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22 Sep 05
Originally posted by VivaldiSomething to remember:
I want to make strong spirits and wine and beer and maybe cider, I believe herbs can be used to make wine, that sounds cool.
I am new to this so any tips will be of great help, thank you 🙂
It is illegal to distill alcohol without a licence.
22 Sep 05
Originally posted by sjegI recall an occasion in Chemistry class at school. The teacher brought in his homemade peapod wine and got us to distil it for him as part of the lesson.
Here in Ireland we brew our potato skins to make mind-blowing hooch. It's illegal, but all the better when you can get the good stuff.
Hooray!
You can make wine from tonnes of stuff, too. It's pretty easy.
He hadn't bargained for our drinking it afterwards 😵
22 Sep 05
Originally posted by sjegA good fellow from RHP sent me a private message and invited me to www.hamburger deluxe.co.uk
Here in Ireland we brew our potato skins to make mind-blowing hooch. It's illegal, but all the better when you can get the good stuff.
Hooray!
You can make wine from tonnes of stuff, too. It's pretty easy.
There are loads of good things on this site
🙂
Thanks for the tip about the hooch
Hooray and Cheers 😉
23 Sep 05
Originally posted by sjegMy Dad works in Ireland regularly. Occasionally he is given a bottle of poteen for his troubles (don't know whether that is made out of potatoes, though). Anyway, when he asked if it was legal, he was told this:
Here in Ireland we brew our potato skins to make mind-blowing hooch. It's illegal, but all the better when you can get the good stuff.
Hooray!
You can make wine from tonnes of stuff, too. It's pretty easy.
A priest was visiting England one day when he is stopped by the customs, who proceed to open his bags and pull out a suspicious looking unlabelled bottle. "Hello, what's this?" says the customs man.
"Sure, it's holy water from Knock", says the priest. The customs guy opens the bottle and takes a sniff, then a tiny sip. "Father, this is not holy water but poteen!". To which the priest replies "Jesus, it's a miracle!".
Anyway, at the moment I have 24 bottles of white wine I made from a grape juice concentrate, 4 gallons of blackberry wine bubbling away and one gallon of raisin wine. I'm going to pick elderberries at the weekend. If you use natural (free!) ingredients you can get wine for as little as 15p a bottle!
23 Sep 05
Originally posted by VargNow that's a great Irish joke! Kudos.
My Dad works in Ireland regularly. Occasionally he is given a bottle of poteen for his troubles (don't know whether that is made out of potatoes, though). Anyway, when he asked if it was legal, he was told this:
A priest was visiting England one day when he is stopped by the customs, who proceed to open his bags and pull out a suspicious looking unlabelled bo ...[text shortened]... weekend. If you use natural (free!) ingredients you can get wine for as little as 15p a bottle!
The elderberries make a lovely sweet red. The elderflowers make a tangy-sweet white. Good advice! Pick the berries- if you live near where they grow (and they grow everywhere in Ireland, and, I assume, England too...in Leitrim they're called "Boortree bushes"...and here in Dublin there are two which implanted themselves in my garden, and took over completely).
Cheers!
