Fruit / Alcohol question

[RRH]

Hi all,

I took the week off for half term, soon got bored, so made some strawberry gin as per the recipe here http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/658456

Question: I was always lead to believe that the alcohol was absorbed by the fruit.

Have I just managed to de-alcoholise (if that isn't a real word, it should be) a bottle of gin, and throw the alcohol laden strawberrys in the bin?

[sidekickdmr]

Ive made raspberry vodka before and once the raspberrys were removed the vodka was certainly still strong

[madbadger]

And what would happen if you had put the strawberries through a juicer?

[BoRED S2upid]

We've made sloe gin for years and believe me there is still alcohol after you remove the sloes!

[RRH]

tbh they looked rather anaemic after three days in gin, so juicing them wasn't really an option.

We've had a couple this evening and tbh, whilst it tasted lovely, it was kind of like that 'alcohol' that you get on all-inclusive holidays, if you know what I mean...