Posted in Brewing, Rose on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
My final task for the weekend was to get a second wine going. I have had this kit for quite a while now. I got it with the first lot of wine gear, so its about time I got it going.
I emptied the bag of grape juice into the demijohn and rinsed out the bag [...]
Posted in Brewing, Plum on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
After a quick taste of the recently bottled Strawberry wine suggested it would be a very pleasant summer tipple, the missus persuaded me to kick off another. She picked a plum this time. Starting it brewing began by pouring the contents of the tin of grape juice into a sanitized demijohn and adding 1.8 litres [...]
Posted in Bitter, Brewing on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
After bottling the stout I took a trip to the homebrew shop while the fermentation bucket was soaking. I had intended to buy a lager style beer ready for the summer, but for no reason at all the missus pointed this box out so I figured - why not. I am keen, for now at [...]
Posted in Brewing, Stout on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Having finally bottled the Light, I can get this Stout going. I wanted to do a stout to start giving me a real choice of ale types in the future. I chose this one as I read that it was the closest stout kit to Guinness. I doubt it will come out anything like it, [...]
Posted in Brewing, Linthwaite Light on February 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As soon as I got my previous brew bottled (the Munton’s IPA) I gave the fermentation bucket a quick clean to remove all the obvious dirt and then left it full of a sanitising solution all day, with the stirrer and the lid in it. (I rotated the lid a few times as only half [...]
Posted in Brewing, Strawberry on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Given that my lovely ladyfriend has not only been ok with my new hobby but she has actively encouraged me, I thought I should have a stab at Strawberry wine she was eyeing up on our first trip to the brew shop. I was already planning a trip back to Harvey’s (see 4u2brew in my [...]
Posted in Brewing, Merlot on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was very kindly given a wine starter kit for my birthday. However, what with getting the beer going, setting up The Brewery, and then all the boiler problems, I haven’t had chance to get the kit out and have a good look at it, never mind actually get some wine going. Finally today, I [...]
Posted in Brewing, IPA on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, it was time to make my first jump into the world of home brewing. Despite some reading on the subject, some instructions that came with the beginners set, and some instructions on the Munton’s beer kit box, I still wasn’t especially confident, but I started out anyway.
All the equipment needed to be sterilised, so [...]
