If the following post makes no sense then read Project Hobowine: Part 1
People keep asking "when are you going to make wine in a bin bag". My answer has been the same every time: "Soon. I haven't forgotten about this project*; I'm working on it at this very moment in fact". The truth of it is that I have definitely not forgotten about the project but that (after a conversation with john) we decided it actually needs to be much more ambitious! One of John's suggestions that really stood out was:
You are only allowed to use materials that you have begged, borrowed or stolen
Brilliant idea! Sounds like just the thing I need to give a little bit of integrity to this whole, sordid affair! Except I'm not too hot on borrowing so 'borrowing' will be replaced with 'bartering'. I'd like to think of this as the first rule of hobo-club.
Secondly getting the ingredients for wine without any money at all sounds like pretty hard work and I don't want to waste my time making a bag full of swill! There will be no skimping on ingredients, no tomato ketchup and absolutely no mouldy bread in a sock. Putting this into official words the second rule of wine-club is:
The resulting wine will be made to the best of my ability.
Now what we have here are the foundations of a good challenge. I would, however, like to formalize everything just a little bit:
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Hobowine Challenge Official Rules
The final product:
The manufacturing process:
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I would finally add that I'm totally serious about this whole thing. I'm going to try and make wine from free ingredients and will try my best to make it pleasant to drink (I have already thrown away the sugar we found on the floor Saturday night -- no need to worry about that ending up in there). I have two final requests:
Firstly I'd like suggestions about what to put into the blank spaces in the 'official hobowine rules'. Use the comments on this site (you don't need to register, just click comments below this post), email me, or just suggest it in person.
Secondly I need a lot of sugar so if you're in a coffee shop or other restaurant that has coffee sachets please grab a couple for me. I'll not report you to the police, I promise.
*Project Hobowine (def): make a drink with a higher mepp than meths
People keep asking "when are you going to make wine in a bin bag". My answer has been the same every time: "Soon. I haven't forgotten about this project*; I'm working on it at this very moment in fact". The truth of it is that I have definitely not forgotten about the project but that (after a conversation with john) we decided it actually needs to be much more ambitious! One of John's suggestions that really stood out was:
You are only allowed to use materials that you have begged, borrowed or stolen
Brilliant idea! Sounds like just the thing I need to give a little bit of integrity to this whole, sordid affair! Except I'm not too hot on borrowing so 'borrowing' will be replaced with 'bartering'. I'd like to think of this as the first rule of hobo-club.
Secondly getting the ingredients for wine without any money at all sounds like pretty hard work and I don't want to waste my time making a bag full of swill! There will be no skimping on ingredients, no tomato ketchup and absolutely no mouldy bread in a sock. Putting this into official words the second rule of wine-club is:
The resulting wine will be made to the best of my ability.
Now what we have here are the foundations of a good challenge. I would, however, like to formalize everything just a little bit:
Hobowine Challenge Official Rules
The final product:
- The total volume of the final product will be at least ___ liters
- The final ABV of the wine will be at least ___ liters
- The flavour of the wine will be _______
- There will be an 'end of brew' party at my house for everybody to sample wine (and then go to the pub)
The manufacturing process:
- The only allowable materials shall be either begged, borrowed or stolen from other sources
- The wine will be made to the best of my ability
I would finally add that I'm totally serious about this whole thing. I'm going to try and make wine from free ingredients and will try my best to make it pleasant to drink (I have already thrown away the sugar we found on the floor Saturday night -- no need to worry about that ending up in there). I have two final requests:
Firstly I'd like suggestions about what to put into the blank spaces in the 'official hobowine rules'. Use the comments on this site (you don't need to register, just click comments below this post), email me, or just suggest it in person.
Secondly I need a lot of sugar so if you're in a coffee shop or other restaurant that has coffee sachets please grab a couple for me. I'll not report you to the police, I promise.
*Project Hobowine (def): make a drink with a higher mepp than meths
