Thread: What are you drinking today?

Originally Posted by Mendip

'Gossips' wine is in fact a 'Fruit Wine Product'

Mendip you inspired me to give the Sangria a spin last night. Take a bottle of any cheap wine-like stuff, red or white, and assemble the ingredients:



One jug, about 2 litre size, with a handful of ice cubes.
Wine 1 bottle; 750ml
Brandy, I had Regency to hand; 150ml
Triple Sec, if you have any, it isn't critical; 150ml
Fresh lemon juice, maybe 1 or 2 yellow lemons; 50ml
(Careful with Thai lemons, I have used them and their juice is a little bitter. Okay, just different.)
Orange juice, out of a carton is fine; 100ml
Soda Water, one bottle is enough for me, you can add more; 375ml
Syrup or something to balance the acid in the lemon. The Cane Sugar syrup here I use about a teaspoon or so. I have used local fresh sugarcane juice, a bit less sweet. I have also used Stevia, super sweet, just a few drops.
Mix it all together in the jug. Top with some slices of orange and lemon, because I share a bit with the gf and presentation is important.



Serve



Your cheap wine-like stuff is now drinkable.

As an aside, whilst I was making the sangria my neighbour came around with his chainsaw. No need for a thread here. I have a clump of tall trees and one, not pictured because it had already gone when I went outside, had grown quite a long way sideways. In the last storm it was waving about frantically. Best to take it down before it falls on someone.



In the time it took me to make the sangria the tree was gone.



Completely gone. As agreed, he took the good wood instead of money and tidied up the foliage into a pile.



I went out with the gf's sangria and the neighbour had already left. All done. Multi-tasking at its finest.