Homebrew wine £1.50 a bottle in about 1 week. (all steps shown)

[@johnnorth9355]

I just knew that their had to be booze involved in spending all those hours in the Shed Fred :-) . Radio is a fine cover story for the wife lol .

[@hannahbavister4709]

Huge thank you - you might just have saved my wine and my walls as I hadn't fixed the lid on fermenting bucket properly. Phew!

[@adypenny]

Used to make wine, lager, bitter and stout using the youngs kits from boots when I was 17yo back in the 80s in my bedroom it used to smell like a brewery. I used glucose powder instead of sugar as it takes away that homebrew taste.

[@joerowland7350]

Good video MR Fred I started a few years ago make wine but from scratch it nice do it your self next year I'm try my hand At making mead as I have bee's

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Sounds great!

[@AnalogueInTheUK]

Merry Christmas, mate. I've been making wine and beer for 20+ years - If you need any advice, feel free to ask. It's a cracking hobby and very rewarding. My all-grain beers are particularly impressive. With wines, I find that in general, the more you pay, the better the kit.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks. Iam going to have a go at beer next so that should be a laugh.

[@AnalogueInTheUK]

@@CB-RADIO-UK I'll post a link below to a great KZbin channel for beers. Watch from the start of their journey - It'll help you to choose a decent kit. Cheers for the new year. kzbin.info

[@donnyp8643]

@@CB-RADIO-UK my dad use to do home make wine and beer and cider i remember going down field with him when i was kid picking berrys for his home make wine all crab apple for his cider

[@katherinewhite3741]

Hi there, I don't know if you can help. I've made my first ever batch using Young's kit and Bigger Jugs fermentation equipment. I have added the finings etc and 36 hours later the wine is clear but has a LOT of sedimentation at the bottom. Is this normal?

[@Borolad116]

Do you have any tips for improving the mouthfeel/body of cheaper red wine kits? They're always quite watery and nothing like shop-bought wine? I've just got another kit (a 30-bottle Solomon Grundy one) and I've soaked 500g of raisins overnight, rinsed them off, blended slightly with a hand blender to chop them up a bit and added them to the fermenter just after I pitched the yeast...I've heard these can help). I'd love to hear any other tips you might have though?

[@jasonhowell5362]

i used to brew my own beer i think im going to give this a go for the mrs and the beer for me lol

[@yute-hube779]

I started using a blow off tube instead of an airlock. I made my own that use L bends so the tube comes out of the top of the demijohn at a right angle, all very smart if I say so myself! Each batch is being done better than the last. 🙂

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Great tip!

[@yutehube4468]

I found finings to be so effective it wouldn't matter if it was stirred, but it needs to be degassed _somehow_ before finings is added.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Yes understand what you mean. It was a little tricky to get right. Prob better if you blended an aged wine.

[@Nathan1975Liggy]

I stopped drinking 6 months ago Fred, this was the first Christmas alcohol free, I was getting a bit silly mate, those 29 bottles you made and drank over months, for me at the point I was at would have taken me about 2 weeks to finish, I would probably have had 4-5 bottles every other day, one bottle strait after the other, as I was a rather bad Binge drinker. Very interesting video though mate.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Its a slippery slope Nathan and you have to be careful. Well done mate for your first alcohol free christmas. Considering whats been going on in world you need an extra big pat on the back.

[@Nathan1975Liggy]

@@CB-RADIO-UK Cheers Mate

[@katmanclancy]

Enjoyed that one Fred!

[@welshcookie1966]

Nice video...I've got Strawberry one on the go and came to KZbin to make sure I was doing it right 😂 helped a lot thank you!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks. Ive got the MYO Larger kit on the go. Seems more like real ale though LOL.

[@davidcooke7744]

Been there dun it got the T shirt 👍. Another interesting hobby great stuff.

[@mikeyb4610]

Thanks for sharing this Fred …. will definitely be having a go at this

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Have fun!

[@laraghcon]

Great informative video, and didn't feel at all too long. Cheers.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks 👍

[@wiggobrattland5263]

Tried those... makes good wine😊 Cherr’s Fred 😁🎅🏻☃️👍

[@alzeNL]

cor fred you are a man of many talents ! I love your recommendation for 'bigger jugs' - i will be sure to try out bigger jugs ! Sorry to hear about your premature eruption. I enjoy a nice bottle of chianti, but being the bad person i am do enjoy a 'blue nun' once in a while :D

[@ajsskills313]

Thanks for the great tutorial I made my first wine batch a week ago with very poor results. it never mentioned in the instructions to add sugar maybe I am being thick because what I have in affect is alcohol free wine.

[@ajsskills313]

It wasn't a cheap kit either.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Hi. Yes without sugar you will have very little fermentation. Surprised it was not in the instruction.

[@callyc1633]

Nice one Fred. I'm tempted to have a go at the Pinot Grigio kit 🤔

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

As long as you follow the instructions its hard to go too far wrong and its dead cheap per bottle as well.

[@callyc1633]

@@CB-RADIO-UK yes, the low cost is very appealing too 😁

[@desbelfastireland9982]

THANKS FRED..

[@mfgoals7070]

I've had one of these kits since Christmas and I'm going to start it next week. Do you know if you could repeat the process but with adding fruit into the jug along with the sugar? I have rhubarb growing in my garden and if I can simply add some to the mix then I'd love to try it! Thanks for uploading this, very informative!

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

You could try. I think it would work. Bit like a punch.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Fred: i would NEVER fill the brew barrel as full as that for the first two-three days, two thirds full allows for fermentation to froth up and not come over the top of the barrel. After it has settled a bit add warm water to the correct level. It will save you being in the dog house. Don't worry about air affecting the wine, it will replace it with CO2 in no time. After it calms down a bit top it up and it will ferment in no time. You are making it the expensive way though by buying the full kit. You can but the concentrate, finning. yeast, and any other additive you want separately, half the cost. You can use baby's bottle steriliser fluid to clean everything. A very good tasty wine to try making is Elderberry. Blackberry is also very good. Using concentrate is quicker. But don't fill the barrel to the top for the first two three days .EDIT: You also get a bigger air lock for barrels, that looks like one for a demijohn, barrel ones are almost twice the size but will still fit the rubber bung, it holds more water with less risk of the water being thrown out by the co2

[@yute-hube779]

Nothing can beat a blow off tube IMO. Then it can overflow as much as it wants - assuming you have the tube going into a big enough container to catch the amount of froth.

[@johnnymac26]

Good stuff fred its decent stuff have tried a few kits now im doing the turbo cider mega cheap but you have to be careful its strong stuff.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Its true. Iam currently making Irish Stout

[@johnnymac26]

@@CB-RADIO-UK darker beers are easier i find lagers etc a bit harder as you have to ferment at lower temps which you would think just now be easy?..lol coopers kits get a good review.

[@osbharj4988]

Great video

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks!

[@lesleyfeechan6225]

Is it better to leave the wine to mature in the barrel or in the bottle??

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

I would guess barrel but often you would blend with a mature wine.

[@llamedosr7843]

Do they do a breakfast wine?

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Do all sorts.

[@BB-br4qh]

Can you recommend a good breakfast wine

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Bit early for me but i guess something fizzy like a Bucks Fizz

[@BB-br4qh]

@CB-RADIO-UK 🤣👍

[@briangould7756]

what happens if the water you pour in at the beginning is too hot? will it effect the fermentation.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Yes it can as it can kill the yeast.

[@briangould7756]

Thank's. Yeah i think i ruined this batch as there is no fermentation taken place@@CB-RADIO-UK

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Just try adding more yeast as that should work

[@archie2archie]

im not keen on adding so many chemicals,flavourings,enhancers etc.Why not make wine the natural long way ? good show.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

I think thats where you end up. The kits a great for people starting out though.

[@GaryLordsWayMinistry]

Do not participate in the products of alcohol.

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Ah sorry to say its too late for me :-(