Okay, let's be honest with each other: I'm not giving you any recipes (yet). I put together a batch of blueberry wine a month ago, and I need to make sure my house doesn't catch on fire before I really report back to you.

Blueberry wine? You cry incredulously. Blueberry wine? What happened to good ol' grapes?

I bought blueberries instead, is what happened.

Fact: You can make wine out of pretty much anything. From Wikipedia:

Although...

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This is a tiny course preview for Gin, which starts next Tuesday. Gin can get a bad rap sometimes, and it's my self-selected job to bring it back to the masses. Fun fact: My relatives went to jail for distilling during Prohibition, can you think of a better instructor?

Once upon a time the Dutch started distilling alcohol. Thing is, though, they weren't very good at it. Faced with the prospect of having to drink something that was alcoholic...

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