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Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: Teabag on January 23, 2009, 20:58

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: Teabag on January 23, 2009, 20:58

Where are the wine making recipes and equipment needs on here ,i want to start brewing but havnt a clue where to start.

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: hindy on January 24, 2009, 09:45

Hi Teabag

Take a look at this website, it is a great source for recipes and many other things.
Have fun with the brewing, I know that I do.

Andy

http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: Teabag on January 24, 2009, 15:24

Thanks hindy i will take a look

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: SG6 on January 24, 2009, 20:15

Have to say that buying a relatively simple book would be a good start.
Easy to carry round, can be placed anywhere at the different stages in the wine/beer making and you can write notes in the margins.

The web is useful but a book is still hard to beat. :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: lobot on January 24, 2009, 22:51

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Have to say that buying a relatively simple book would be a good start.

Any recommendations?

For my breadmaking I bought a laminator so I could make cards with recipies. They're handy and can be wiped clean.

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: SG6 on January 24, 2009, 23:21

Never like recommending books as I have no idea on anyones appraoch to making wine, I have not tried beer so will avoid that subject.

I prefer the "simple" recipes. Fruit, water, sugar, yeast and as little else as is necessary. Others prefer adding acids, pectin, tannin etc.

One book I have ended up with has recipes with acids, tannins, enzynes  and bases the wines on a concentrate with the addition of the appropriate fruit. Not really one for me but it is on the bookshelf.

The 2 "simplest" books I have are:
Homemade Country Wines, and
Basic Winemaking - Brian Leverett

One with a bit more to the recipes is:
130 New Winemaking recipes - C.J.J.Berry

It depends on the approach you want to take and I have always used the simpler approach and so far no complaints. Matybe I have been lucky? Maybe I could get better results if I changed?

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: hindy on January 25, 2009, 11:30

Quote from: "SG6"

130 New Winemaking recipes - C.J.J.Berry

The C J J Berry books are great and there are some excellent recipes in them, but I would not recommend them for a beginner as they were written some time ago and methods have changed slightly.

I personally can't recommend a good one as I tend not to use books, I just kinda make the brews up as I go along. But if I have something unusuall to make then I will refer back to the web or CJJ Berry

Title: recipes and equipment
Post by: Clampit on January 26, 2009, 09:19

I have posted a strawberry wine on here, i'm making a batch today. It makes a lovely rose wine. Tinned strawberries as well so you can make it any time of the year. :D

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=15037