I recently recieved 12 demi johns courtesy of freecycle and have just 'racked' my first attempt, its only a kit, nothing fancy but I felt the need to share the photos of the whole experiance

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Its not until you step back that you realise just how messy the kitchen gets, daughters lunch box, yesterday's bread highly nutritious rice krispy cakes think I'd better go and do some tidying up

Tis different to when Dels doing it. She normally attaches herself the out end of the syphon tube

I did have a little taste - just to get the pipe full you know and considering I don't like wine it was quite nice It is a source of amusement to my mother - who brews her own out of anything - that considering I usually hate wine I am showing so much enthusiasm for brewing my own

ooooooooooooooooo how exciting..................now ditch the kit and make something outta yer veggies, ok forget that idea its a bad time of year, but howzabout elderflower wine in the springtime....................yum

Mr Imp.................have to say..........you knocked the nail on the head

speaking of elderflowers, Coppella have started doing an apple juice with elderflowers

Those on my plot are gonna get used this year. You want em Del

Methink Bob will deffo be welcome at the bash this year wherever it is

Luckily enough I have a small elderflower tree on the corner of my plot so half will be collected for elderflower and the other half left for elderberry, many a happy childhood day was spent with a fork removing the flowers from the stalks ! My favourite was a sickly sweet dandelion wine that my mother made once so I will be giving that a try a well

you can use the flowers in desserts too Bob

cheers Wards.................reckon i'll have a pootle over to see ya when they are in flower There are plenty near us but all by the side of a busy road, and I always feel a bit concerned about the car fumes

ey up Bob, if you like sticky sweet wines you gotta have a go at the ole favourtie....................Rhubarb

Or your famous parsley wine

bleugh!

sorry Lilo

It was OK after about three bottles of rhubarb

Yeah you come and get em Del I'm using some for guzgog ice cream though Mind you there were loads last year but then we didn't cut the hedge last year. It needs doing though now cos it's getting in the road so I wonder if we cut it we won't get any flowers

Oh lawdy I agree.......the parsley was 'orrible oh hang on, didn't Icy like it

Yeah but we all know he's got no taste.

I drank it after the rhubarb, the mixed fruit, Dave's concoction of whatever it was, some cider, some lager and it was OK then