Wild food and drink podcast July 2017 – Islay Special
This is the third wild food and drink podcast and so I thought I’d go all out and make an Islay special. Over the last three or four years, the folk at the Botanist...
Category: wild booze
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...
Drink Weeds
As I look out of my office window into my back garden/yard I don’t see an ugly patch of weeds like most others will, I see a cocktail cabinet full to the brim of...
How to make nasturtium vodka
Nasturtium Vodka is an antidote to that nasturtium jungle that will exist even years after planting a few seeds, “just for a splash of colour”. Depending on your point of view this can be a...
Andy Hamiton’s delicious alcoholic elderflower champagne
The fizz that characterises elderflower champagne is a result of bottling before the fermentation process has finished, normally this process is started by capturing wild yeast. This can cause problems: namely, lack of alcohol,...