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Wild booze recipes

Preserving is definately more fun, when you can enjoy a home made tipple at the end of it, Make the fruits of your pickings go further with a selection of cocktail, wine and liquer recipes, delicious!  

Alexanders Liqueur

Alexanders Cocktail

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  1. joe26 August 2015 at 07:33

    I have tasted the Hazlenut liquer. It was gorgeous and really warmed my cockles.

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  2. Ellen Zachos9 July 2016 at 15:08

    I'm inspired by your vermouth recipe! What quantities are you using for the dried yarrow and ground ivy?

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    1. Craig Worrall12 July 2016 at 13:08

      Hi Ellen. I added dried, of both herbs, quantity wise I'm not sure (didn't weigh them). I think I added approx 5-7 dried fronds of Yarrow and similar of G.Ivy. It's very much a case of adding what I feel at the time and each time different amounts; a kind of natural flow to the process :) Hope this helps, apologies if it doesn't. Hope you well :) Glad you inspired :) Craig x

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