What would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas?

[SimonMac]

I like spending money on pointless things now and again, but that just seems bonkers to me.

I think I paid less than £200 with transfer fee, well within the limit for the "**** it without thinking" category

[MrMarkyMark]

I like spending money on pointless things now and again, but that just seems bonkers to me.

He is confusing me actually, you could say he was cut out as he bought the personalised plate for image purposes.
You could say he isn't cut out as he drives a banger on a regular basis.

He's done me.

[MicrosoftBob]

I'm making my own. 15L of the stuff.

What's the secret, some of my neighbours make their own with their own honey but it tastes like vinegar and makes home made scrumpy seem mild

Do they not leave it to distil long enough, or are they just stingy with the honey

I'd just like to suggest improvements, so I don't have undrinkable presents next year (And the rest of my neighbours would be happy with something more drinkable as fine)

[LucidDementia]

What's the secret, some of my neighbours make their own with their own honey but it tastes like vinegar and makes home made scrumpy seem mild

Do they not leave it to distil long enough, or are they just stingy with the honey

I'd just like to suggest improvements, so I don't have undrinkable presents next year (And the rest of my neighbours would be happy with something more drinkable as fine)

Maybe they're just crap at it.

[barrydidit]

We all have them already.

Yeah, but a pair for best never hurts.

[SimonMac]

He is confusing me actually, you could say he was cut out as he bought the personalised plate for image purposes.
You could say he isn't cut out as he drives a banger on a regular basis.

He's done me.

When I say banger its an 8 year old Toyota Avensis, but I have added 95k to the clock in three years so zero resale value, the plate will move to the Jag soon

[MrMarkyMark]

95k to the clock in three years

That's a lot of mileage

[d000hg]

What's the secret, some of my neighbours make their own with their own honey but it tastes like vinegar and makes home made scrumpy seem mild

Do they not leave it to distil long enough, or are they just stingy with the honey

I'd just like to suggest improvements, so I don't have undrinkable presents next year (And the rest of my neighbours would be happy with something more drinkable as fine)

This is my first proper batch after one small trial so I don't really feel qualified to answer. I'm aiming for a sparking product around 5% rather than a more typical wine-strength mead. I've done half with satsuma zest, and half with redcurrant juice (from our garden ) for a refreshing, sparking drink.

The issue I find is it doesn't end up very sweet because all the sugar gets fermented, unless you do something to address this. If it's very strong that's probably just because they use a lot of honey; I wonder if they might be getting some wild yeast/bacteria in the ferment if it doesn't taste good at all though.

[SimonMac]

That's a lot of mileage

yep, and that includes 17 months working 8 miles from home Currently doing 128 miles a day!

But then again it also included driving down to the south of spain and back again.

[NibblyPig]

Holiday in Poland? Cheapskate

Their vodka is delicious, and I was drinking shots of the premium stuff.

They had barman's special (3 zloty), and premium/premium flavoured (5 zloty).

I ain't no cheapskate.

(7 zloty = £1 when I went, so like, 60p shots)