Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Homebrew => Topic started by: Auntiemogs on October 24, 2013, 21:03
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I ventured out today (to do some shopping for the festival) and was pleasantly surprised to see these new additions. :)
7 day, 30 bottle wine kits (red/white/rose) in a large pouch (the yeast etc. is in a small compartment inside the pouch) for £20.
They also had various types of beer and cider for about £15 (7-10 day kits).
Naturally, I thought it was worth a try so I bought the rose kit and I shall report back later. :tongue2: :D
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Hi Auntie,
What's the brand name??? and where did you get them??? ;)
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Hi Capt.
After a bit of investigation I've found it was from here. http://makeyourowndrinks.co.uk/ (http://makeyourowndrinks.co.uk/). I bought mine from a local 'The Range' store but there is s stockist search page.
I started it off yesterday, but with kitchen temp's at the moment, my heating pad (ex-vivarium) doesn't seem to be quite enough. Tonight's 'cunning plan' is to have a furtle for my unused electric back warmer. :)
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I've found a shop in Coventry....will wait and see what you think of their wine kits, and then may have a ride over... ;)
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Well, this has taken some time (partly down to low temps in the kitchen and partly because I was in no hurry!) but even with optimum conditions it's deffo not a 7 day kit.
Racked it off last week into beer pressure vessel (for ease of decanting), added sugar and gubbins (finings etc.) and am now sampling. :tongue2:
It hasn't had time to clear completely (although it's pretty close), but I must say that I'm pleasantly surprised. I didn't add as much sugar to sweeten (500g) as was recommended (750g) but I would say it's equal to a bottle of Blossom Hill rose, and at 75p a bottle is excellent value as a quaffing wine and lighter alternative to a red.
Mags :)