Combine sugar and hot water. Stir to dissolve and cool. Add juices, stir well. Fill four glasses with ice. Pour juice mixture in each glass until half full. Pour cranberry juice slowly over lemonade so drink is in layers of color. Garnish with orange slices.

1. Stir together the apple cider, orange juice, pineapple juice and sugar in a punch bowl. 2. Pour in the ginger ale. Add ice cubes. Makes 10-1/2 cups.

Mash pale malt at 153 F for 30-60 minutes. Test after 30 minutes. Add Crystal and Carapils and mash-out at 168 F for 10 minutes. Sparge. Bring to boil. In a saucepan, boil the oak for no more than 10 minutes, then strain the liquid into your boiling kettle. Boil the wort, adding boil- ing […]

Mix water, sugar and coffee crystals. Heat and stir until dissolved. Cool til room temperature. Add vodka. Pour mixture into 4 bottles. Cut vanilla bean in half lengthwise and drop half a bean into each bottle. Cap. After 2 weeks strain, remove bean and rebottle. If regular coffee keeps you awake nights; make with decafinated.

Heat scale : 6 (delayed, short lived) NOTE: *scale up for rum bottles; for a fifth, I would probably drop in a vanilla bean, and I would probably split it lengthwise. Directions: put everything in the bottle. wait 3 months. Notes: The acid keeps the peppers from spoiling, and the rum will eventually develop a […]

Combine water and sugar in saucepan. Bring to boiling, reduce heat, and simmer about 20 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in coffee and vanilla, then vodka. Pour into a bottle with a screw top lid and store 1 month before using.

Mix the first six ingredients and freeze. Remove from freezer allowing time to thaw before using. Add 2 quarts of ginger ale, which has been chilled, right before serving.

Mix all ingredients except sparling water; refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, stir in sparkling water. Serve over ice. Garnish with lime slices, if desired.

Blend cream cheese and raspberry liqueur. Slice pears in halves lengthwise. Hollow out centers with teaspoon or melon baller. Dip or brush pears in lemon juice to prevent browning. Spoon cream cheese into pear centers and sprinkle with pistachio nuts. Garnish with mint leaves.

Place dill SEED in a tea ball or just put in pot, and pour boiling water over. Let steep for several minutes. Add a touch of honey if you wish. This tea was used in “olden times” to soooth cranky babies and calm witches. There are times when it really does the trick. YARBLADY