Join me in the spirit realm.
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Rita_Poon
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Heavens, thought the first pic in the thread was a distorted Hindley. Was gonna say 'starting strong' there like. Also thought the thread had been retitled from the mushrooms thread seeing or hallucinating how that had gone. Spirit huh, may treat myself to a bourbon in a bit.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I was talking with a Lithuanian colleague the other day, and the conversation inevitably turned to alcohol. He mentioned a very tasty, lethal but illegal spirit called Samoganas - has anybody tried it ?
It appears that Lithuania also has some other intriguing spirits : trauktiné and starka being two of them. I wonder if you can get them over here ?
It appears that Lithuania also has some other intriguing spirits : trauktiné and starka being two of them. I wonder if you can get them over here ?
Missed those when I was in Lithuania, but had a drink made out of fermented bread. I quite liked it
G&T at Kew Gardens. Most splendid.
Ray Purchase
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A nice Spanish drop, vanilla and mediterranean fruits.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Found a bottle of sloe gin hiding under the stairs. You're supposed to leave it for a year to mature, I've never made it past six months, this was three years' old, it was thick, smooth and bloody lovely. I'll have to make loads this year and put some away for it to fully develop.
Maybe a side industry there mate, 'The Slow Gin Company'?
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Possibly. lol Moving on, I read an article the other day, that because of the weather, fruits are ripening earlier this year. Coming back home earlier I tasted some blackberries and they were as sweet as a nut. Probably three weeks' earlier than normal. I know some 'wild' plum trees and they're nearly ripe as well.
Plenty of free fruit is available to make make your own falling down beverages.
I've tried a few different orange infused gins over the years, but I really like this one. Its a sharp, slightly bitter flavour and some of them can be a bit too liqueur-ish and sweet.
…..daughter is staying in ours for a week brought a bottle of this around. Very smooth, I think I’ll finish it.
That is a 'kin top rum that is fella.
…going down very nicely, Ste.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Picked a ton of plums and quince today, anybody got any recipes similar to sloe gin (which I also picked ) which uses spirits and fruit ?
