How do you

[Guest tadger]

How do you make sloe, blackcurrant - gin ,vodka , brandy?

[JoeD 24]

Steralise a few bottles (you can buy cheap swing top bottles from lakeland)

Place a handful or 2 of sloes into the bottles, I always crush them a little 1st to release the juices,

1/4 fill the bottle(s) with sugar,

Top up with gin.

Give it a shake, and turn the bottle up and down every day for about 2 weeks. and then leave to stand.

 

Or you could remove the sloes and top up with gin...simply by draining the gin into another container through a sieve, and then re-pouring it into the bottle and topping up with gin.

 

Leave for about a year...if you can resist temptation.

 

 

Just to add as well....if you are picking the sloes now, then freeze them for a couple of days and this takes away the bitterness.

 

Best of luck with it and I am sure other people have different ways but I find this works best for me.

 

Joe

[JoeD 24]

Forgot to add, this works with any soft fruits and any spirit

 

Joe

[gnipper 6,892]

Get the gin or a bottle of vodka tip half a packet of skittles in and leave to stand for a day or two, tastes nicer than sloes imo

[JoeD 24]

Get the gin or a bottle of vodka tip half a packet of skittles in and leave to stand for a day or two, tastes nicer than sloes imo

 

You can make a non alcoholic drink with skittles and water haha.

 

Also polos and gin haha