Finally i have got round to starting the 30 bottle wine kit. Last night was a busy one as i’ve wanted to get this running for a while now. The kit is a California Connoisseur Merlot and comes highly recomended. As usual i set to cleaning and sterilising all the kit. I also set about sterilising my beer equiptment for another brew but more about that later Once everything was rinsed properly i set to mixing the wine kit following the destructions carefully. These 30 bottle kits are a tad messier to prepare than the beer kits. Just before i pitched the yeast i checked the OG which came in at 1.084 which is about right for this wine kit. I left the yeast to re-hydrate for a while while i topped up the turbo cider with 1 1/2 litres of apple concentrate.
Once i had mixed the yeast in i sealed the bin and fitted the airlock before rinsing off all my beer kit. Once that was done i set to mixing up the Bavarian Beer kit ‘ve been promising to put on. I quickly got the kit ready and took the gravity which came in at 1.042 before pitching the yeast . While this was re-hydrating i had a quick shower then stired the yeast into the wort before sealing the fermentor. Al in it was a good night of brewing. Appologies about the lack of pictures. I was just too busy 
