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One always squeezes.....it is merely a question of if one should! 😂

The lives of many a tea bush!

Loose tea drinker here.

I must say I have always enjoyed their wine kits ( mine were merlot and sauvignon blanc). You'll never get a real full-bodied flavour but for the cost etc it makes wine that passes very well with a Sunday roast.

Good evening all, This is a second introduction as I have been off the forum for a long time. Work etc got in the way of brewing etc. From the UK, ex-army now living in France (since 2017). Have been homebrewing for years (only LME kits), moved to France where getting kits is impossible so I...

Good evening to you all, I joined the forum some time ago, and had started to participate but sadly life and a moe to another country got in the way. So after two years in the north of France (having lost all my homebrewing equipment in the move, Free tip: don't pack all your valuables in the...

For dodgy wine and terrible lager yes. However once you get into decent wines, ales and beers it gets expensive here (or maybe I just have expensive tastes). Plus it is the joys of experimentation and so on.

Oh don't start me on the bureaucracy, just sorting a French bank account took me three months and evidence of my parents income! Bizarre. Luckily the village I am in, the locals and the mayor have been very welcoming, helped by the fact my French is reasonable I believe.

Hey Dutto, Having had a little look online I did cry at the prices here. A lot of the lower end beer kits are almost double what my local homebrew shop was charging, and even those had a premium on them. Luckily I should have friends and family visiting fairly regularly so I do like the...

I was my village local's ale tester while I was there, as they knew I'd be honest with them. However I never tended to look for individual flavours but go for is it heavy or light, refreshing, warming, bitter, sweet. Try to keep it fairly general as everyone picks up different nuances.

Cheers Marlon, Well if I disappear for good in a few weeks you know it wasn't a successful experiment! Until then needs must...spied some gorseflower begging to be used. At least I know I'll have someone who can point me in the right french direction (he'll be fed up of my unending cries for...

Thanks for the tip. Might I point out I have officially patented twig wine/beer...some trendy bar will pay a fortune! Funnily enough my 'mates' said the same thing about me.

Hello all, Nice to make you acquaintances. I am Will, an English chap who moved to France six months ago. Back in the UK I had done homebrew wine , beer and cider....mainly from kits, plus the usual sloe gin etc. Sadly all my brewing stuff is back in the UK (money is tight with...