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 Topic: Clearing wine |
Caplan
Replies: 5
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 Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 30, 06 11:42 am Subject: Clearing wine |
| you mentioned trying to clear it twice before. What method(s) did you try then? |
| Topic: Old cider |
Caplan
Replies: 5
Views: 3775
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 23, 06 10:32 pm Subject: Re: Old cider |
Does anyone know any reason why we shouldn't drink it after so long, or are we ok to keep it?
DON'T DRINK ANYMORE OF IT. Just listen for the 'Una paloma blanca' tune outside and caplan's cider rescue ... |
| Topic: What to do with 36 pints of ginger beer ? |
Caplan
Replies: 11
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 23, 06 10:22 am Subject: What to do with 36 pints of ginger beer ? |
Make Vodka Mule. There's lots of recipes that vary slightly, we do:
3 parts alco-Ginger Beer
1 part Vodka
Dash of Angastura bitters
...yommmmm, will be even better with slightly alcoholic gin ... |
| Topic: What's the best way to clean demi johns |
Caplan
Replies: 21
Views: 23871
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Jan 21, 06 8:54 pm Subject: What's the best way to clean demi johns |
| I find the plastic handles fall off my bottle brushes in the end. The handle on my demijohn brush broke today whilst i bottled some apple wine. That's the second bottle brush handle to break on me in ... |
| Topic: using a wine yeast for beer ? |
Caplan
Replies: 19
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 10:36 pm Subject: Re: using a wine yeast for beer ? |
Fortunately I won't have to do this, as my latest beer kit brew has at last started fermenting. But what would happen (if anything) if I did ?
Say, if the beer yeast sachet failed to start, and be ... |
| Topic: carrot soup |
Caplan
Replies: 5
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Mon Jan 09, 06 7:57 pm Subject: carrot soup |
| I love aniseed flavours with carrot. A bit hard this time of year when fresh tarragon and fennel (bulb and herb) have long gone but maybe a good slug of pernod in at the 'sweating the veg off stage' a ... |
| Topic: New to fishing |
Caplan
Replies: 17
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Forum: Fishing Posted: Mon Jan 02, 06 11:59 am Subject: New to fishing |
| Mark is spot on - Very dodgy to poach or fish without licenses in UK freshwaters. See http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/fish/?lang=_e for the full details to Mark's post and details of UK ... |
| Topic: Oh ye who make bread at home, please tell me |
Caplan
Replies: 18
Views: 13461
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Fri Dec 30, 05 10:06 pm Subject: Oh ye who make bread at home, please tell me |
| I had one which i used but my ex wife decided she 'needed' it. A bad joke but actually true. We didn't eat bread a great deal so a couple of tiny bread maker loaves in the freezer with a fresh one on ... |
| Topic: Pheasant question |
Caplan
Replies: 20
Views: 46738
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Forum: Shooting and Trapping for the Pot Posted: Wed Dec 21, 05 9:46 pm Subject: Pheasant question |
| From what i remember of cooking them i'd agree about the leg & tendon thing - great meat but hard to extract for a family meal. Better to save the legs for other things (butties/bubble and squeak/stoc ... |
| Topic: Two programmes on in a minute or two |
Caplan
Replies: 11
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Wed Dec 21, 05 8:01 pm Subject: Two programmes on in a minute or two |
I get annoyed about what I consider the misuse of insects and rats on I'm Not Much Of A Celebrity Get Me Out There, so perhaps I'm a bit oversensitive about these things 
That makes two of u ... |
| Topic: What do you think of my new tax proposal? |
Caplan
Replies: 39
Views: 24629
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Dec 17, 05 11:50 pm Subject: What do you think of my new tax proposal? |
I propose that all companies on any new person they hire are either awarded a tax credit or debit based on the following.
If they employ someone who lives within 20 miles, they would get a tax cred ... |
| Topic: Wildlife Art Exhibition |
Caplan
Replies: 8
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Forum: Reviews and What's On Posted: Tue Dec 13, 05 10:27 pm Subject: Wildlife Art Exhibition |
The Nature oils speak for themselves - Superb! - hence his own solo exhibition!
You also have the family sketches - Just make sure he does as many as he can. They will be priceless for your own re ... |
| Topic: Leave it on the leeeeees |
Caplan
Replies: 13
Views: 7232
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sun Dec 11, 05 7:16 pm Subject: Leave it on the leeeeees |
Worked a treat, if you like your wine to be like being slapped in the face with rhubarb.
Thanks Cab - Sound advice about handling Japanese Knotweed to prevent it's spread too! |
| Topic: Leave it on the leeeeees |
Caplan
Replies: 13
Views: 7232
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Forum: Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing Posted: Sat Dec 10, 05 9:50 pm Subject: Leave it on the leeeeees |
Nice thread Cab! Interesting ideas - at least you got some information to share if not discounted honey!
I'd love that Japanese knotweed wine recipe. I guess it's not rocket science but i dont wan ... |
| Topic: how can I clean a velvet chair |
Caplan
Replies: 8
Views: 9475
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sat Dec 10, 05 9:09 pm Subject: how can I clean a velvet chair |
I stand corrected, as the man in orthopaedic shoes said. And I'll cross out that bit in my Readers' Digest How to do nearly everythingbook. Oh well.
Were you hoping to ruin NL's velvet smoking jack ... |
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