okay whats your easiest homebrew recipe

Latest Articles

okay whats your easiest homebrew recipe
Page 1, 2, 3 Next

Downsizer Forum Index -> Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing

Author

Message

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 3:00 pm Post subject: okay whats your easiest homebrew recipe
ideas please for stuff that can be made into something palatable quite easily. Any time of the year. Sloe vodka/gin & elderflower wine already covered (so you cant say these) .

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 3:04 pm Post subject:
Have you had a look at Gil's article?

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 3:26 pm Post subject:
yup, but Gil has bags of experience - Im looking for 'homebrew for dummies' level recipes....

gil
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 3:29 pm Post subject:
A beer kit. That's how I got started. Or try the 'Easy Cider' article recipe.

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 3:56 pm Post subject:
Turbo cider or ginger beer and let it ferment out a lot longer than you would for the pop. Also mead is an absolute doddle but its best matured for at least a couple of years.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 5:19 pm Post subject:
Not doing cider as Im already running a cider making event later in the year. beer is not a hedgerow wine.... Come on.....nettle beer etc. Is nettle beer actually nice? Would you drink a whole glass of it? Dandelion wine? What exactly does it taste like? Elderberry wine - Ive heard this is quite nice, but never made/tried any.....

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 5:28 pm Post subject:
Nettle wine is lovely. And Gil's recipe's really are as simple as it comes.

gil
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 6:40 pm Post subject:

Dandelion wine is OK, but seriously NOT worth the faff of collecting the flower heads and removing the bitter green bits.

At this time of year, do give my Nettle wine recipe a try - there are detailed instructions in the article. It is green, slightly lemony, fresh. Tastes nothing like nettles cooked as a vegetable.

Or make a nettle version of that not-very-alcoholic elderflower fizz that folk make. I reckon that would be nice. Might give it a go myself, when the nettles come through (our seasons are way behind up here).

Elderberry wine can take a long time to mature into something drinkable. Mellow it out by using half elderberries half blackberries.

Lorraine - go and pick something you would like to make from the various wine recipes in the Articles section of Downsizer, and just come back here and ask any questions you might have.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 7:28 pm Post subject:
Okay - I have 12 empty demijohns looking for something to do. Should I just use a white wine yeast with them all?

gil
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 18415

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 13 7:49 pm Post subject:
Yes, a white wine yeast will be fine for any. I just use a general wine yeast for most wines.

foggy

Joined: 21 Feb 2012
Posts: 343
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 13 4:02 pm Post subject:
Potato wine is surprisingly easy, and totally delicious (& very strong) and drinkable after 9 months!

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 13 5:50 pm Post subject:

foggy wrote:

Potato wine is surprisingly easy, and totally delicious (& very strong) and drinkable after 9 months!

Recipe?

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 13 9:27 am Post subject:
Right, Im going for a demi-john of nettle..... We have loads of nettles....

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 13 9:29 am Post subject:
I cant get the article - where am I looking please?

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 13 9:36 am Post subject:
found it! Okay.....what about rhubarb wine? Sounds disgusting, but does it taste good?

	Downsizer Forum Index -> Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing	All times are GMT Page 1, 2, 3 Next
Page 1 of 3

View Latest Posts