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you seem to have got some good replies. go easy on the sugar unless you have a sweet tooth. I've just made some Huckleberry Gin, its a fabulous bluey purple colour! I added some local honey rather than sugar as it helps to repel infections more and of course has a far more interestin and complex taste. x
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Reminds me....must get my sloe gin bottled!
What did you do with the sloe's you took out compo?My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Bottled the sloe gin tonught! Out of a litre bottle of gin I finished up with the bottle being re-filled (1L) and an empty half bottle of brandy filled as well!
What's even better is I still had left, a large wine glass full as well!
Very tasty and will deffo make some more next year!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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we picked our sloes y'day (except they may be damsons, or bullaces, who knows!) and today I will start bottling. I think damsons have a crease in them, like a bum, and sloes don't, they are perfectly round.
I just found this wonderful Blog, lots of lovely recipes and wisdom on it:
http://joannasfood.blogspot.com/search?q=sloeAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Right. The definitive answer: we picked sloes and bullaces. The berries all looked the same to me, so I googled the leaves, which are totally different. Not a damson in sight, and no bums either
They've all been pricked and drowned in gin now. I was so inspired, I made a bottle of blackberry vodka at the same time. Unfortuntely not all the vodka would go back in the bottle, so I've had to drink it as it might go off. Hic.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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I ginned my sloes and brandied my bullaces. Done it before - wished I'd done more - have this year. We're gonna be totally soused come Christmas eh?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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I reckon about 8 - 10 weeks, which handily makes it ready for Christmas drinking - and the excess for presents. I make mine in a demijohn so the extra produced by adding sugar and by the action of the alcohol drawing juice from the fruits (they look like prunes when done) makes up about enough for a small screw-top wine bottle - you know, the third of a bottle ones. The are a highly prized gift. Make some labels on your printer - a unique present. I always like to make extra jams and chutneys too. It make Christmas seem less of a commercial mania and more of a giving of something of yourself.
Little rant over, back on my head!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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You're worse than me, you are!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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