Homebrewing

I've been dabbling with homebrewed beer and wine since I was 18.  Doing a bit for a while, then nothing for a while longer.  During my last serious spate of self-supporting I did loads of country wines.  At the time a friend had recommended using tea-tree oil to setrilise equipment instead of campden tablets or a sterilising solution.  Some of them turned out really very well but a lot of them were barely, if at all, palatable.

For my birthday last November I was given a book on 'Low Cost Living' which included a section on home-brewing.  The author recommended starting with kits and getting to grips with the basics before becomming more adventurous.  Well it goes against the grain a bit but given some of my less successful home-brews I thought perhaps I would follow his advice.

So this morning I started off a Youngs red wine kit.  Progress reports to follow.

After three days I topped up the demi-john.  It is fermenting well now.