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The truth of the testing

by Gillian Polack

What actually happened in Alyson’s tests? She blogged about it. I so want to try the one with port in. It sounds perfect for cold winter nights ie now.

Alyson’s extra report means that anyone who has become used to all the alcohol flowing in this corner of blogland doesn’t have to go cold turkey for a bit.

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Posted in Announcements, drinks, recipe tests on May 13th, 2008

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