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Wilko seem pretty good for home brew equipment:

https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-demij ... /p/0022556

https://brew2bottle.co.uk/products/12-x ... RcQAvD_BwE

Homemade wine is pretty basic.I have a corker, air locks and fermentation buckets but would rather use my own fruit than juice or store bought.If you use homegrown or wild fruit you don’t need to add yeast, the wild yeasts are already present.Using pasteurized juice you will need to add a yeast.
I did find an interesting read on making homemade cider from store juice.All I’d need was a hydrometer.May give this a whirl this fall when the fresh pressed cider is available at the store.
https://www.homecidermaking.com/make-ha ... ght-cider/

Oh yeah. The bottles a good and I'd have to have stoppers.

I'm sure I used a 5 litre plastic bottle for a demijohn last time.

I made white wine and it was like rocket fuel.

When I made wine and a couple of liqueur kits I bought some new/used gear and had lots of bottles, a bottle tree for drying, a floor corker, a few plastic carboys and airlocks and dozens of bottles etc etc.

If I ever did it again (unlikely, tbh - space, smell, I don't really drink wine much ever.) I don't think I'd pay much if anything for equipment. People who've made a batch or two and then have had stuff sitting around for ages give it away all the time just like I gave my stuff away to clear space. Pretty much anyone who wants to get into home brewing wine can just make a post on Facebook or Craigslist and find people giving stuff away to clear space. Possibly similar elsewhere - especially with the ageing population and people downsizing homes or clearing out estates.

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If the birds don’t get the elderberries I will make a small batch of wine , you can get air locks for any sized bottle and some people just use a big ballon or tight bag.Or make a liquor by packing the berries and sugar in a bottle of vodka,Steep and strain.Delicious.

Yeah I think I'm gonna go for it. I don't really drink indoors but one batch just for a bit of a project won't do any harm.

When my son was around thirteen I smelled something funky in his room and upon investigating found a quart jar of raisin jack he had been secretly fermenting.I poured it out.
It wasn’t worth drinking.

That's funny

Kids wouldn't even know where to start with that where I'm from.

I'm half way through a bottle of 'Grapevine Sauvignon Blanc' from Aldi. Definitely prefer Sauvignon Blanc to other white wines at this price level (£4).

I'm a bit scared of drinking white wine since the last couple of times I had it I completely blacked out after just one glass.

But I'm perfectly fine with red wine. If I make my own it'll have to be red this time.

https://theconversation.com/lining-your ... yths-88116

Myth busting on do's and dont's before going on a night out drinking and for the morning after.

Iceland were out of Magners so got some Weston's Old Rosie. 6.8% alc so will just have a few glasses and have the rest tomorrow.

I'm drunk me

Cambalala Sauvignon Blanc right now.

Another Sauvignon Blanc from Aldi, very decent stuff for just over £4.