Powdered Wine

[clcuckow]

Hi All,

Have any of you had any experience of Trek'n Eat powdered wine?

http://www.trekking-mahlzeiten.de/t...Getraenkepulver_547.html?L=1&cHash=7ae95372ca

I cannot find any uk reseller buy I have emailed them for shipping costs. They also do a cheeseburgers in a can and they are a spin off from Katadyn beleive it or not, you know the water filter people, those mad Swiss

 

[ANDYRAF]

I take it you have to rehydrate it with vodka to make it taste and feel good.

 

[Wallenstein]

My stomach just heaved thinking about it!

Would be fascinated to try it though!

 

[Shewie]

I tried something very similar at a music festival a few years ago which tasted more like vinegar than wine.

Not a big wine fan myself anyway but that stuff was bad.



Rich

 

[ANDYRAF]

They also do a cheeseburgers in a can

Mmmmmm burgers in a can, I may be showing my age here, can any one remember the ones that were in the compo rations, lovely stuff.:sad6:

 

[clcuckow]

My stomach just heaved thinking about it!

Would be fascinated to try it though!

Same here. Aren't we a perverse lot

 

[clcuckow]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k9u42zDPU7s

 

[mjk123]

Crazy swiss indeed. I think recent developments in freeze drying have improved milk and even meat products, but I don't think it extends to wine. Better off mixing your own in the field from grape concentrate plus vodka.

 

[clcuckow]

Crazy swiss indeed. I think recent developments in freeze drying have improved milk and even meat products, but I don't think it extends to wine. Better off mixing your own in the field from grape concentrate plus vodka.

I bet it would but I doubt it would taste like wine, when you think about it wine does not taste much like grape juice. I might be just being perverse but I want to try it even if it tastes like Malteses or Egyptian wine

 

[mjk123]

I have to say I haven't tried the wine. I've tried other products from the same source and they were fine. Better than I expected actually.

But they're not cheap. And I thought, well, wine is really a luxury. If I'm pushed for weight or space then I can do without it. If I'm not pushed for space or weight then take a bottle (or fill a plastic bottle to save weight) and take glasses too. Somehow plastic or metal against the lip while drinking wine doesn't feel right.But I think I could be mega fussy on this point. If I'm on an overnighter with something suitable to eat then I fill an old jam jar with good fitting lid. Then I've got container and drinking vessel in one. And you can swing in the hammock as you sip. Screw the top on as you climb in and out.

When I first saw the dehydrated wine I was reminded of my 1980's homebrew days where you used to be able to buy "Gin and Tonic" kits. They made about 3 gallons. Just add sugar and yeast and wait. Essentially you were adding alcohol to a flavouring mix. A bit like how mass produced lager is made now.

 

[Wallenstein]

ISomehow plastic or metal against the lip while drinking wine doesn't feel right.

After the first bottle or two it suddenly ceases to be an issue

 

[rik_uk3]

Mmmmmm burgers in a can, I may be showing my age here, can any one remember the ones that were in the compo rations, lovely stuff.:sad6:

Yes, good stuff, you can still buy canned burgers and babies heads

 

[alpha_centaur]

After the first bottle or two it suddenly ceases to be an issue

:You_Rock_ so true