anyone brew thier own alcohol?

[Mr Sam]

so after a week in sunny somerset drinking as much cider as i possibly could im now home and ciderless.......and skint!!

 

yesterday in wilkinson i notice they now stock alot of home brew kit to make your own beer/wine

 

this got me thinking why not have a bash at making my own cider weve got a good few apple trees and ended up with 6 carrier bags full of apples last year most of which got wasted after we all got fed up of apple pie

 

 

a quick google reserch on cider brewing and to me it doesnt seem that hard, i can even cut corners on the crushing by just using a kitchen blender but still going to have to speand a little on the right glass jars with airlocks and some minor chemicals

 

 

so what have i got to loose

 

 

hmmm ive got no end of strwaberries too

 

 

[Perywinkle]

I've just bottled up a gallon of plum wine, a gallon of apple wine, a gallon of mead, and a gallon of tropical fruit juice wine

If you can keep yer mits off it for 6 months or more while it's maturing you can get a good brew. My wines came out between 14 and 18% using champagne yeast.

Plenty of books and websites on the subject

[surfingturnip]

get brewin' that moonshine Sam, you know it makes sense

[Pipster007]

If you have a load of potatoes, you could knock up some Poitin

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn

[FredTransit]

If you have a load of potatoes, you could knock up some Poitin

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn

 

yeah if you want to go blind or get arrested, or be blown up with the still.

 

I used to make cider, but out of a kit. The hardest part is not drinking it too soon!

[Mr Sam]

oh yes i have potatos too

[antz]

my mums got a bottle of apple wine in the cupboard she made back in 1995

[Pipster007]

yeah if you want to go blind or get arrested, or be blown up with the still.

But that's the exciting part...............................A bit of danger is the "Spice of life"