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Post by Bean on Jul 21, 2014 8:14:58 GMT
I know a few people who make wine and they've never given me anything to try that I'd actually choose to buy (sorry guys). So that doesn't make me want to try making my own!
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 21, 2014 14:18:00 GMT
I think the problem with home brewing or fermenting is the quantity. Can't just nake a couple of bottles, so unless you have a lot of friends who drink a lot, once batch is bottled, you have enough to last a really long time, or you have to drink it quickly. Expensive to buy all the stuff and not use it very often.
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Post by faafaa on Jul 21, 2014 14:39:34 GMT
How long had you been brewing for before you started making stuff you thought was *really* good, or did it happen almost straight away? It didn't take long at all to produce a quaffable beer. With the kits that are avaliable now to beginners it is actually very easy. It did take about 6 months to make a beer from our own recipe though. The fun thing with brewing is all the science involved and the ability to make a unique beer that is all your own. Sent from my SCH-I435 using proboards
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Post by faafaa on Jul 21, 2014 14:44:04 GMT
I think the problem with home brewing or fermenting is the quantity. Can't just nake a couple of bottles, so unless you have a lot of friends who drink a lot, once batch is bottled, you have enough to last a really long time, or you have to drink it quickly. Expensive to buy all the stuff and not use it very often. Actually, you can make a gallon sized batch of beer, wine, or mead. We make 1 gallon test batches pretty often. I have a 1 gallon batch of mead fermenting right now. If you are doing wine a 5 gallon batch can yeild maybe 25 bottles of wine. Since wine gets better with age the only issue we have is storage. Once you get going you can make wine that's less than $3 a bottle, and beer is even cheaper! We get 2 1/2 cases for the price of 1 case. The extras make great gifts too! Sent from my SCH-I435 using proboards
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 23, 2014 15:15:29 GMT
We've reached the age where we don't give many gifts, and when we do, they are to our granddaughter or gifts to families with young kids. We've gone from booze gifts to cookies, lol
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jul 25, 2014 16:50:30 GMT
Ha ha 3piggles love, we are the same. We cannot buy presents anymore so we just buy for the babies.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 25, 2014 20:16:28 GMT
We've all reached an age where we have most of what we want, or can't afford it anyway. I lost the enthusiasm for getting gifts, but love seeing it in my granddaughter. Daughter gets upset that I don't wrap each gift individually, gut granddaughter is at an age where she loves to just keep pulling things out of the bag, so I just load up the bags. For the holidays I bake, a lot! I give daughter a large selection of different cookies, and they don't last a day once she gets them home to share with her housemates. As it should be I'm already working on granddaughters Christmas presents. Back to school sales are a great time to get fabulous prices on coloring things, so I used all the Crayola coupons, and got all sorts of washable paints and markers for her. I tend to buy all year, when there are great sales, rather than getting stuck in the holiday crush.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jul 26, 2014 17:20:35 GMT
We are the same 3piggles love, we cannot afford the things we want, not anymore anyway.
Shopping for grand childrens' presents sounds fun, looking for little stocking fillers and seeing what bargains you can find. I love baking too but of course with going to slimming world I am somewhat restricted now. I do however wish I could try one of your cookies LOL!!
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 26, 2014 18:07:32 GMT
I'm a sales and clearance rack shopper. I love a great bargain, but can't stand and walk as long as I used to. No more marathon bargain hunts, but I still do OK. Nothing has beaten the $60 little black dress that rang up for $8, though. I knew it was half off, but wow
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Post by SiLamb on Jul 28, 2014 3:48:31 GMT
3piggles, you, my mom and my husband would have so much fun shopping the sales racks together. (Hubby is the shopper in this family...I'm so not but I love the deals he finds. He also loves thrift stores )
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jul 28, 2014 16:51:30 GMT
I used to enjoy it when I could walk properly. You really feel good when you get something you really want at a lower price.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 29, 2014 17:45:26 GMT
I know what you mean, Jo. I have trouble walking, too. I can still shop some stores where I know exactly where to go to get the best buys. I can't really shop the big outlet stores. I just don't know my way around well enough not to have to do too much walking.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Jul 31, 2014 17:55:05 GMT
It's awful isn't it 3piggles love? I have a "walker" which is a chair on wheels but even so, I still get so tired. The seat isn't the most comfy and is not meant for sitting one for very long.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Jul 31, 2014 19:51:14 GMT
It's better than falling. Our main supermarket chain is on strike, so I went to the smaller market I can manage, and it was packed. Lots of empty spots on the shelves, and one employee was telling someone he can't get enough help to handle all the extra customers. Couldn't find an important item, so I went to another supermarket. Couldn't even find a parking space. Went back home and made my own from scratch, lol!
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Post by SiLamb on Jul 31, 2014 23:49:45 GMT
Wow, I don't think I've ever even heard of a supermarket strike.
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 1, 2014 20:14:52 GMT
Family business. Cousin did a hostile takeover and put two new CEOs in charge. Customers and employees walked out. Teamsters not delivering to the stores. Huge mess.
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 2, 2014 17:29:01 GMT
Up are right hun, it is better than falling, which I do quite often anyway.
I have never heard of a supermarket going on strike either although there are some who I feel should be much kinder to their employees.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 3, 2014 23:16:24 GMT
Apparently the former and long time CEO treated employees as family, and the employees are extremely loyal to him because he was loyal to them. I have no idea what's behind the hostile takeover, but it's been in the works for a while. This is a first for me, too!
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Post by jolovespiggies on Aug 4, 2014 17:09:47 GMT
What a shame 3piggles love, why do all the good ones go? Don't bosses realise that people will return kindness and will go the extra mile if treated well and with decency and respect?
Hugs JO xx
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Post by 3piggles on Aug 4, 2014 17:16:10 GMT
We have a few fabulous examples of that, Jo, yet 99% of bosses don't do it?
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