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We are pleased you enjoyed it 😊

Ooh that sounds great is that a form of Kimchi? The only ferment I've done is sauerkraut and sourdough. Love them both but I've had no luck getting a starter to work since moving to Scotland, ambient temps are too cold!

Thanks, yeah took me a while to work that one out lol

I tried making apple cider vinegar and apple wine last year and both were a total fail. Wine never again. I'd like to try cider but from what I've read people seem to recommend two or three varieties of apples ands we just have one.

Yes, exactly. That's what motivated me to dip my toes in. I want to be able to play around with recipes and without a consistent crush it's impossible.

Thank you so much Jo! ❤️

Nice one Mark I'll give them a try!

Aye I've seen a lot of people use Starsan for cleaning and such, it's bloody expensive over here though. Ah jealous over the moonshine! It's illegal over here to use a still to make alcohol without a license.

@@cluckifikno One ounce of StarSan makes 5 gallons. I mix up a 2.5 gallon keg and keep it available. I transfer it to a chemical safe spray bottle and use it for lots of stuff. Moonshine is illegal almost everywhere - but only when you get caught.

@@mutantryeff That is really good to know! No where near as expensive as I thought and I love that it's no rinse, that will definitely go on my wish list. Haha yeah good point, I've been tempted in the past to both buy and make a still but never pulled the trigger. Not much of a spirit drinker anymore although I would love to have a crack at spiced rum!

@@cluckifikno Having StarSan in a spray bottle is amazing. I can spray my hands, spray a fly buzzing around, quickly sanitize a bowl or whatever. Spray and let it sit for 30 seconds.

That's a shame, it's hard to predict how something will turn out. We can only experiment and hope for the best. I went to bottle my elderflower wine today so tested the gravity and it was 1.042 after a month. The yeast had done a bit then given up, not had that happen before. When I back sweeten I just keep adding sugar until I like it lol. It will definitely mellow out given time. I've got a sixty shilling ale in a pressure barrel that's a year old and I've only just started drinking it. Until now it had a horrible chocolate flavour that's finally disappeared. I've made a dry Irish stout a few times, the first couple of batches took six months to age until it was spot on. Ingredients for the last batch came from somewhere else and the dark roast was far too imposing. A year later it mellowed right out!

@@cluckifikno Wow. 1.042 is not good. I'm just going to let my cider w/ pineapple age out some to see if it mellows. I'm in no hurry to drink it. I often find myself dumping kegs of this or that, as part of the learning curve.

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Thank you so much Jo 😊 we are pleased you picked up some tips! X

Ah Rainey that’s made our day 😊 we are so pleased you enjoyed it!

Thanks Jo! You should give it a go 😊👍

Hi mate, I've made this with whatever yeast I've had on hand. So Youngs brewers yeast that comes in a tub, a home-brew shop off brand yeast, Gervin Ale Yeast GV12, and Safale US 05. I've also made this with yeast harvested from the slurry after bottling a beer. I've not noticed a difference between them. I'd say the ginger overpowers any influence the yeast would have. The cheaper yeast is usually about a teaspoon per UK gallon. The ale yeasts are about 11g per 22.5L batch.

Cheers 🍺 I hope yours went well 👍

Thanks so much very kind of you to say! No need to refrigerate whatsoever. I only put them in the fridge when I want some cold ones on hand. I’ve kept beer for over a year at room temp (it is an unheated room for the most part). The only important thing is to avoid direct sunlight 👍

@@cluckifikno Oh that's brilliant - thanks so much mate! I'm all over this next weekend! 🤣

Thank you Rainey that’s so kind of you 😊 yes, the weather has been very challenging indeed! We are still keeping our fingers crossed for some much needed sunshine and warmth 🤞

Yes Jo - the barely fields look beautiful at this time of year as they start to change colour! We love to see them shimmering in the wind 😊

@@cluckifiknoit was fabulous, thank you for suggesting it to Ben xx

Funny you should ask only this morning I wondered the same thing. I had assumed it was animal feed but it could well be for beer or distilling. I’ll ask the farmer when I see him next. God you had a narrow escape! Reminds me of Dads Army 😅

Oh my days, I wouldn’t think anything would do well in that heat! 68F is now my limit, hotter than that and I’m good for nothing. Haha 😂 59F is no good for loosing fat either, I keep eating to stay warm lol

Thanks Paul!

We are so pleased you enjoyed it Jo! We are both looking forward to tasting it 😊

Thanks so much Rainey 😊 I’ve never bottled any of my wines, they always get drunk straight from the demijohns 😅 I like the sound of the rose hip / rose petal wine!

Yes I've always been paranoid about introducing oxygen but someone pointed out early on it's not a bad thing as the yeast needs it. I figured as fermentation had barely started I'd risk it!

@@cluckifikno Yeast needs the oxygen only early on in the fermentation cycle; don't introduce oxygen past the first 4 days. You were transferring to secondary.

I should mention it was about 10°C for the first six days so very little fermentation had taken place hence me thinking I could get away with it. Once in the demijohns I brought them into a warmer room to get it going!

Mate that sounds incredible, way to push the boundaries of cider vinegar. I would never have thought of going to those lengths with it. Bet it'll beat anything you can buy!

Oh man you're soo right, we've got an old one that can just about take our cats weight but not mine unfortunately.

@@cluckifikno I asked for the hay pitchfork from my grandparents' farm. I wish I'd also thought to ask about the milk stool.

I was never a fan of it until a couple of years ago, I guess my tastes changed over the years cause I can't get enough of it now.

@@cluckifikno I've used it to when just making lemonade. Massively improves lemonade.

Sounds absolutely delicious!Ive only ever tried elderflower in cordial but this sounds lush ❤️Well done xxx

Cheers Edwin! 🍺😊

Thank you so much Jo ❤️ it’s certainly been a challenging year for growing veg and big clumsy geese don’t help 😅

Thank you so much Rainey 😊 yes, I thought the poppies looked great at the end with the sun setting behind them so I grabbed my camera to capture them!

Yes Rach, the skies here can be very dramatic even when it’s cloudy 😊 xxx

Thanks Rach, Ben had been working hard to get us some good compost going! Xxx

No we haven’t tired bio char but it sounds interesting. I will take a look at how to make it! 👍

We’ve not seen the grass here very turn brown, we have quite a lot of rain even in summer and the highest temperatures here in summer are usually around 20 Celsius (about 68F) This year it has been a very cold summer so far and everything we are growing is way behind compared to last year.

Thanks Rach! 😊 xxx

Ooh lovely! I've made syrup from the berries that was delicious and a cordial from the flower also beautiful. Just started a batch of Elderflower champagne yesterday. I've seen the bug method but I think it requires organic ginger for the yeast and I can't get that here. Yes this is definitely simple if not a bit tedious lol. Ah you're so right, last batch I peeled with a spoon and it was so much easier and quicker. Some people say leave the skin on some say off. I think the skin would make the flavour stronger but I wouldn't worry about the natural yeast. I made a mango beer and wild yeast started going wild and it just added to the flavour. It's a bit akin to sourdough.

Thank you so much Rainey ❤️ we are so pleased you got to see the solstice sunset through our video! I’m not good with heights so thank goodness Ben was brave enough to go up on the roof! 😊

Awesome set up you have there! The speakers built into my Mac are pretty impressive for what they are but I sure do miss my floor speakers for when I want to crank up Led Zep. Ooh that sounds like a winning combo pineapple and Kviek. I made 5 gal of cider vinegar 2 years ago and still have a demijohn left. Mind you I just used some left over mother so it never really got strong enough. Think I'll make a new batch this year but add some proper yeast.

Thank you so much 😊 yes it’s great the sun Ben explains everything so well!

We really enjoyed joining the villagers for the D-Day commemoration, we felt it was very important to pay our respects to all the brave people involved in the Normandy landings ❤️

Yes, absolutely! 😊 the chickens like to ‘help’ whenever there’s gardening to be done 😀

Ah thank you 🙏 Ben appreciated the handsome comment 😀 Some amazing things can be created using willow, we would love to create a structure of some sort with it ❤️ thank you for the lovely feedback 😊

Thank you so much Jo, we are pleased you found it interesting! 😊 xx

Awesome! Have fun with it and enjoy!

The good life 😊👍