponds to about 6.4. Terry

Hi, I have a PH testing fork. I put the end in a sample of the wine and the needle was right over at the alkaline end. Terry

Hi, I will test for ph when I get back this evening, thanks Terry

Hi, yeast used is called Lalvin EC-1118, Used 1 teaspoon of yeast nutrient. The temperature in our house would have been about 20 degrees centigrade, apart from a couple of hours each morning when my wife likes to leave the windows open. The wine was stored in a cupboard. I didn`t do anything as...

Sorry, didn`t mean to add all that on the end, not very good at cutting and pasting either! Terry

Hi, I found the recipe on Home Brew Answers. .In a pan heat 2 litres of water and add the sugar, bring to a boil for a few minutes then remove from the heat. Meanwhile take the washed and prepared gooseberries and place them in the straining bag, put the straining bag in a sanitised...

Hi, I made some gooseberry wine in the summer using a recipe found on the Home Brew Answers website. I have just put it into bottles and tested it using a newly aqquired hydrometer. It shows a reading between 80 and 90 which surely means there is no alcohol in it. Can I rescue it or will I have...