Author Topic: Sloe Gin (Read 32120 times)

Bel · « **Reply #60 on:** February 21, 2005, 23:02:23 »

Hey....thanks Doris....will do ;)

summergirl · « **Reply #61 on:** February 24, 2005, 12:12:15 »

You're all making me jealous! We usually do some, but didn't find time to go picking so none done this year.
Supplies are now all gone :(
Haven't tried damson, but sounds goood.. ;D

tim · « **Reply #62 on:** February 24, 2005, 18:39:02 »

Reckon if damsons were free, no one would use sloes?

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #63 on:** February 24, 2005, 22:59:14 »

Our damsons were free, well, ish, just cost me a bottle of the finished brew and I still have 2 carrier bags full in the freezer! Damson gin has a more......cherry brandy scent to it I think, but they are both wonderous!

tim · « **Reply #64 on:** February 25, 2005, 11:40:21 »

Ooooh! The folk that can afford Cherry Brandy!!

Hex · « **Reply #65 on:** March 20, 2005, 19:52:41 »

Daft question - but how long do the Sloes survive in the freezer for? I forgot I had put some in last year after I realised someone had drunk all the gin.

Miss Read (Country School etc) recommended freeziing them as they burst when they defrost so you dont have to pop them.

tim · « **Reply #66 on:** March 21, 2005, 06:46:05 »

They'll be fine!

Like I've just used last year's Sevilles for marmalade.

wardy · « **Reply #67 on:** March 21, 2005, 10:01:16 »

I love scavenging in hedges etc for fruits and nuts and stuff. There's a lovely blackthorn hedge near me so when I get back to taking my doggy a walk I'm going to get some. Not been rummaging in hedge bottoms lately and feel in need of a fix

Going to chiropracter again this morning. Had a bad day back wise yesterday but ok this morning. I'll probably have a relapse as soon as I get the Hoover out ;D

alotalot · « **Reply #68 on:** March 22, 2005, 15:18:44 »

A great summer drink is sloe gin and tonic :P

Wait for a hot day, take a tall glass, put in plenty of ice, a good slug of sloe gin and top up with tonic. Delish ;D

It travels well in a thermos flask too so you can look forward to a well earned break from all that weeding.

derbex · « **Reply #69 on:** March 22, 2005, 17:43:53 »

Second that alotalot.

Wardy -hoovers (or dysons as perhaps we should now call them) are the curse of satan if you've a bad back. I'm sure that Mr Hoover was a chiropracter short of business.

Jeremy

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #70 on:** March 22, 2005, 18:30:01 »

oooooo, never thought of mixing it! And you have reminded me I have a sack full of damsons lurking in the bottom of the freezer...note to self, add a couple of bottles of gordens onto Thursdays shopping list! ;D

JohnnyLarge · « **Reply #71 on:** March 30, 2005, 14:10:29 »

I make some cracking sloe gin using this easy recipe.

9 oz sloes
4 1/2 oz sugar
1 pint of gin.

Put sloes in a demi-john and nick them with a knife or finger-nail as you put them in.
Add the sugar.
Add the gin.
Give it a good shake/swirl and repeat every day until 10 days before Christmas.
Bottle it Christmas week. Just siphon off the gin and melt the gin infused berries into chocolate and let it set.

I make 3 or so bottles worth in a demi-john. I like mine not too sweet, so I use slightly less sugar and a few more sloes.

This is a dead easy way to make sloe gin.
ATB
John :P

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #72 on:** March 30, 2005, 15:42:50 »

I tried putting the sloes in choccy but none of us liked them! Ended up making sloe gin jelly to have on our toast, which was delish! ;D

Marianne · « **Reply #73 on:** March 31, 2005, 20:06:46 »

Johnnylarge - that sound absolutely delicious!!
:P

flowerlady · « **Reply #74 on:** December 10, 2005, 18:33:49 »

How long will Sloe gin keep? Seem to have accumulated several bottles. ;D

Consumption at the moment is not keeping up with annual gift from the family!!

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #75 on:** December 10, 2005, 18:56:29 »

Years Flowerlady! ;D

flowerlady · « **Reply #76 on:** December 10, 2005, 19:26:35 »

Oh goodie! Was most concerned ;) I thought I was on a mission!

Sadly OH can't drink much at the moment, is on long term pain killling patches.

Doris_Pinks · « **Reply #77 on:** December 10, 2005, 23:36:35 »

but that leaves you to take on his share too! ;D ;D ;D
(Flowerlady last seen under the kitchen table! ;) )

flowerlady · « **Reply #78 on:** December 14, 2005, 09:07:14 »

DP what do you do with the remaining fruit?

Do you think they might make an fruit pie? Are they suitable to be made into jelly, what happenes to the pectin while stewing in gin?

jennym · « **Reply #79 on:** December 14, 2005, 11:10:16 »

Quote from: flowerlady on December 14, 2005, 09:07:14

DP what do you do with the remaining fruit?

Do you think they might make an fruit pie? Are they suitable to be made into jelly, what happenes to the pectin while stewing in gin?

They make a decent jam, jelly or cheese. As long as you don't heat the sloes, and they are pretty ripe, there isn't really a problem with cloudiness due to pectin in sloe gin.

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