Tag Archives: brew

Mead making

You asked for it! Rosanne’s mead making tips We had some visitors one day, a while back. John and Jenny from Sydney. They came to lunch. It was a casual affair and they brought a bottle of white wine which … Continue reading →

Lemon Wine

Of Swarming bees and Lemon trees It was a Monday morning one spring day at about 11.00am when the phone rang, as it usually did around that time of day, to report yet another bee swarm. In Garran. “Be there … Continue reading →

Melomel

1 kg. honey 5 litres water 700 g. sugar 100 g. raisins, chopped 1 kg cooking apples juice of l lemon nutrient yeast Boil the honey and water for 15 minutes, skimming off any scum that forms on top. Pour … Continue reading →

Calculating the Alcohol Level of Wine

If you want to know just how alcoholic your brews are, then you need to have a hydrometer. A hydrometer measures sugar gravity. (You can buy one in Woolworths) You use a hydrometer first of all when you have your … Continue reading →