My Guy has a home brewing hobby and i like to occasionally dabble in alcohol based recipes. My most recent experiment is dandelion cordial, which is basically a vodka infusion. Last year in blueberry season I made Officer's Jam from "Preserving Food without Canning or Freezing". Take in-season fruit, layer with sugar and covering with brandy as you go. Let it sit for at least 6 months (don't stir!!) then enjoy.
My Guy's brewing has become more elaborate as he learns more about the process. He has moved from kits to his own recipes to his own recipes made with whole grains that he crushes himself. Right now we have four fermenters percolating under our breakfast bar. Barley Wine, a balsam tip brown beer, dandelion wine and low-alcohol breakfast beer. The pine tip beer is a take on a historical recipe. Brewers would put all sorts of things in beer to give bitterness and body to beer, and pine tips were popular in colonial America. I have a sneaking suspicion it will taste the way pine sol smells, but I hope to be proven wrong. His beer is usually delicious!
I've missed your blog. Glad to have you back.
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