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My Grandad.. and ginger wine?

When I was a kiddiwinkle (30 now) my Grandad would make a big batch of 'ginger wine'. Now I have no idea if it was alcoholic or not and really not bothered, just wanting to recreate a Christmas tradition in my house.

I remember he would start it off from a little bottle and decant into any old empty bottle he could and shared it round the family.

Does anyone have the foggiest what I'm talking about to help me relive some of my childhood with me Grandad :)
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  • suzybloo
    suzybloo Posts: 1,104 Forumite
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    Only suggestion I have about this is to check out the Crabbies website. Their products are very popular up in scotland See below extracted from their website. Since it has been made from the same recipe for many years it may be similar - I am not affiliated to this company in any way but I do love their products. Hope this helps. I cant post a link to their site but if you do a search I am sure you will find them.

    CRABBIE'S ORIGINAL SCOTTISH GREEN GINGER WINE
    John Crabbie created his Original Scottish Green Ginger Wine in the ancient port of Leith in 1801. Over 200 years later, it is still one of Scotland’s favourites. We use only the finest, fresh ingredients from around the world. Ginger from the Far East, fragrant Oriental cinnamon and cloves, wild cowslips from Eastern Europe and fresh lemon and orange zest.
    Our unique recipe makes Crabbie’s Original Scottish Ginger Wine the perfect partner for a variety of different spirits in long, cool summer drinks or perfect as a delicious winter warmer.
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  • my dad made this
    it burned the back of your throat!
  • jools27_2
    jools27_2 Posts: 1,155 Forumite
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    You buy a wee bottle of yuletide extract from the Co-op to make this, they also have a blackcurrant version, I think you just add sugar and water. This was a winter must-have in our house growing up, steaming mug of this fairly helps the sore throat!
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  • my dad made this
    it burned the back of your throat!

    That's the one :rotfl:
    jools27 wrote: »
    You buy a wee bottle of yuletide extract from the Co-op to make this, they also have a blackcurrant version, I think you just add sugar and water. This was a winter must-have in our house growing up, steaming mug of this fairly helps the sore throat!

    Thank you, extract. I'll search for extract, makes sense to me :D

    Thanks again
  • Yeah my dear old dad used to make this too - I wasn't too keen but my DS loved it. I was only thinking of this the other day too.

    Does anyone know how to make it and what will I need. My dad used to make (proper) wine too so used to sterilise the bottles and stuff, do I really need to do that?
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  • I know you can buy "Stones Green Ginger Wine from most places. It's particularly good with whisky on a very cold day.
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  • jools27_2
    jools27_2 Posts: 1,155 Forumite
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    Just been googling, the co-op version is called YuLade, if that helps
    RIP Iain
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  • Brilliant, thank you :)
  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    edited 7 November 2010 am30 12:29AM
    My local chemist sells the little bottles of ginger cordial, you have to boil it up with sugar. It's a little brown bottle like a medicine bottle? It looks a bit like this one but it's cheaper in my chemist, only about £2ish.
    http://www.culpeper.co.uk/acatalog/Ginger-Cordial-2.html

    Edit: I've found the one my chemist sells, it's Riddle's Ginger compound:
    http://www.stonehelm.co.uk/WoodshieldDistributorsRiddles-GingerCompound%28ExtraHot%29100Ml-flp.html

    If you can't find it in any shops there's a few on ebay:
    http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=riddles+ginger
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  • boultdj
    boultdj Posts: 5,323 Forumite
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    2 1/2 oz root ginger 3 1/3 lb sugar 2 tablespoon's of honey juice of 3 lemon's and 2 gallons [16 pints] of water Bruise the ginger well and put in pan with 3 pints of water. Bring to the boil and simmer for half an hour. Put sugar,honey and lemon juice in a plastic bucket/bowl whatever you'v got that hold's about 18 pint of water Pour on the ginger & water and stir well. Boil the remaining water and add to the other ingredient's. Leave for 24 hour's. After that you can strain and bottle it. Can be drunk at once, or it will save for a few week's. Hope this is the kind of thing your looking for, it's the recipe my Gran used back in the 50's.
    £71.93/ £180.00
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