Sloe Gin

[Tony Angelino]

Have just short of 6l on the go this year, my second attempt. One is the Food Tube recipe, fairly bog standard with sugar, sloe and gin ratios similar to most others. For most of it though I've not bothered with the sugar yet, going to back sweeten this time round I think.

Also got one plastic bottle in the car boot, a tip from a mate who always does it this way.

[m4tti]

I’ve got a few litres of Damson and sloe on the go.

[B'stard Child]

Did mine before my annual vacation[

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reminds me must get it out of the cupboard and give it a shake

[HotJambalaya]

thebraketester said:

Filtering one of last years batches.

Is there a reason you filter after a year? I've still got some that have been sitting 3 years now!

[The_Doc]

HotJambalaya said:

thebraketester said:

Filtering one of last years batches.

Is there a reason you filter after a year? I've still got some that have been sitting 3 years now!

In my experience:

Don't filter: always some particulates in there, but you can let it settle and decant the pure stuff off and lose the last 5%
Filter: Pain in the ass, faffing with filters and paper, and you lose about 5% in wetted filters and spill

Any high alcohol content >30% odd will stop degradation over the years, but you wouldn't come back to a partially drunk bottle of beer at 5% after a year, would you?

Make strong stuff and clean your bottles well before filling them. Filter/don't filter, it's just a matter of choice

[Puggit]

Been for a long walk this morning, hunting out blackthorn bushes. Found plenty, but a real dearth of berries. The bigger bushes all seemed to have berries out of reach, up high - very odd.

[Mr Penguin]

I have some blackberry gin on the go (1.5 litres) now, and I found some two or three year old sloe gin in a cupboard (with the sloes still in). Not sure if it will be nice or even drinkable.

The best place to get sloes is eBay.

[BoRED S2upid]

Mr Penguin said:

I have some blackberry gin on the go (1.5 litres) now, and I found some two or three year old sloe gin in a cupboard (with the sloes still in). Not sure if it will be nice or even drinkable.

The best place to get sloes is eBay.

I wouldn’t fancy it if the fruit has been in for 2 years.

[majordad]

I’ve had the sloes in for over a year and lovely.

[Mobile Chicane]

Blackberry whiskey is lovely.

Half fill a Kilner jar with blackberries. Sprinkle over sugar to the depth of the blackberries, shaking it into the nooks and crannies between them. Fill the jar with whiskey, seal, and leave in a dark cupboard for as long as you can bear. At least three months.

[majordad]

Sounds like a waste of Good when Whiskey, maybe I’ll try it first with that inferior Whisky stuff ?