Making hawthornberry wine today!

eddie wrote:A friend of mine makes homemade wine, I've tasted it and it was really nice!
It doesn't contain all the nasty chemicals of commercial wine does it?

eddie wrote:It's supposed to not give you a hangover either because of the lack of chemicals...

scrat wrote:

eddie wrote:It's supposed to not give you a hangover either because of the lack of chemicals...

I'll tell you next November when it will ready, TBH I rarely get hungover, unless I over do the scotch!

scrat wrote:

eddie wrote:A friend of mine makes homemade wine, I've tasted it and it was really nice!
It doesn't contain all the nasty chemicals of commercial wine does it?

Im waiting for it to cool down, then into the fermenting bucket with the yeast and yeast nutrient.

Kitchen looks like Aleppo!

Original Quill wrote:

scrat wrote:
Im waiting for it to cool down, then into the fermenting bucket with the yeast and yeast nutrient.

Kitchen looks like Aleppo!

What's Aleppo?

nicko wrote:A few years ago I put 12 bottles of Damson wine in the Airing Cupboard to "settle".   Was woken one night to a "popping sound" that went on for about 5 mins.  Got out of bed, opened the cupboard door and it looked like a Slaughter House, the cork stoppers had shot out of every one.

Pillow cases, sheets,  ect had to be thrown away,it soaked through the ceiling into the Kitchen and on to the floor were I found the Cat and Dog licking it up !