Category Archives: Booze for Free recipes

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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There is more to life than sloe gin – How to make herbal and fruit alcohol infusions out of almost anything

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

This time of year everyone starts talking about one drink, sloe gin. Indeed, this is the fifth blog post I’ve written about the stuff as sloe gin really has got so popular. I do love the stuff, but not everyone … Continue reading →

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Vino Hedgio – Foraged Wine

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

I’ve had a few email’s about my appearance on The Alan Titchmarsh show on 28th September. They all ask for the Vino Hedgio recipe and as I like to please, here it is. It was the one that Jilly Goolden … Continue reading →

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What to do with the left over sloes from sloe gin

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

What to do with left over sloes from Sloe Gin I once had a demijohn full of sloes just sitting up on a shelf, I forgot about it for months or perhaps even (2) years. The sloes were perfectly preserved … Continue reading →

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Sloe Gin Recipe

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

Sloes grow on the blackthorn bush (Prunus spinosa)which are not only very common throughout Europe but can be found on all of the non-frozen continents of the Earth. I have heard it suggested that you should beat the blackthorn to … Continue reading →

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Five Plum Wine recipe

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

Five Plum Wine This is an extract from my bestselling home brew book Booze for Free published by Eden Project Books, RRP £9.99 for hardback (but you can often get it much cheaper online). Over the year different plums will … Continue reading →

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Wild Blackberry Wine

Posted on August 6, 2012 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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Andy Hamilton’s fireweed, bramble tip and Himalayan balsam wine

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Andy Hamilton

I love working with other home winemakers to come up with new wines and so would like to hear from you!  This month I have teamed up with Mike Griffiths from Nottinghamshire who has been making wine since before I … Continue reading →

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