Almost Off Grid Blog - Brew, Make, Forage, Grow.

Invariably when I buy fudge in a shop, I am disappointed. It tends to be soft and chewy. I want it crumbly, like it was in my childhood. So I set about making my own.

All beer kits are supplied with instructions. They all follow the same principles, and this is a general guide to making beer from a kit. My Dad started (when he was 81). You can too!

I've made Homemade Irish Cream a few times over the years. After much fiddling to get the taste as close as possible to that-brand-beginning-with-B's Irish Cream, this is the winner. It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

Mulled cider is autumnal, lovely and very easy to make yourself. A warming drink for those chilly nights which are around the corner. Perfect for Bonfire night!

We're often asked at this time of year for advice on making wine from garden grapes. And how to use a hydrometer. You use a hydrometer to measure how much sugar is occurring naturally in your juice. Then simply add the appropriate amount of sugar to get the alcohol content you want.

Since we started making our own everything, I can't tell you how many people have asked us about making wine from garden grapes. Or, indeed, how many people have offered us their garden grapes to make wine. So it's about time I wrote down how to do it.

Are you looking for a blackberry wine recipe because you've just foraged blackberries, but you have less than a kilo? Then you can make a very nice Mock Claret instead of blackberry wine.

Our allotment blackcurrant bushes have produced a wonderful crop this year. Much as I love making jam, we rarely eat it. So instead, I decided to make homemade wine and dug out a Blackcurrant Wine Recipe. It is bubbling away right now.

This Elderflower Lemon Curd recipe is absolutely delicious. If you can get your hands on fresh elderflowers before they are finished, make this! Fabulous as a cake filling, on toast or simply out of the jar on a spoon!

Young's have released new WineBuddy Fruit Wine Kits in 6 flavours: Apricot, Black Cherry, Blackberry, Peach, Elderflower and Strawberry.

Broccoli Coleslaw Recipe. It is, quite simply, the greatest ever salad accompaniment to bbq food and we eat it all summer long.

Once you've strained your sloe gin, it seems a waste to just throw those gin-soaked beauties in the bin. So don't. Make Sloe Port instead using this Sloe Port Recipe.