Last year I tried to make some Gorse wine out of the gorgeous, yellow, coconut-scented flowers that invade the Wicklow countryside in spring time. I didn’t sterilise the bottles or use the right equipment, so the “wine”  tasted distinctly of an old drunk’s wrung-out sock.
In today’s Pricewatch, Conor Pope has some helpful information about home [...]

There’s 25% off beers and ciders in all branches of Tesco today and tomorrow. Anyone seen it cheaper elsewhere?

Eating and drinking go together, right? Ok so, I can post this link to a brilliant article in today’s Observer Food Monthly - 48 Cocktails to Make at Home.
If you have people over, there should be enough here to scrape something together from even the most miserable drinks cabinet. Much cheaper - and probably [...]