Category Archives: Drinking/home brewing

Homemade bitter lemon and lime – a very easy recipe

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Homemade bitter lemon and lime Most student will experiment with drugs at University, I went as a mature student and had gone way beyond that point, instead experimenting with gin (and wearing chaps). I’d mix gin with everything and after … Continue reading →

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Wild Blackberry Wine

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Many older foraging books, and my childhood memories of the 1980′s, insist that blackberries are an autumnal fruit rarely seen before the end of August. These days if you wait until autumn to pick blackberries you will be disappointed. The … Continue reading →

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Cleavers Juice – A recipe from Booze for Free

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Not every recipe in Booze for Free is for booze, there are a number of soft drinks there too and here is one of them Cleavers Juice. I thought I might even add a little video just show how easy … Continue reading →

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Turin Day three

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Turin Day three We two are now three and we have so far managed to just about re-film what we have shot yesterday in the rain, meaning that much of yesterday was a write off. Such is the nature of … Continue reading →

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Turin day two – How to make pasta

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Day two in the Turin blog four part series (day one is here). It rained on the second day, so this blog is mostly about how to make pasta. In the morning we sat in our apartment in a rundown … Continue reading →

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Booze walks – Part of the Bristol Walking Festival

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Andy Hamilton

Booze walks This year, and for a limited time only, I’ll be running two exclusive Booze walks. They are 2 hour long strolls, around the stunning backdrop of Brunel’s masterpiece suspension bridge and through the worlds first heritage site Avon … Continue reading →

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Fruit juice wine

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

Part three in the 12 drinks for Christmas. Part one was T’ej an Ethiopian beer and part two was Bastard Chilli vodka. The aim is to have drinks that will be ready in time for Christmas. This basic fruit juice … Continue reading →

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Bastard Chilli Vodka

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

This is drink 2nd in the 12 drinks of Christmas, part one T’ej beer is here.  I named Bastard Chilli vodka as in reality it is nothing more than a bit of a bastard of a drink and you sort … Continue reading →

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Wild Summer flower cordial and Pine needle cordial

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

Wild summer flower cordial After a quick discussion with Leo from my favourite cafe. The Duchess of Totterdown in Bristol, I found myself out picking wild flowers around Arno’s Vale and Totterdown so they could serve a localy sourced wild … Continue reading →

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Dandelion Champagne

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Andy Hamilton

This recipe and 100 others can be found in Booze for free available in the UK and USA. Although elderflower champagne is a than this cherrished favourite drink during the summer months there are other drinks out there that in … Continue reading →

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