| Author | Content |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 21, 2008
01:14 PM Post #4841340
| Definitely going to make it!!! Favorite libation is a Dark and Stormy - Gingerbeer and Rum! Yes...and it is Ozzie. Thanks Ian.
Carol |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 21, 2008
10:24 PM Post #4844042
| Hey Carol,
Thanks for reading. I came across Dark & Stormy researching the article & know the version produced here by the Bundaberg Rum Co. Some say it has to have Goslings Black Seal Rum though, which I am not familar with. I guess the "Dark" comes from the rum. Is that right? I was expecting Black Seal to be a white rum because I had also read the cocktail was Jaimaican. What type of rum do you prefer?
Ian |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 21, 2008
10:27 PM Post #4844059
| Hey...Well, I have had it with Bundaberg Rum/Bundaberg Ginger Beer - Cheaper than the bottled stuff. I have also had it with Jamaican Rum and BundabergGB - OH...so GOOD!!!! Heck...I would just use any good rum!!!! |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 21, 2008
11:59 PM Post #4844742
| OK. I suspect the talk about Black Seal is some type of marketing. Like yourself, I reckon any decent dark rum would be as good as another. You are making me crave a dark & stormy now. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 22, 2008
12:49 AM Post #4844892
| Ah, sigh...guaf a few for me, mate... During my surgery recovery next month, i am going to concentrate on making Ginger Beer!!!!
Carol |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 22, 2008
04:26 AM Post #4845118
| OK. Surgery? I hope it goes well. Using the opportunity to make GB is a good idea. Its something you need to take time to make properly I reckon. Why don't you join the Yahoo group? They seem like friendly ppl. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 22, 2008
12:45 PM Post #4847060
| What yahoo group? The hoya group? |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 22, 2008
05:59 PM Post #4848429
| Nah the Real Ginger Beer group listed at the end of the article. They have info. about making the original, alcoholic version & share the culture around so you can start out making the real thing. Alcoholic GB & rum would certainly help smooth your recovery I reckon. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 22, 2008
07:06 PM Post #4848683
| I am there! Super...yes...gotta do it! Thanks so much, Ian. |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 22, 2008
11:01 PM Post #4850263
| No worries. I need to ask you a favour. By a cosmic coincidence, I need to use your PF photo of a Hoya imbricata for my next article. Do you mind? I will add an accreditting caption.
Ian |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 23, 2008
12:39 AM Post #4850814
| No worries. Feel free to use it...a credit would be great. Are you doing an article about Hoyas? I have some great photos of H. imbricata in dry season on trees in the Philippines...tons of blooms, everything else really dry. makes one wonder...? |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 23, 2008
01:45 AM Post #4850937
| Thanx I am writing about myrmecophytes. Well, actually I am done now. Its submitted for approval. I put your name in there with the image. I hope you enjoy it
Ian |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 23, 2008
01:30 PM Post #4852680
| Say...I have lost the thread to the Yahoo site...can you send me a link?
I grow lots of Dischidia too... |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 23, 2008
10:54 PM Post #4855066
| Hey,
The Yahoo group is here ...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GingerBeerPlant/
Do ants live in your Dischidias?
Ian |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 24, 2008
12:57 AM Post #4855667
| Yes...especially in the shinglers. |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 24, 2008
05:03 AM Post #4855955
| OK. You have a great location there. Most ppl couldn't dream of growing Dischidias & Hoyas. Do you have any Nepenthes vines?
Ian |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 24, 2008
12:57 PM Post #4857804
| Yes...tons! Growing out in the trees! Was in Sabah recently and saw them in the wild...OH my...what a sight!!! All kinds from the ground growing N. ampliaria to the N. rajah...short of heaven!!!!! |
GranvilleSouth
(Zone 10a)
April 24, 2008
02:15 PM Post #4858145
| Sounds beautiful. I'd love to live somewhere tropical like you but then I'd miss the cold weather stuff like stone fruit & so on. Do you have pictures of your Dischidias? I'd like to see some different types. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
April 24, 2008
02:32 PM Post #4858220
| I have pictures... but the best place to find great photos is at http://www.dischidias.com (or maybe it is singular???).. Antone Jones has the site and he has great plants.
David Liddle in Cairns grows hoyas, but he does have lots of dischidia...
Cheers,
Carol |
