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  • enough for 1 litre bottle of spirits or a just 750ml?

    Oh Ill just get a litre and see if more sloes are about LOL
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    • I'd say 750.

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      • I have a few 1 gallon demijons in the garage, would these be too large for a brew (to much air space) - would this allow it to spoil?

        Could I use an old plastic milk carton (cleaned and sterilised of course) as there shouldnt be any fermentation going on.
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        • I don't think the excess air space would cause a problem and I've heard of people using plastic bottles. I tried sterilising a squash bottle with boiling water and the heat distorted it so it wouldn't stand up. Depends on the plastic I suppose.
          Personally I use wine bottles as we... er drink quite a bit of wine.
          Last edited by Shadylane; 31-10-2011, 01:08 PM.

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          • Blimey there's a lot of sugary recipes about...

            Our fruit alcohol recipes are somewhere around a

            3 : 2 : 1 ratio

            3 parts alcohol : 2 parts fruit : 1 part sugar

            So our latest 'sloe gin' - Pacharan (Spanish sloe gin) was:

            400 ml ouzo
            200g sloes
            125g sugar
            1 cinnamon stick

            Although our Raspberry Gin was:

            350ml gin
            300g raspberries
            115g sugar

            Because we had loads of spare raspberries!

            Last years Christmas Gin (very popular!) was:

            300ml gin
            200g sloes
            100g sugar
            2 cinnamon sticks
            3 cloves
            Last edited by smallblueplanet; 01-11-2011, 09:30 AM.
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            And a heaven in a wild flower

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            • My sloe gin only uses about 5 oz sugar per lb sloes (sometimes less). I do use rather less gin than the typical recipe. Last year I used a litre of gin to about 3lb sloes, made over 1½ litres liqueur, which is enough for us.
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