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Sloe gin

2009-06-17T02:23:15+00:00

.and I sort of used far too many elderberries and ended up with a slight "powdery"/dusty sort of taste.

same here, I re used the berrys so if the 2nd lot is better I\'ll let you know.

Statistics: Posted by umpa — Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:23 am

Sloe gin

2009-06-07T18:40:47+00:00

Hi lads i am going to start a sloe gin in the morning ive got about 2,1/2lb of last years sloes in the freezer i normaly make a gallon of sloe and a gallon damson every year i coulduntdo damson last year there wasunt much fruit about were i live

Cor, bleedin\' hell alan. You\'re lucky to have any sloes as well, there was virtually nothing around here at all - though I didn\'t work out whether it was a rain/lack of pollination thing or a late frost/cold snap.
Luckily there looks like being plenty this year!
I\'d guess that starting it as early as this, would give it plenty of time to "mash", giving a nice, strongly flavoured batch.
Good luck with it.
p.s. Oh and maybe you could post the recipe you use for others to try "as and when" ?

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:40 pm

Sloe gin

2009-06-07T18:01:17+00:00

Hi lads i am going to start a sloe gin in the morning ive got about 2,1/2lb of last years sloes in the freezer i normaly make a gallon of sloe and a gallon damson every year i coulduntdo damson last year there wasunt much fruit about were i live

Statistics: Posted by alan — Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:01 pm

Sloe gin

2009-06-05T00:45:07+00:00

did it come out Ok umpa ?
Only because I made a similar thing but with dried elderberries last year.....and I sort of used far too many elderberries and ended up with a slight \"powdery\"/dusty sort of taste.
That\'ll probably be corrected if I added more gin - which is the eventual intention.......

Statistics: Posted by Phantom — Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:45 am

Sloe gin

2009-06-04T18:44:51+00:00

Just made some sloe gin, 800ml of 40% with 100g of dried sloe berries mixed up with a bottle of gin essence. I only had to leave it two weeks before it was dark red/brown. Sweetened with splenda and re-used berries for my next lot.
What are you doing at the moment ?

Statistics: Posted by umpa — Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:44 pm