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Great 'cheap taste-a-like tipples' Hunt
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Aldi's version of southern comfort, called southern belle is just as nice0
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Aldi's gin (9.65 for 70 cl) also comes out well, recently being awarded a higher rating than Bombay Sapphire and other better known more expensive brands in blind taste awards.0
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loads of recipes here for home made drinks similar to Baileys, Tia Maria, different vodkas, Dooleys, sloe gin, amaretto - can't remember what else
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Taste-wise, Aldis Austins is very nice, but worth remembering that as Pimms is gin based whereas Austins is wine based, I find that you need to be a little more heavy handed with the servings of Austins and it's quite a bit sweeter too.
Haven't tried any of the others, mind you...except Aldis Green Ginger Wine which is more gingery than Stones (the last bottle I had could have blown your head off), but is still delicious and still available now at about £2.50/bottle whereas Stones is ~£6!"A cat can have kittens in the oven, but that don't make them biscuits." - Mary Cooper
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Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.0 -
has anyone tried the Lidl/Aldi spiced rum? I noticed it in one of them when I was shopping but wondered if it was similar to either Morgans Spiced rum or Sailor Jerrys
I am a Sailor Jerrys fan but find Morgans too strong0 -
Aldi's Ginger wine with lemonade = Crabbies! and much much cheaper.0
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Can't afford champagne for a celebration, soak some chopped strawberries in brown sugar, add a few sprigs of mint, leaver overnight, put a teaspoonful of the mix in the bottom of a champagne flute, add a whole strawberry and a mint leaf, top up with cheap dry cava, delicious.0
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Cheap pina colada - coconut ice cream and pineapple juice, whisk in a blender with a splash of cheap white rum0
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pollyskettle wrote: »Haven't tried any of the others, mind you...except Aldis Green Ginger Wine which is more gingery than Stones (the last bottle I had could have blown your head off), but is still delicious and still available now at about £2.50/bottle whereas Stones is ~£6!
I tried this at Christmas and loved it but it hasn't been in my store since. Is it in your Aldi now?
BTW Stones is on offer at £4 in Sainsbury's.0 -
so far, no one i have served this to can taste the difference.
the great thing is that you can buy the cheapest gin and vermouth and it still tastes great. Also, once you've bought a bottle of each you have enough ingredients to make a few jugs
100ml Gin
300ml Rosso Vermouth
10-15 splashes Angostouras bitters
Lemonade to the top
fresh mint, cucumber, lemon and serve.
Enjoy!0
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