I've been making my own Irish Cream for at least 10 years. I sometimes fiddle with the recipe but always return to this Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur Recipe in the end because it's a winner. I shared the recipe with some of my neighbours a few years ago and they declared it to be better than shop-bought. I suggest you make it and decide for yourself!

Maybe you have a starter kit and want to add more equipment it, or perhaps you just want a hydrometer to measure the alcohol content of something you plan to make. I get asked about equipment a lot, so here is my round up of Homebrewing Kit Essentials which can either be added to an existing kit or added to the random equipment you have in the loft to create a kit.

There are many guides to making cider from apples out there. They all differ slightly, depending on the recipe but the principles are the same. Here I'll give you an idea of what's involved if you have a tree heaving with apples in the garden and fancy making your own cider from scratch this year. This Traditional Cider Recipe is a bit rough and ready compared with the more elaborate you'll read about. But since I have drunk many gallons of homemade cider using this method, I

This Strawberry Wine Recipe is great for beginners. You don't have to wait years for it to be ready to drink and it is straightforward to make. If you grow your own strawberries to make it, well that's 'plot to glass' exciting. Or if you picked your own in a field, the fragrance will take you back to the time you picked them. Of course shop-bought strawberries will work just as well too. Whichever strawberries you use, ideally you freeze them first before turning them into wi

When we think of Elderflower Wine recipes, the one that often gets all the attention is Elderflower Champagne. This still Elderflower Wine Recipe is made using the more traditional winemaking method so takes a little longer, and is well worth the wait.

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In the colder, darker months of the year when there are few/no fresh fruit or flowers around in the garden or the hedgerow, you can still make some wonderful homemade drinks from fruit. The fruit just needs to be dried or frozen. Apricot Vodka Liqueur is a great recipe you can make whenever you feel the urge.

If you've read my Guide to Making Wine from Grapes, here is the method designed to follow on from that post.

In this guide I will outline what you need to know as well as the ingredients you ideally include and the equipment you need for Making Wine from Grapes.

Preparing Fruit for wine, mead and cidermaking isn't as difficult as you might think. Here is a simple way to extract juice. The main difference between working with fruit and vegetables that you have grown or bought rather than foraged is preparation. Whilst small foraged fruits can sometimes be fiddly, apples or strawberries from the shop tend to be quicker and simpler to deal with.

Racking is the process of transferring homemade wine, beer, cider or mead from one vessel to another. You can use a simple syphon to do that.

Making Homemade Ginger Wine is straightforward, it tastes delicious and you know what's in it. I haven't yet had any turn out green like a certain shop bought Ginger Wine my Mum used to drink, but we can't have everything now can we.

If you have made only one liqueur in your life before, the chances are it will have been Sloe Gin. It tends to be the first introduction to (or only experience of) liqueur making that most people have. And it was mine. This is my Sloe Gin Recipe which I've been using for years. It's simple, straightforward and produces wonderful results year after year.

You may have heard of Sloe Port, a drink made by infusing gin-soaked sloes from Sloe Gin in red wine with brandy. But have you heard of Slider, also known as Sloe Cider?

Blaand can best be described as a kind of Milk Mead made with whey and honey, which has usually come from cheese made with milk. This is how you make Honey Blaand and, if you don't have any whey, I also cover how to make your own whey before making your Blaand.

So you've made your Sloe Gin and strained it, and are left with beautiful sloes drenched in Gin. You've heard there are things you can do to avoid all that ginny sloeeey (word?) goodness going to waste. Yes there are, and Sloe Port is one of them. Slider is another - when you steep the sloes in cider, yum - but here we are concerned with making Sloe Port using leftover sloes. This is a reader-supported site and I am an Amazon affiliate. That means that if you purchase a produ

Fermenting liquids are an ideal ground for bacteria to thrive and unwanted bacteria will spoil your brew. That's why we sterilise everything.

Cyser is a cross between cider and mead. Homemade Cyser is fermented with apple juice and honey, in the same way as mead is made.

An airlock allows gases to escape out of the vessel and prevents contaminants and fruit flies getting in.

If you have just purchased a Triple Scale Hydrometer or a kit containing one, this is how to use it in homebrewing.