- The Sun is Out -

If you are (or not) swept along with the anticipation that it might come home, it's a good excuse to have a party. And the sun is out, so how many more excuses do you need to have a party in the garden.
Put the beers, ciders and wines in the fridge, fire up the bbq and lets have a good time.
So in this weeks email:
- New wine kits from WineXpert at an amazing introductory price.
- Our new Milk Chocolate Wine recipe is now on YouTube.
- Only have 2 weeks to a party? Some kits you can make fast!

- WineXpert Smooth -

2 new wine kits from WineXpert have just landed and not to be missed at this price.
Just £41.99 for a quality 30 bottle kit.
These kits are a blend of grape varieties to give a delicious wine that's easy to drink on any occasion.
Smooth White is a fruity white medium dry wine full of pear and melon notes, a balanced body with an ABV of around 11.5%.
Smooth Red is a medium to dry red with a light oak and lots of dark berry fruit flavours of blackcurrant and blackberry with hits of raspberry too.

WineXpert Smooth Wine Kits

Milk Chocolate Wine
I have tried a few of the chocolate wine recipes out there in the homebrew forums, but for me they have always come out a bit too bitter. The flavour is great, but I prefer milk chocolate anyway, so I thought I would come up with a new recipe. Last week I gave you the recipe, now we have the video too. This is the final tweaked recipe and mmmm it tastes good and smells great!
So what are you waiting for, get the ingredients together and make some delicious milk chocolate wine.

Watch How To Make Milk Chocolate Wine

Read Our Milk Chocolate Wine Recipe

Need to Make Some Beer Fast?
Sometimes you need a beer kit that is going to ferment quickly, bottle and clear quickly for that special occasion.
So here are some kits that can be made, bottles and ready to drink in about 2 weeks.

Tom Caxton Real Ale Beer Kit

Makes 40 pints of traditional real ale that's smooth, refreshing and medium-bodied with the extra sachet of hop extract you can add to give extra hop aromas.
£16.95

St Peters IPA Beer Kit
Make 40 pints of full bodied Indian Pale Ale with a toffee and zesty hoppy character that will give a strength of approximately 5.5%.
£22.95

Woodfordes Wherry Beer Kit
Make 40 pints of traditional real ale that got a gentle sweetness in a full bodied beer, that has a citrus hoppy aroma, on top of a malty biscuit base.
£22.95

Festival Summer Glory Beer Kit
One of our favourite summer drinking beers, with the taste of summer with the extra elderflowers, a citrussy undertone on a bitter mouth watering finish.
£27.95

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Need to Make Some Wine Fast?
Sometimes you need a wine kit that is going to ferment fast, clear and be ready to bottle for that special occasion.
So here are a couple of kits that can be made, bottled and ready to drink in just 1 week.

Solomon Grundy Gold Shiraz Wine Kit
With a few different wines in the Gold range, you have a nice choice of which one to make. You'll need to add 3-4kg of sugar. Here we have chosen the Shiraz as it is a nice spicy, fruity easy drinking red wine, great for the evening as the sun goes down around the fire pit.
£21.95

Winebuddy Pinot Grigio Wine Kit
With 12 different varieties to choose from, you can switch it up. You'll need to add 3kg of sugar. We've chosen here the Pinot Grigio as we love a wine with some zingy fruity flavours. Even though these 7 day kits can be drank straight away, a month in a bottle will allow them to improve.
£21.95

Cellar 7 Sauvignon Blanc Wine Kit
One of our favourite 7 day kits as it has more grape concentrate so no added sugar is needed. Cellar 7 have a large range of kits, 15 in total, something for everyone. We've chosen the Sauvignon Blanc as this has the acidity to cut through the fatty meats with its punchy flavour.
£35.00

SG Platinum Rosé Wine Kit
The SG Platinum range has 7 kits to choose from. The large bag of grape concentrate, means no extra sugar. We've gone for the Rosé, as who doesn't love a chilled refreshing rose sat in the garden taking in the chat and laughter of friends around you?! Easy to make in just 7 days, but improves with age.
£33.95

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This Months Recipe
Raspberry Wine
One of my favourite rosé wines, raspberry wine is light and really fruity, served cool it's amazingly refreshing. Try turning it into a sparkling wine for something a extra special.

Lets Get Brewing!
To make 6 bottles, 4.5 litres , 1 gallon of raspberry wine, you will need...
If you want to make more, just increase the quantities accordingly.

Ingredients
1.4kg (3lb) Raspberries
1.4kg (3lb) 50% Supermarket (granulated) Sugar & 50% Brewing Sugar
4.5 litres (8 pints or 1 gallon) Boiling Water
Campden Tablets
Pectolase
Red Wine Yeast
Yeast Nutrient

Equipment: (We have a wine making starter package for £29.99)
Brewing Bucket
Demi-John with Air-Lock
Siphon
Muslin or Straining Bag
Steriliser
Hydrometer
Thermometer
Bottles & Corks & Corker

Method:

1 - Pop your raspberries into the fermenting bucket

2 - Pour over the 8 pints (4.5 litres) of boiling water

3 - Give them a good stir and put the lid on the bucket

4 - Put this somewhere cool for 7 days.

5 - After 7 days have passed open the bucket. Don't worry if there is a little mould.

6 - Strain the liquid into a clean sterilised bucket through the straining bag.

7 - Discard the raspberries.

8 - Add the sugar to the raspberry water and stir until dissolved.

9 - Take a sample and a reading with your hydrometer and keep this safe.

Read the Full Raspberry Wine Recipe on the Brewbitz website.

Read the Full Raspberry Wine Recipe

That’s all from us for now.
We'll be bringing you some new recipes and videos for beer and wine in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled.
In the meantime, if you have any suggestions or questions about brewing, feel free to get in touch.

Until next time - Happy Brewing
Stay Safe.
Brew!
& Drink Responsibly.

Happy Brewing!

Email - Sent on 20/06/2024

- The Sun is Out -

- WineXpert Smooth -

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