How to make spruce tip bitters
This recipe for spruce tip bitters is a little bit of a labour of love and it will take frequent outings to the nearest wooded area as the ingredients need to be collected over...
Category: Drinking/home brewing
2018 Gin safari, wild cocktail events & a bonus recipe
With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I’d better finally sort out a few events for the first half of next year. These four events are all along the similar theme of wild booze...
Gin Safari with Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton’s Gin Safari’s, are a little different than most gin events as you actually get to make you own gin from plants that you pick. What’s more, you leave with the knowledge of...
How to make elderflower syrup and a chocolate elderflower cocktail
Elderflower syrup has replaced elderflower cordial in our house as it is so much easier to make. I made a video some time ago and wrote a piece for the Telegraph about making syrups and this really...
How to make rhubarb tequila & rhubarb tequila margaritas
Rhubarb tequila was one of those infusions that I just knew would work before I even tried it. The harsh burn of tequila softened by the sour tang of the rhubarb. When I started...
Before the fall wine
Back in the early 1600’s it proved to be rather popular to move to a city, a trend that continues to this day. It was around this time that people really stopped having such...
Wild cocktails – Bristol Wheelbarrow
When you are starting with your own wild cocktails it is useful to use the the tried and tested cocktails served up by countless bars across our little planet as a blueprint. Take a...
The best tip for perfect sloe gin, elderflower liqueur & other infused drinks
There is one simple mistake that everyone makes when they first get into making infused drinks like elderflower liqueur and sloe gin. I have to admit that for many years I made the same mistake...
Gin Safari & Wild booze Events in Bristol & Bath 2016
Gin safari, Wild Booze walks and Family soda & Sweet adventures! Book your Gin Safari. Dates will be announced soon for your Family Soda and Sweet Adventures and the original wild booze walks here!...
Wild Blackberry Wine
Blackberry wine is one of the easiest and most delicious of all of the country wines you can make. If there is one wine I’d suggest you make year after year it is Blackberry wine… so...
