"Paul Richards" wrote in message
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Any home-brewers out there?

We have just decided to have a go at making some homemade wine for the
first time. All the recipes we have found include the instructions
'add X campden tablets' and I dimly remember the same from when my
mother made the stuff 20+ years ago. The problem is, where do you
obtain these magical tablets? 'In the olden days' we would buy them
(and other related paraphernalia) from Boots but these days they've
never heard of the things. Can anyone suggest where we might look for
them? We live in SE London.

TIA

Sheila Richards

Join the modern age, order over the internet, I tend to use The Home Brew
Shop but here's a list of useful sites:
http://www.brewathome.com/
http://www.drinkstuff.com/
http://www.yobrew.co.uk/stuff.htm
http://www.howtobrew.com/
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/
http://www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/
http://www.hambletonbard.com/
It's currently Cider brewing Time for us as we. We have 17 apple trees!
We've also used the home "spirit" kits, which 21% ABV (approx 37 % proof!)
Very powerful with no distilling involved. choccy mint is good and the
Whiskey was passable (note the "e").
We will get some of the special yeast required (for the "spirit") and try
It on the country wines we normally make, blackberry, elderberry, pear,
strawberry, damson and sugarbeet.
The Q