The rest of 2011 - between marathons

[marathondan]

The damsons are very much part of the process, 'cos it's damson wine. I have a couple of old paperback recipe books (one beer, one wine), the wine one being packed with interesting "country wine" recipes, ranging from the sensible blackberry, damson, elderflower etc to the more bonkers parnip, carrot or oak leaf. They take a year to mature, so I'm getting a few started in quick succession.

Totally agree regarding attempts to replicate commercial ale; I think it will be better to try and stick to speciality efforts, like fruit ale, alcoholic ginger beer, or perhaps something saleable to NASA as a propellant.

There will be occasional updates from the brewhouse over here if you're interested.