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Re: Summer Fruit Liquier

2015-07-14T12:31:23+00:00

sweetened or unsweetened and with different proof base spirit gives very different products.

Standard that the girls enjoy is 3lb sloes, 18oz sugar and 3 litres of 40% brandy. It fits in a 1 gallon demijohn. Leave it for 3 months and it is very nice. smooth mellow liqueur.

With minimal sugar and 60% base spirit and it turns out fiery and with a completely different flavour.

The sloes are strange. After 1 month the spirit is pink and tastes of cherry. Leave it longer and it turns red and tastes of plum.

Statistics: Posted by Myles — Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:31 pm

Re: Summer Fruit Liquier

2015-07-12T07:27:58+00:00

Must be the rum

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:27 am

Re: Summer Fruit Liquier

2015-07-11T20:29:26+00:00

I suspect that many here are old enough to remember these,Rumtopf.
My neighbour bought one in a charity shop last year,and filled it with assorted soft fruit and Rum through the summer.
The result was totally vile.
I am not sure that he added sugar.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:29 pm

Re: Summer Fruit Liquier

2015-07-11T16:57:37+00:00

If you like sweet drinks it is nice. I did this once and the juice in the fruit dropped the ABV to the point where it started fermenting (or something that was releasing gas) again! I added some high proof to stop this. The resulting liquid was delicious, when cut with water. The fruit pieces... were lethal.

Statistics: Posted by chill — Sat Jul 11, 2015 4:57 pm

Summer Fruit Liquier

2015-07-11T13:39:48+00:00

I have just put some summer fruit and sugar into some Kilner Jars and topped up with neutrals at 45%. Now I wait to see what happens next?

Statistics: Posted by Johns051 — Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:39 pm