10 Jun 2013, 8:51 am
10 Jun 2013, 8:53 am
blue_bean wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
My mom spent $68 on it and she bought a bunch of wine and a pack of Mike's Hard Lemonade and a pack of wine coolers. Drink this everyday, it all adds up and it's expensive and how do people afford to be an alcoholic? I asked my mother this and she said she wonders the same too.
Is this what your mum drinks every day?
She doesn't drink every day, she drinks like how everyone else does, casual. But I do like to say we look like a bunch of alcoholics when we have a bin full of empty bottles and someone always comes by and takes them out when I set them on the curb for pickup.
But that stuff will last my parents a while.
10 Jun 2013, 8:57 am
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10 Jun 2013, 6:32 pm
11 Jun 2013, 2:29 am
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A good way to drink cheaply is to brew your own. It's actually a interesting process. You can make wines out of all sorts of things. I would not recommend this hobby to alcoholics. Well maybe if it will save them money it will help them. Alcoholics really need to stop drinking altogether..
I used to make my own wine and beer years ago. It was quite interesting and I made some good and potent brews. The downside is that you tend to drink more at home and it becomes a habit after work and settling down for the evening to drink a few pints every night while watching TV etc. One could easily slip into alcoholism that way; plus it was dirt cheap to make your own.
yeah I'm very wary of that, I just drink in friday and not to much.
What sort of wines did you make? I've just really started. Made mead (honey wine) for a start, now brewing eldeberry wine, quince wine and rosehip wine. The all taste good so far. I've got a ph meter so I can adjust the acid level correctly, I think that and sugar content seem to be the key.
I tried lots of different wines from whatever fruit was in season. Gooseberry wine is good - they have the nickname "hairy grapes"
Also made peach, pear, apple, rhubarb (but that was too acidic). Another one that was really good surprisingly enough was grapefruit and sultana - using the boxed juice and a mash made from sultanas - that wine was extremely potent. I also used to make beer too using those tins that are ready to use - just add a bag of sugar, the yeast and leave in a five gallon tub for a few weeks. Also tried elderberry wine and others, forgotten now, it is a long time ago.
11 Jun 2013, 2:46 am
11 Jun 2013, 3:00 am
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11 Jun 2013, 5:32 am
TallyMan wrote:
MR_BOGAN wrote:
TallyMan wrote:
MR_BOGAN wrote:
A good way to drink cheaply is to brew your own. It's actually a interesting process. You can make wines out of all sorts of things. I would not recommend this hobby to alcoholics. Well maybe if it will save them money it will help them. Alcoholics really need to stop drinking altogether..
I used to make my own wine and beer years ago. It was quite interesting and I made some good and potent brews. The downside is that you tend to drink more at home and it becomes a habit after work and settling down for the evening to drink a few pints every night while watching TV etc. One could easily slip into alcoholism that way; plus it was dirt cheap to make your own.
yeah I'm very wary of that, I just drink in friday and not to much.
What sort of wines did you make? I've just really started. Made mead (honey wine) for a start, now brewing eldeberry wine, quince wine and rosehip wine. The all taste good so far. I've got a ph meter so I can adjust the acid level correctly, I think that and sugar content seem to be the key.
I tried lots of different wines from whatever fruit was in season. Gooseberry wine is good - they have the nickname "hairy grapes"
Also made peach, pear, apple, rhubarb (but that was too acidic). Another one that was really good surprisingly enough was grapefruit and sultana - using the boxed juice and a mash made from sultanas - that wine was extremely potent. I also used to make beer too using those tins that are ready to use - just add a bag of sugar, the yeast and leave in a five gallon tub for a few weeks. Also tried elderberry wine and others, forgotten now, it is a long time ago.Yeah I used to make beer with the tins, I'm gluten free so can't drink beer anymore. My Quince must was a bit to acidic, so I put some baking soda in it. That brought down the acidity, not sure if that is the best thing to use. With the grapefruit do you use 5 litres of box juice to fill a carboy. You must hand down your secrets..
11 Jun 2013, 5:33 am
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