I used to make Damson wine when I lived on a farm back in my student days. It was lovely stuff. We used to have 2 or 3 demijohns on the go in the autumn, ready for our own wine at Christmas. Somebody told me that you could make dandelion wine, so I set about making tons of the stuff, I'd realised by then that the more sugar you add, the more alcoholic the wine eventually comes once it's fermented into alcohol. I didn't realise though that only the petals and flower should be used to make the wine, I'd chucked in the stalks, leaves everything. Anyway, this brew was bubbling away happily for months, until the time came at christmas to try it. I should have realised by the way that half of it stuck to my glass as I poured it out that it was going to be strong. I took a sip and nearly wretched at how foul it tasted and how strong it was, I'd basically made a green / brown liquor which was probably about 40% proof. Absolutely disgusting. I went to find a pot plant or something to tip in away in and saw nothing, so threw it on the open fire expecting it to just fizzle and steam. The next thing that happened, I kid you not, was that it exploded and flames shot out and licked the ceiling for a couple of seconds ! The worst thing about it, was that I'd made around 6 gallons of this stuff, and being a student, there was no way I could throw away alcohol. So me, along with my housemates diligently drank the stuff, mixed with lemonade for the next year. As a mixer we must have consumed around 18 gallons of the stuff. Putrid !
Cheers luv. You couldn't add me as I amended my username. I recently posted that I have some African heritage so a couple of the forum bigots pounced on that and thought they could use it as an insult (see my sig). Meanwhile they cheer on the African heritage players who turn out for their clubs. I know, it doesn't make sense, does it?!
You start dissing Yarrkshire tea, mate, and you'll have Dull after you. And, you definitely don't want that!...
Went to my neighbour's house the other day where I had to endure one of his " Homemade " beer , it was dreadfully painful but I'm one of the guys who refuses to cause friction face to face so I complimented him on it .... that's why I love this board ...lol... Raise your glasses to the " Keyboard Warriors "
I drink coffee because I don't have a fanny. I used to get smashed on my mates Grandads homemade wine. **** knows how he made it, though.
Everytime I use to drink coffee , I would get a sharp pain over my eye ......the pain stopped after I took the spoon out . I'll grab my coat n
