I'am going to start making wine and some nice stouts
Anyone else brew here any advise for the newbe 2008 xs
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I've always fancied having a go at brewing bitter but I haven't got room in the house to do it. I keep saying I will do it at work, ive got a large warehouse where I can find a little bit of room to do it.

Are you thinking of getting a kit t do it with? Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

Yes , a kit to start with
From what I can see space no prob, constant temp is what's important
I'am going to do 5 gallon off wine and 40 pints off stout
Christmas dinner with home made wine, I can't resist 😇😇 2008 xs
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I had a glut of rhubarb at the allotment this year. Ended up buying a white wine kit from Wilkos, ditched the wine concentrate and made some rhubarb wine from the remaining stuff. Not a bad thing to aquire as a starter pack - its got a demijon, bung, cleaner, yeast etc for around £20.

Can't stand wine myself but the wife seems to like it

Thanks
I did look at the kit from Wilkos I'am going to go for 5 gallon demijohns , get a nice stock off wine going 😇😇 2008 xs
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I've brewed alcoholic ginger beer and cider. All pretty easy, I bought my kit offline pretty cheap. 2010 HSE SD4 in Santorini black
(Privacy glass, leather/heated seats, ICE, Verde AS M+S)

2002 Freelander GS TD4
(sold 2011)

I tried wine a few years back. Quite enjoyable seeing how it progressed and even left the wine bottled for a full year before drinking.

Was hideous.

I probably did something wrong though! FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

There was a big wine/beer craze back in the 70's, shops were full of kits, everyone seemed to have demi-johns bubbling away in the airing cupboard and dustbins full of beer/lager in the bath. Only problem was that the beer was very strong stuff and I found that I was spending whole evenings asleep in front of the TV. Most of the wine I made was pretty naff apart from the Vermouth which was usually OK. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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I once dabbled with 'Cumberland Brandy', enjoyable to make and drink, especially if you nail the flavour

I tried making beer about 25 years back, yuk crap stuff
Kits have got much better now, but I fancy trying this out
http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=49462 2008 xs
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dorsetfreelander wrote:

There was a big wine/beer craze back in the 70's, shops were full of kits, everyone seemed to have demi-johns bubbling away in the airing cupboard and dustbins full of beer/lager in the bath. Only problem was that the beer was very strong stuff and I found that I was spending whole evenings asleep in front of the TV. Most of the wine I made was pretty naff apart from the Vermouth which was usually OK.

It was still going strong in the early 80's when I was starting my journey into hang overs. I bought a keg and mine was the house (parents actually) where all the lads would come round to so that they could have a few glasses of home brew lager before ascending into Leeds.

Years later I had to pull the carpet up where the keg had been. Jeez you should have seen the state. What had it done to our insides

I was a major home brewer about 15 years ago recently thought about starting up again and was shocked at the price of the equipment now.

I have been a home brewer for over 30 years and still brew all grain today, you asked for advice so here is my two penneth worth.

Do not be suckered in by people telling you that you need expensive equipment as with a little good advise and basic DIY skill you can make most of it yourself for a fraction of the shop prices.

Kits are a good way to start but you get what you pay for so buy from the upper end of the price scale.

Sterilise everything that comes near your beer / wine up to and including your bottles or barrel and follow any instructions carefully.

Temperature as mentioned in a previous post is very important and not only governs the fermentation time but also has an effect on flavour IE ferment fruit wine at 22C and it will be more fruity but slightly weaker than a wine fermented at 18C, the temperature effect on beer is not as profound but it does effect the Esters produced during fermentation and to those with a good palate can make or break a beer.

You can buy expensive "home brewing" heat belts and heat mats (£30 > £60) for your fermenting vessels that are not temperature regulated and in my experience are pants they also tend to have a very short life span, for my temp control I drill a hole that will accept a Demijohn bung through my fermentor lid, take the plug off an aquarium heater and drill a hole to accept the lead through a demijohn bung thread the wire through and seal with silicone rewire the plug and off you go this will hold the set temp quite nicely.

The most important pieces of kit in my opinion are, a good spirit thermometer a hydrometer and trial jar.

Remember that glass bottles can and do explode and cause injury so until you have some experience under your belt use Coke bottles as you can asses the pressure in these by a simple squeeze and vent it slowly if required.

Sorry mods delete this bit if I break some rules, I use Oak Home Brew for all my all grain requirements they have never let me down with good advice given and the often tell me to go elsewhere for bit of kit or advise me how to make it.

Feel free to PM me with your phone No if you want a chat.

Thanks so much for the advice
The shop you mentioned looked good
This is my local http://www.homebrewkent.co.uk/
Going to get some star San and a stout when it opens
So exited about my new hobby 2008 xs
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In my garden and at my allotment I've got 5 apple trees and 2 pear trees (no partridges though) and in a good year a shed load of fruit. Would really love to have a go at making my own cider but I am reluctant to fork out on a press.