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I've read every post within Moley's excellent Fruit Tea Wine thread and I was just wondering whether it is possible to use the fruit tea bags without the red or white grape juice. Reason being, at the moment there is a real shortage of red and white grape at my local stores. Because nobody in...

A women goes and sees her GP about problems with he Hormonal Replacement Treatment The women then goes onto to say that she thinks her HRT is too high of a dose. The Doctor ask's why The women then goes on to say that she has hair growing where she has never had it before. The Doctor ask's...

I'm sure quite a few of the people on this forum remembers the gaff made by Johnnie Cradock. In the 70's Fanny Cradock was a TV cook on the BBC and it was presented by her husband Johnnie. One one episode Fanny Cradock was showing everyone how to make scones from start to finish and at the end...

This afternoon I watched an episode of the Quiz show called Perfection hosted by Nick Knowles. One of the questions which was put to the young female contestant in the hot seat was.... True or False......Buzz Lightyear was aboard the Apollo 11 mission. To my amazement the young lady said it...

I bought 2 Young Blackberry shrubs for £3.00 and 2 young Plum trees which are about 1 metre tall for £7.98 I'll be planting them in the garden within the next couple of weeks. They are selling Cherry, Sour Cherry, Apple,Plum and Pear trees, also Raspberry, Gooseberry, Blackberry, Black...

I've just been reconnected to the internet with Sky after months and months of misery from BT. I've had internet problems from July last year after I up graded to fibre optic. Enough was enough and I reported my problems with BT to the Ombudsman which took up my case and the Ombudsman have...

He or She asks about how much do you drink every week. I drink more than what's recommended and won't give the Doctor any numbers and say I drink just enough. :D I'm sure few people on this site have told some right ol' porkies :lol:

I've made a Blueberry, Blackberry and Elderberry must which is fermenting on the pulp in my stockpot. Half of the finished wine will be fortified into port......Both wine and port will be left to mature, ready for Christmas 2015. :drunk: Tomorrow I'm going to put on a Fresh Mango wine to keep...

Has anyone tried using Riddles Ginger Wine Compound to make a ginger beer or ginger wine. Our local Pharmacy sells 100 ml bottles for £1.69 which is pretty cheap. I was thinking of fermenting a sugar water solution then adding the Ginger Compound to taste.

I've put two Wow's on and prepared a tomato wine ready for adding the yeast tomorrow. The first Wow is a Cranberry and Raspberry with a White Grape Juice and the second is a Blueberry with a Red Grape Juice. I'm keeping my stock up just in case family and friends clean me out this Christmas...

I've been busy this morning with wines and beer, today I have put another Wilko's Pilsner on which turned out better than the Cerveza on a previous run. My cerveza didn't carbonate very well even after nearly 8 weeks. I hope this goes to plan like the first one I did. :pray:

This Saturday I'll be in the attic getting all the boxes of decorations and outside illuminations out. Takes ages to put up....but it's worth it :party:

I have wine and beer brewing in my bedroom and utility room. Wine and beer in the cupboard under the stairs. Wine and beer in the attic. My oldest daughter has a large bedroom and even she has a stock of booze in her fitted wardrobe. Maybe this is starting to get out of hand :hmm:

This is my toffee recipe I'd like to share......Takes less then an hour to make Makes one and a quarter pound or 575 grams Toffee 1 lb /450g Soft Brown Sugar 12oz/350g Salted Butter 1 Tsp of Malt Vinegar 150 ml of water You will need a 5 pint or 3 litre pan and put all the ingredients into it...

Gonna give this one a whirl, 1.5 kg Banana's including the skins 250 grams of chopped raisins 30 grams of cloves 30 grams of ginger 1 kg of sugar 1 tsp of citric acid 1 crushed campden tablet 1/2 tsp of tannin 1 tsp of pectrolase 1 Tsp of Amylase 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 tsp of your favourite...

Never made one before so It'll be interesting to see how it turns out. This is the recipe I used. 20 Tangerines, you can get the cheap ones which are £1 for a bag of ten. 1Kg of Sugar 1 Tablet of Campden 1 Tsp of Citric Acid 1 Tsp of Pectrolase 1/2 Tsp of Tannin 1 Tsp of Yeast Nutrient 1Tsp...

I don't know which is which :oops: One kit is a Wilko's own brand Cerveza and the other one is a Wilko's own brand Pilsner. One brew is darker than the other and I wondered if anyone have any ideas.

My family bought me two kits for my birthday. One is a Wilko Cerveza and the other is a Light delicate Pilsner. I'm going to put them both on tomorrow. I usually brew wine and have only made 3 Coopers Stouts so far and they turned out ok, so hopefully these two lagers my be just as nice. Here...

This is a christmas eggnog recipe which I use every year. 8 eggs 200g of sugar 1 tsp nutmeg. 150 ml of brandy 150 ml of bourbon 700 ml of wkole milk 500 ml of double cream 1 tbs of vanilla extract Firstly, always chill the liquids so the eggs won't scramble when mixed together. In a large...

I use this calculator for when I'm fortifying my red berry wines with Brandy or any other spirit. http://vinoenology.com/calculators/fortification/