To be fair
It is good Monday morning fodder,
snot like its a one watch thing.
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WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Mon 14 May 2012, 7:56,
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Man its been giffed,posted,emailed and bloopered.
I call 'Melon Cock'!
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A phrase I hear all the time!
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WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Mon 14 May 2012, 8:16,
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Morning Wil!
Can I just threadjack here and ask you a question as our resident expert of ethnobotanicals?
I've got 454g (1lb) of damiana leaf and 250g of cola nut powder on the way to me.
You think that would be potent enough in a 5 gallon wine solution?
Funny enough aside from a lack of coca lead this is how coca cola started.
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 8:43,
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Oh good lord I'm no good with measurements n weights I'm afraid, n know zero bout wine making, so you tell me, really,
I would suggest a bit of experimentation by scaling it down to smaller amounts n see what you reckon, both in taste and effect, not to mention how well their active ingredients infuse. Try making a few teas, essentially.
All I can tell you really is that Damiana works best when treated like any tea, you do seem to have to get it hot, doesn't have to be boiling tho. As I'm sure you've discovered it's dirt cheap so you can happily waste lots till you get your proportions and methods right before going for the full wine making monty!
Not too sure about the cola nut, not sure I've tried that one yet. Anyone else wanna chip in if they have?
*edit* it sounds like you may be making Space Coke! When you've managed a successful batch I may be interested in buying a bottle if poss!? Curious!
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WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Mon 14 May 2012, 8:59,
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Yeah maybe you're right, a few teas first.
I got the idea for the cola nut from this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemberton's_French_Wine_Coca
Same guy that went on the invent coca cola.
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:12,
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Marvellous!
I wish you good luck with your endeavours n hope it's successful!
Do keep us informed!
Sorry I'm not that helpful about it, really, wine making really isn't my area of expertise, but if you need any other sources of ethnobotanicals to experiment with, I dare say I can help there.
A nice Fly Agaric port mahaps!? So civilised! ;)
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WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:47,
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Well if you ever want to get into making a nice bit of plonk drop me a gaz and i'll talk you through it.
Cheap to set up and you'll have a nice drinkable brew in about a month for about 50p a bottle.
It's really not difficult.
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:53,
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I do have a celler!
No readily available water supply down ther tho...
I'll think on that, I could use a new hobby. Cheers!
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WiL Pantheist Bi Polar Polyamoric Pansexual, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:55,
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Well I can't think of a better use for a celler unless you're from bristol and need to dispose of bodies.
So on as the temperature doesn't drop too low at night that'll be fine.
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 11:12,
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Morning Tabs
Hows the little feller this morning?
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:31,
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Still alive, unfortunately.
www.b3tards.com/u/3781f9ec929bbedea036/barnabas.jpg
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Tab Hunter, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:35,
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Aww lookatthelittleguy!
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Amadeus So long and thanks for all the phish, Mon 14 May 2012, 9:48,
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