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[skillionaire]

Hey WA Nik,

I'm making strawberry liqueur, about 2.5 weeks ago I just chopped up half a punnet, put it in a jar, added sugar and Absolut Vodka, then a week later drained, strained put damp strawberries back in jar, added butt load of sugar (Sugar pulls out the alcohol sucked up by the fruit). Put drained alcohol in bottle in liquor cabinet. Then strained strawberries a week later, added alcohol to bottle, put strawberries back in jar and added more sugar.....

This sound about right? Got the recipe/method off some drunkmansguide.com thing. Only using a small amount of strawberries and vodka because making liqueur virgin.

Cheers,
Nick

A nice tip is to add sugar syrup, instead of straight granules, back to the jar. Saves a fair bit of time in the process, also, I would be careful about doing it twice, Absolut is only around 40% isn't it? It should be plenty sweet enough after one leaching.

[mark300]

What the fook, this is apparently a new building for UTS that is scheduled to be complete by mid 2014, $180 million project ... it looks like it's 'ing falling down already

looks like something a 7 year old designed in art class with a couple of blocks of clay

[skillionaire]

Only if you do or say something funny.

I don't seem to have to do anything with this Mo to make people laugh.

[Liberty]

Ha ha, you got that right.

That design of the new UTS building looks like a maccas bag scrunched up just after eating your meal, without the big 'M' on it.

[B4TT]

I am actually very keen to see it built! it is so 'ed up that I think it will be interesting.

[Liberty]

It'll be one of those anticlimax situations I bet.

[Sven Smergberd]

A nice tip is to add sugar syrup, instead of straight granules, back to the jar. Saves a fair bit of time in the process, also, I would be careful about doing it twice, Absolut is only around 40% isn't it? It should be plenty sweet enough after one leaching.

Cheers for that.

Yeah I'm going to strain them once more and then call it quits, I don't want to age it too much, probably drink it around Christmas time while it's still sweet, if it goes well I hope to make it again but 10x bigger.

[Adam]

I am actually very keen to see it built! it is so 'ed up that I think it will be interesting.

The engineer and builder who sees the plan will be like this



Chillis look awesome josh! I have a vacuum sealer, would that get them to WA safely??

Mine need to grow faster hahaha

[skillionaire]

Yeah I'm going to strain them once more and then call it quits, I don't want to age it too much, probably drink it around Christmas time while it's still sweet, if it goes well I hope to make it again but 10x bigger.

Just be careful on how much sugar mix you're adding back, it won't essentially 'age' it will just get older and taste less fresh. How's the colour on it?

[Adam]

Also, I think the building looks awesome!


What's happening guys?


Is that an auto watering thing, josh?

[skillionaire]

If you dip the alcohol too low, and it sees some heat, it can go into ferment and go nasty and spritzy. Happened to me with a product that was 11.8%, started fermenting and blowing lids and pouring like a fizzy drink!

Evil, yo!

[B4TT]

Also, I think the building looks awesome!


What's happening guys?


Is that an auto watering thing, josh?

Yeah sure is, because some days I don't have time to get out there, so I have it set to do 30 second bursts three times a day

[skillionaire]

Worst part about these massive events down here... internet cannot cope with the influx of people.

We have leavers + this Gourmet Escape dealy, they are saying around 50,000 non residents are here (which I find a stretch because there's nowhere near that in commercial accomm. in the region) but Telstra reckons they just;

"Can't cope with the amount of people on the network"

Fuckin' prioritise the business over schoolies sending texts to their mum and dad telling them they are fine, just having a killer come down.

Yeah sure is, because I'm the laziest hard working man in the world.

[B4TT]

hahaha yeah you hit the nail on the head Nikko.

Though this morning I showed them some love (that is when I took the pics) I was up at 5:30 so I smashed some fertiliser on them and watered it in.

Also growing cucumbers, so I had to fix those little fuckers to a lattice thing I have behind them so that the vines grow up.

[Liberty]

I'm just about to go get a haircut, then off for a drive somewhere then coming home to look around for more Libs to check out... I should be looking at two wagons tomorrow.

[Shaz]

Morning chaps.

Up at our Crows Nest branch today. Manager got the punt, so doing a stint here.

[B4TT]

So police can modify there car with a bigger exhaust and injectors
400Kw HP car

http://www.news.com....9-1226522171678

[B4TT]

If she can't afford it, who the can hahahahaa Gina.

Asked by independent Fairfax Media director Jack Cowin if she had any regrets, Ms Rinehart admitted she wished she had invested in Channel Ten when he had first invited her but "I couldn't afford it"
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[ams]

So police can modify there car with a bigger exhaust and injectors
400Kw HP car

http://www.news.com....9-1226522171678

I like that they keep throwing mad max pictures in there.

[ams]

Smokey smoker. Runs 3bar boost.

(diesel drifter)

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