Home made wine

xxtimbo · 06-06-2015, 23:03

June 6th ........ temp in doors is
now around 71f....
the perfect temp for yeast

nice to hear the comforting ...plop .... as another bubble of CO2 passes thru the airlock !

Orangemaid · 06-06-2015, 23:09

just jump on some grapes ..red or green will do

xxtimbo · 07-06-2015, 00:00

The raspberry and gooseberry crop is almost upon us..........

Welsh-lad · 07-06-2015, 00:24

Very strong stuff as I recall.

I got completely blotto on it at a barbecue one year.

xxtimbo · 07-06-2015, 00:46

ANY advice on yeast....

wot to get ?

where to get ?

xxtimbo · 07-06-2015, 14:47

Im using yeast from a beer kit right now, prob should be wine yeast !

Mountain_Runner · 07-06-2015, 23:10

Might try some loganberry and blackcurrant wine as we have loads of loganberries

Mountain_Runner · 07-06-2015, 23:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

ANY advice on yeast....

wot to get ?

where to get ?

There's loads of different varieties. You can get yeast specially for red, white or rose wines, also Chardonnay yeasts, port and sherry yeasts.

I find port yeast goes well with things like blackberries for a rich blackberry red wine. A sherry yeast might be good for loganberries and black currants.

They are available on Ebay from £1.59 with free postage.

It's only a 5g packet but that's all you need! Simply boil some water put in a cup add sugar and allow to cool to room temp. Add the yeast and leave for 4 or 5 hours. Then add to your fruit mixture to ferment. Make sure its not too hot before you add yeast or you'll kill the yeast!

Wilkinsons sells a limited variety of yeasts.

xxtimbo · 08-06-2015, 00:03

thats the second time today that Ive been told to look into e bay

guess I should set up an account in there !

xxtimbo · 08-06-2015, 00:43

never really brewed wine before
( or should that be... fermented ?)

Ive brewed lots of beer in the past... usu with a 3 day fermenting time

This Jar of Blackcurrant wine could take a bit longer I guess ?

Just have to wait till those air bubbles stop !

Midnight and 73 f in the room... so summer is the time to get going with wine .....

(poetic or wot ? )

Mark in Essex · 09-06-2015, 09:34

What does the homebrew stuff taste like (both wine and also beer)?

I remember my dad doing it when I was younger, but too young to try it.

Also is it a lot cheaper than the supermarkets (less than 50p/pint for the beer?).

Cheers, Mark.

xxtimbo · 09-06-2015, 15:43

It can be a lot cheaper than 50p a pint, but then, if a brew goes off... you lose the lot !

My first attempt at wine... this jar of blackcurrant wine... the air bubbles are going thru at one every 20 seconds

How will I know when the fermentation has finished ?

when the bubbles stop completely ?

Shrike · 09-06-2015, 16:52

My dad was big into homebrewing wine and beer, I dabbled a bit, but not for about 30 years now.
Its certainly very cheap if you get free fruit - wild blackberry was probably his best - very fruity and quite potent. Elderberry was next best - a bit drier. He also did sloe and plum which I found rather dry and had little 'fruit'. Apple was like very strong cider. His wine making books had some quite unusual ideas - like bramble tips or birch tree sap.

Timbo - its best to use a wine yeast for making wine, beer yeast will die as the alcohol concentration goes up so you're likely to end up with a lot of sugar not converted. It will also have a tendency to have a beer-like 'head' in the glass

Mark - yes it does work out cheaper than bought alcohol but remember you have quite an initial outlay on kit and bottles. I don't bother homebrewing as shop alcohol is much cheaper now than in my dad's day - probably why there are few homebrew shops left. But if you enjoy the process and want to make something unusual - give it a go

Toby LaRhone · 10-06-2015, 00:28

"Home made wine".

Over the decades I've endured the efforts of many acquaintances who proudly showed off their brews made from anything that one time grew in soil - including tealeaves and veg leftovers.
I'll stick with my standard favourites

barbeler · 10-06-2015, 00:56

It's surprising what you can make good wine out of and it usually doesn't taste anything like you'd expect. My dad had a recipe for peapod wine but he didn't have any so used runner beans instead. It turned out to be one of the best I've ever tasted. Quince also makes fabulous white wine.

Many people carry their own, personal supply of yeast which might be worth experimenting with if you can get hold of a discarded pair of tights.

ericos · 10-06-2015, 02:46

Personally I prefer to BUY my own

Toby LaRhone · 10-06-2015, 10:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by barbeler

Many people carry their own, personal supply of yeast which might be worth experimenting with if you can get hold of a discarded pair of tights.

I can usually drum some up from between my toes.

Porcupine · 15-06-2015, 16:52

I have started making homemade wine. I am drinking a lovely bottle of plum wine right now - and the plums came from our tree. Cheap as chips.

xxtimbo · 15-06-2015, 21:18

About 22 secs between each bubble right now,
so I guess that means theres a lot of fermentation still going on
after more than a week

Im guessing.... the fermentation will take at least 2 weeks ....

06-06-2015, 23:03	#1
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	Home made wine June 6th ........ temp in doors is now around 71f.... the perfect temp for yeast nice to hear the comforting ...plop .... as another bubble of CO2 passes thru the airlock !

06-06-2015, 23:09	#2
Orangemaid Forum Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sat at computer with heatin on Posts: 45,573	just jump on some grapes ..red or green will do

07-06-2015, 00:00	#3
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	The raspberry and gooseberry crop is almost upon us..........

07-06-2015, 00:24	#4
Welsh-lad Inactive Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mid Wales / Canolbarth Cymru Posts: 37,555	Very strong stuff as I recall. I got completely blotto on it at a barbecue one year.

07-06-2015, 00:46	#5
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	ANY advice on yeast.... wot to get ? where to get ?

07-06-2015, 14:47	#6
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	Im using yeast from a beer kit right now, prob should be wine yeast !

07-06-2015, 23:10	#7
Mountain_Runner Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 1,451	Might try some loganberry and blackcurrant wine as we have loads of loganberries

07-06-2015, 23:15	#8
Mountain_Runner Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 1,451	Quote: Originally Posted by xxtimbo ANY advice on yeast.... wot to get ? where to get ? There's loads of different varieties. You can get yeast specially for red, white or rose wines, also Chardonnay yeasts, port and sherry yeasts. I find port yeast goes well with things like blackberries for a rich blackberry red wine. A sherry yeast might be good for loganberries and black currants. They are available on Ebay from £1.59 with free postage. It's only a 5g packet but that's all you need! Simply boil some water put in a cup add sugar and allow to cool to room temp. Add the yeast and leave for 4 or 5 hours. Then add to your fruit mixture to ferment. Make sure its not too hot before you add yeast or you'll kill the yeast! Wilkinsons sells a limited variety of yeasts.

08-06-2015, 00:03	#9
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	thats the second time today that Ive been told to look into e bay guess I should set up an account in there !

08-06-2015, 00:43	#10
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	never really brewed wine before ( or should that be... fermented ?) Ive brewed lots of beer in the past... usu with a 3 day fermenting time This Jar of Blackcurrant wine could take a bit longer I guess ? Just have to wait till those air bubbles stop ! Midnight and 73 f in the room... so summer is the time to get going with wine ..... (poetic or wot ? )

09-06-2015, 09:34	#11
Mark in Essex Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,644	What does the homebrew stuff taste like (both wine and also beer)? I remember my dad doing it when I was younger, but too young to try it. Also is it a lot cheaper than the supermarkets (less than 50p/pint for the beer?). Cheers, Mark.

09-06-2015, 15:43	#12
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	It can be a lot cheaper than 50p a pint, but then, if a brew goes off... you lose the lot ! My first attempt at wine... this jar of blackcurrant wine... the air bubbles are going thru at one every 20 seconds How will I know when the fermentation has finished ? when the bubbles stop completely ?

09-06-2015, 16:52	#13
Shrike Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nottingham Posts: 11,480	My dad was big into homebrewing wine and beer, I dabbled a bit, but not for about 30 years now. Its certainly very cheap if you get free fruit - wild blackberry was probably his best - very fruity and quite potent. Elderberry was next best - a bit drier. He also did sloe and plum which I found rather dry and had little 'fruit'. Apple was like very strong cider. His wine making books had some quite unusual ideas - like bramble tips or birch tree sap. Timbo - its best to use a wine yeast for making wine, beer yeast will die as the alcohol concentration goes up so you're likely to end up with a lot of sugar not converted. It will also have a tendency to have a beer-like 'head' in the glass Mark - yes it does work out cheaper than bought alcohol but remember you have quite an initial outlay on kit and bottles. I don't bother homebrewing as shop alcohol is much cheaper now than in my dad's day - probably why there are few homebrew shops left. But if you enjoy the process and want to make something unusual - give it a go

10-06-2015, 00:28	#14
Toby LaRhone Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 9,227	"Home made wine". Over the decades I've endured the efforts of many acquaintances who proudly showed off their brews made from anything that one time grew in soil - including tealeaves and veg leftovers. I'll stick with my standard favourites

10-06-2015, 00:56	#15
barbeler Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11,705	It's surprising what you can make good wine out of and it usually doesn't taste anything like you'd expect. My dad had a recipe for peapod wine but he didn't have any so used runner beans instead. It turned out to be one of the best I've ever tasted. Quince also makes fabulous white wine. Many people carry their own, personal supply of yeast which might be worth experimenting with if you can get hold of a discarded pair of tights.

10-06-2015, 02:46	#16
ericos Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Royston Vasey Posts: 1,748	Personally I prefer to BUY my own

10-06-2015, 10:38	#17
Toby LaRhone Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 9,227	Quote: Originally Posted by barbeler Many people carry their own, personal supply of yeast which might be worth experimenting with if you can get hold of a discarded pair of tights. I can usually drum some up from between my toes.

15-06-2015, 16:52	#18
Porcupine Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 21,392	I have started making homemade wine. I am drinking a lovely bottle of plum wine right now - and the plums came from our tree. Cheap as chips.

15-06-2015, 21:18	#19
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,683	About 22 secs between each bubble right now, so I guess that means theres a lot of fermentation still going on after more than a week Im guessing.... the fermentation will take at least 2 weeks ....

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