Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 21:59:00 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <2ff93cc9-4153-2065-2845-27be39d60da2@example.net> References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <7fe3461d-034d-182a-1f49-593897da8287@example.net> <3bdd895b-3d89-0af9-8cb1-c75e3536a34f@example.net> <20241202131938.00006a37@gmail.com> <8c5b7aab-bdea-bf1b-4a63-d8e88f5ebe33@example.net> <1d749149-8ab2-8479-6ab5-ff6b6a91a158@example.net> <1a157182-0b8e-1181-aaca-7bf01d15e5f9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1292053"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61713 On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:09:48 +0100, D wrote: > >> I have a neighbour who does some kind of black currant wine and >> apparently, according to my father, it was awful. > > I made a batch of dandelion wine when I was a kid. It was pretty rough. We > got cider from a local farmer who had rigged up a tractor driven chopper > and had a old jackscrew press. Bring your own jugs. Unfiltered and > unpasteurized it tended to self ferment into sparkling cider. > > During prohibition some of my family took a more professional approach > although the final product was applejack rather than cider. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applejack_(drink) Never heard of, but sounds similar to Calvados. Would you say it is similar?