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The Mangelwurzel Mulled Wine
Appreciation Page |
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| Now a Hiking Club institution, the famous homebrew creation of Dr. James Heath is responsible for many a rough head on campsites the length and breadth of the country. Containing a blend of secret ingredients, from mangelwurzels carefully selected from roadsides and fields in undisclosed locations, to that special hint of Mr Juicy '94, this cattle-fodder derivative tastes like port and kicks like aviation fuel. Standing round the trangia with a mug of mangelwurzel has always been the way to finish a good beer session, and immortal lines like "I've cleaned my teeth tonight especially for you" "who's that snogging in my tent?" and "where's my head torch?" would never have been uttered without it... Most satisfying of all, though, is hearing the inquisitive voice of a random fresher through the spicy steam in a darkened campsite ask: "What's a mangelwurzel...........?" |
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 Paul Cook, Neil Edwards and James Pressley sample the juice of the wurzel. |
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| This picture shows the first appearance of the mangelwurzel on the club scene (although it had been around a while before that) in Glencoe, November 1995. It led to the renaming of Sgor na h-Ulaidh as Sgor na h-Angover on Sunday morning. |
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Email your Mangelwurzel reminiscences and photos to the usual address. |
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Mangelwurzel Page by Mike Amberry & Jim Heath, Feb. 2000 |
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