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CitroJim wrote: 04 Nov 2022, 11:07
Hell Razor5543 wrote: 04 Nov 2022, 10:47 Might this be a suitable solution, Jim?

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That's a great find James :) A bit pricey though but against that, nicely crafted... A vintage radio forum I frequent have scans many obsolete battery cases to enable good replicas to be made if you have the skills... I don't really...
It might be worth buying ONE, and then visiting Zel with his 3D printer.
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mickthemaverick wrote: 04 Nov 2022, 11:29
bobins wrote: 04 Nov 2022, 11:16 I've got an old radiation monitor that uses a 'D' cell sized battery but at 6v. Whoever thought of that one ? :roll: It was a military spec battery and I've never found a replacement so the monitor remains inoperative. In theory it's possible to fit 4 AAA cells into that format, but it's extremely tight for space. :(
Could you not use a column of 1.2V Lithium button cells bobins? :)
That'd work, Mick, if I could get it into a reliable 'D' cell form factor. Don't know how much power the monitor uses, but I'd guess it only sips at the electrons :-D
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Take a look at the AAAA batteries. They are smaller than AAA batteries;

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Ginger wine
Ginger wine
This is Sarah Nelson's Old Fashioned Ginger Wine non-alcoholic. Excellent fiery little drink especially when warmed.

Reminds me of Christmas Time. Loved ginger wine always made up at Christmas time from some concentrated little bottle sold by the Chemist something like Castle's Wyness. I will google it till I find an image of the actual bottle.

Used to fill up 5 or 6 pop bottles of it and I even used to save a little bottle as a reserve store to tap into after Christmas/New Year when the rest had gone.

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This is as close as I have got so far. No image yet, but descriptions which are exactly as mine. :-D
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My gran used to make it for all the family, delicious stuff that nothing else I have tried remotely approaches it.
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Looks like the photographers of the 1960's haven't bothered taking a picture of a Castle's Wyness Ginger Wine Essence Bottle, or havent uploaded it to the world wide web. At least the few forum postings found so far have corroborated my recall of the name :-D Maybe a North of England/Scottish thing but definitely a Christmas Tradition in North-West Durham.

Castle's Wyness Ginger Wine Essence

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Well it ain't Castle's Wyness but its a related story and you can still buy this stuff today...
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So the story goes... in the early 1900's Aunt Agnes Russel lived in Scotland and developed a wonderful ginger compound concoction which her local chemist made up for her using ginger essence. Her ginger cordial drink was famous in the area where family and friends would partake of the liquid refreshment but her recipe was a closely guarded secret and it became known as Russel's Riddle.

Answering to a family crisis Aunt Agnes and her sister moved down to South Shields to look after there three nephews and bought the recipe with her where she continued to use a friendly local chemist to create the compound know known as Riddles.

The recipe has been passed down the family generations and the original recipe with the Riddles name is now owned and being cared for by Wine Online who are ensuring that the compound stays true to the original recipe and creating new extensions of the formula to give more choice to the consumer, they are sure Aunt Agnes would approve and be tickled pink.
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Every day's a school day! Never knew of the existence of Ginger Wine until today! I must try some if it's non-alcoholic given my love of proper ginger beer...

That's if I can ever find any down this way... Never seen it...
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Whisky Mac used to be my favourite tipple, with the Stone's. Crabbies not so good.
Neither a patch on Grannies.

I don't know her recipe but she did buy some of it from Boots. Or Bootses, as she called them.

You can get this stuff anywhere practically, certainly ASDA and Sainsburys, Morrisons too I expect.
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Is it alcoholic Steve? If so I'm unable to drink it sadly...
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Waitrose (Twyford) have the Stones Green Ginger Wine, Special Reserve in stock. 18% proof, with added fruit spices. It is certainly possible to get drunk drinking it and (probably) just smelling it (a lovely warm, rich aroma). Hic! Michel got me a couple of bottles (for my Mum, as she likes it in a Christmas Whisky Mac).

https://www.waitrosecellar.com/port-she ... lsrc=aw.ds

Not every branch has it, but the branches with an extensive wine cellar should (Waitrose Reading didn't, and it is a much larger store).
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Hell Razor5543 wrote: 14 Dec 2022, 15:5518% proof - Hic!
Oh well, that answers that... Off my list unfortunately :cry:
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Never thought about that Jim but yes, 13.5%.
There is a non-boozy alternative I see, Kitty's Homemade Northumbrian Ginger Wine which may be suitable.

Holland & Barret have one too, more easily accessible perhaps, Tesco too.
Rochester Ginger Wine

I can't vouch for the flavour of any of these, the Stone's was always diluted with whisky.
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CitroJim wrote: 14 Dec 2022, 14:57 Every day's a school day! Never knew of the existence of Ginger Wine until today! I must try some if it's non-alcoholic given my love of proper ginger beer...
That's if I can ever find any down this way... Never seen it...
The homemade stuff with the essence was always non alcoholic. Basically the essence, one ton of sugar and a gallon of water were the ingredients. Seasonal and special always felt like what you might call grown up drink and in a tee total house out came the little wine glasses specially for the purpose. Ginger wine with Christmas cake on a Christmas day afternoon after the Queen was always a thing.

I can vouch for this stuff...a very pleasant drink...recently arrived from Grasmere home of Sarah Nelson's Gingerbread.
NewcastleFalcon wrote: 14 Dec 2022, 11:23
This is Sarah Nelson's Old Fashioned Ginger Wine non-alcoholic. Excellent fiery little drink especially when warmed.
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