StillSmart

How's this for easy?
I put 2 tins of peaches minus juice, 8oz Sugar and 1 litre of neutral spirit in a kilner jar. Shook it daily for 2 weeks, filter through a coffee filter and voila peach schnapps.

Bottle in the freezer, very nice even if I do say so myself.
Oh and 'er indoors is making boozy peach jam with the used peaches :-)
Regards, Q

I have some in a dark cupboard....(still unopened).... a bottle full of bluberries which are now green and have turned the spirit red....

Plus i have a litre jar one full of strawberries..... the spirit strips the colour and flavour right out of the fruit......... as you said you filter with coffee filter papers, then eat the fruit,,, thats if you like white strawberries, and green blueberries, i give mine a good time to infuse though

A word of advice from me though is be careful with cinamon sticks as i contaminated a bottle, i looked on its progress and there was fur on the stick....... down the sink that went........

Google infusing vodka.....

HomeBrewUnderground have some great recipes and also baking tips to use the leftovers! Plus he is a really nice guy too.
http://www.homebrewunderground.com/

I've done all sorts too over this year, rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, lemmon, and blackberries. This was how I convinced 'er indoors that the easystill was a sound investment, I get my booze and she gets her vodka to make christmas presents. I usually give the fruit at least 3 months but the recipe for this one said 2 weeks was ok as it was tinned peaches. I have to say it is more than delicious.
Limoncello



Raspberry Liqueur



Strawberry Ratafia



Strawberry Wine (made with sherry)



Rhubarb Schnapps


Regards, Q

What size are those screw top bottles, they look really handy them

I think they're about 200ml ish. 'er indoors bought them online.
Q

I just thought you ate a lot of HP Sauce!

I think that's what they're meant for Jimmy LOL
Regards, Q

wow - I can see i'm talking to the masters on here...
I think I'm going to enjoy this new hobby.
regards
ian

I bottled a gallon of mixed sloe,blackcurrant and morrelo cherrys yesterday very very nice i soaked the sloes for 3months i normaly use damsons instead of cherrys but couldunt get any this year. going to trade 2 bottles for some pheasants from the localshoot on boxing day. just started to de gas my last vodka star mash hope to run it all befor christmas

Alan - I can't remember if I asked you this before - is that the Vodka Star yeast, and is it any good? I heard it was very pure but wondered if it was just hype?

Hi jimmy sorry i didunt get back to ya, yes its the vodka star yeast its very pure and clean its around 14-15% from 6kg sugar i ran 3ltrs this morning taking 500ml at55 then another 200ml and mixed finished with 700ml at45-48