I’m a bit of a wine fan, so it’s rare there’s an unfinished bottle of wine in my fridge for more than a day, but I have stumbled on some really bad wines that I just don’t want to drink any more of it. You could freeze and cook with it, but here’s a way to finish off a bottle of bad wine if you’re confronted with one: make wine jam.
If you’re a social drinker, it’s likely that from time to time you may consume jelly shots. If you don’t want to clean up hundreds of disposable cups after the party and especially if you have a compost bin you may want to consider using fresh fruit to contain your gelatine libations.
Dear Lifehacker, I like to drink socially. I also like being healthy. Yes, I know these two things are not 100 per cent aligned, but that’s between me and my god. What I want to know is this: When I’m ordering my next drink, which drinks are the “healthiest” options, from a caloric perspective?
Love wine but don’t have the time, patience, or inclination to aerate your wine in a decanter forever before drinking? Former Microsoft CTO and master chef Nathan Myhrvold suggests a method he calls “hyperdecanting”. Sounds fancy and high-tech, right? It’s basically shorthand for “put your wine in a blender for a minute and it’ll taste better”.
Wine is often perceived as a stuffy, fussy thing, but it doesn’t have to be. Sure, different flavours may go better with different foods, but in the end everyone’s palate is different. There’s no reason you need to be a sommelier-in-training to order a decent wine with your meal. It’s easier than you think and we sat down with a wine expert and educator to come up with some tricks you can take with you to the restaurant.
Don’t worry about 45-degree angles, the best way to pour a can of Guinness into a pint glass is to open the can and immediately place it upside down in the pint glass. The beer won’t overflow, and after the bubbles stop foaming, you can gently remove the can and have a perfectly poured pint as shown in the video from culinary weblog Chow.com.
There are a lot of fun ways you can reuse beer and wine bottles. Two months ago I showed you how to build a glass cutting jig on the cheap to make wine bottle glasses, but YouTube user TrashPeaches shares another easy method of precision cutting of glass bottles using acetone (nail polish), a cotton string and fire.
If you’re feeling under the weather, or your throat is a little sore, scratchy or itchy, the solution may be as close as your liquor cabinet. Grab a bottle of whisky — it may be all you need to soothe that sore throat and go back to work, school or even just bed.
Here’s a great use for an old-fashioned address book: write down cocktail recipes in them. The alphabetical tabs, bartending expert Jeffrey Morgenthaler writes, makes it quick and easy to look up a recipe for prep or to share with guests.
