Until the 'unpleasantness'
the former Mr Quar was a science teacher.

The curriculum demanded an understanding of the process of creating alcohol
He swiped a few of my super-sour grapefruits for the kids to make wine with, on the principle that it would taste so foul that none of them would try to steal any.

However, the mean git couldn't bear to sling it down the sink so he brought the lot home.

Overcome with foolish curiosity, I tried a few glasses. I was riotously drunk almost immediately and very ill all next day.

The wine still didn't get chucked though and our 14 year-old son tried it next, with identical results.

I seem to remember seeing him lying on the sofa, glugging down the cloudy dregs straight from the demijohn.

Meanness + stupidity = a rotten hangover.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 15:12, 1 reply)

Oh dear
Yes, I think we've all been in that position.

Couple of mates of mine decided to drink one of my beers without waiting for it to clear. (I even had the good-manners to tell them not to drink it).

They didn't make it to lectures the next day, and I avoided the toilet for about a week while things worked their way through.
(markthebrewer doesn't know if he's coming or going or coming, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 15:15, closed)

One chap I knew at university
made stuff out of anything he could find, really. The leftover-coffee-grounds-liqueur was particularly awful, I recall.

The one time I tried to make stout it turned out alright, albeit rather too sweet for my tastes.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 15:28, closed)