Simoman 110 Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Can anybody please tell me how to make sloe gin? Thanks Simon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shaman Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Try this: Ingredients: 1 lb. (450 g) sloes 3 cups (710 ml) gin or vodka 1 1/2 cup (350 g) sugar Wash and dry the fruit, remove all stems, and freeze the sloes for at least a couple of days (not necessary if they are picked after the first frost). Place the fruit in a suitable container, add gin or vodka, and shake twice a week for 4-8 weeks. Transfer most of the liquid to a bottle. Add the sugar to the remaining sloes. Shake twice a day until all sugar has dissolved; this may take up to two weeks. Mix this sweet syrup with the first unsweetened liquid. After three months strain the liqueur thru a muslin cloth. Add some more sugar if necessary. The liqueur should mellow for 6 months before used. As an alternative you can mix the sloes, gin/vodka and sugar at the same time, but then use slightly less sugar. If preparing the sloe gin/liqueur this way you will also get a delicious flavor, however, the total volume of liqueur will be less because more liquid will remain within the fruit. Sloes are the fruit of blackthorn and are actually a wild type of plums. The flavor of the fruit is bitter, so the small plums are not suitable for eating. However, the effect of frost makes them milder. The bitter flavor is lost when making liqueurs. Sloe gin is traditionally made in Ireland and Britain. Sloe liqueur is also made in Scandinavia, Germany, France and Spain. This delicious liqueur has a flavor similar to plum liqueur and the color is dark red. It is best served in small amounts as an after-dinner drink with or without ice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Thanks Shaman, 6 months before I can drink it :icon_eek:I'm off to Threshers for a six pack of Skol and a bottle of Thunderbird :sick: I hope its gonna be good, i'll give it a try Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madhunter 16 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 feck me do they still make skol and thunderbird :sick: :sick: :sick: to mind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 madhunter said: feck me do they still make skol and thunderbird :sick: :sick: :sick: to mind Sloe gin is feckin exelent in a hip flask on a frosty winter day....roll on the winter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,240 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 GET AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLE OR A DEMIJON . IUSE ONE OF THOSE BIG LAMBRINI BOTTLES. :11: AFTER YOU HAVE WASHED THE FRIUT AND PRICKED EACH ONE JUST PUT THEM IN THE EMPTY BOTTLE UP TO ABOUT A THIRD FULL,THEN POUR IN THE SUGAR SO IT COMES TO JUST ABOVE THE FRIUT IT WILL FILL IN ALL THE GAPS. THEN POUR IN THE THE GIN. THATS IT , DONE ALL YOU DO NOW IS TURN IT AROUND AND SHAKE IT GENTLY ONE OR TWICE A WEEK. IF TOU MAKE SOME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE READY BY XMAS. WHEN ITS READY I JUST POUR IT IN TO BIG MEASURING JUG EMPTY ALL THE FRIUT OUT THE BOTTLE, GIVE THE BOTTLE A QUIK RINCE, NO SOAP, THEN POUR THE SLOE GIN BACK IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE. YOU CAN PLAY ABOUT WITH THE AMOUNTS O F BERRIES AND SUGER YOU USE AND I ALWAYS DO ENOUGH TO LEAVE SOME EVEN LONGER THAN XMAS BEFOR I DECANT THEM. BLACKBERRY GIN IS ALSO NICE SO GET OUT THERE NOW AND PICK THEM ( SAME RECIPE AS THE SLOE) YOU CAN ALSO USE VODKA MY FAV IS DAMSON VODKA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SPONGEBOB 0 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 TOMO said: GET AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLE OR A DEMIJON . IUSE ONE OF THOSE BIG LAMBRINI BOTTLES. :11: AFTER YOU HAVE WASHED THE FRIUT AND PRICKED EACH ONE JUST PUT THEM IN THE EMPTY BOTTLE UP TO ABOUT A THIRD FULL,THEN POUR IN THE SUGAR SO IT COMES TO JUST ABOVE THE FRIUT IT WILL FILL IN ALL THE GAPS. THEN POUR IN THE THE GIN. THATS IT , DONE ALL YOU DO NOW IS TURN IT AROUND AND SHAKE IT GENTLY ONE OR TWICE A WEEK. IF TOU MAKE SOME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IT WILL BE READY BY XMAS. WHEN ITS READY I JUST POUR IT IN TO BIG MEASURING JUG EMPTY ALL THE FRIUT OUT THE BOTTLE, GIVE THE BOTTLE A QUIK RINCE, NO SOAP, THEN POUR THE SLOE GIN BACK IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE. YOU CAN PLAY ABOUT WITH THE AMOUNTS O F BERRIES AND SUGER YOU USE AND I ALWAYS DO ENOUGH TO LEAVE SOME EVEN LONGER THAN XMAS BEFOR I DECANT THEM. BLACKBERRY GIN IS ALSO NICE SO GET OUT THERE NOW AND PICK THEM ( SAME RECIPE AS THE SLOE) YOU CAN ALSO USE VODKA MY FAV IS DAMSON VODKA here's how i do it:get a 2liter demijon.(i find the one westons scrumpy comes in work a treat.) add 6oz of sugar + 1ltr of gin or vodka. then prick and add as many sloes as it takes to bring the liquid up to the top of the demijon. put in the airing cuboard and turn the bottle(top to tail)daily till all the sugar is disolved,then leave for a good few months.works well. one year done this with a rather fine batch of poitin never again lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,240 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 LET ME JUST ADD, THE LATEST I HAVE PICKED SLOES WAS THE WEEK BETWEEN XMAS AND NEW YEAR AND THEY WERE DECANTED NEXT XMAS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted August 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Thanks for the replies Just a quick question, how do you tell when the sloes are ready to be picked? Thanks Simon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
logman 0 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Heres a pick of the ones i pick each year to make gin a couple of weeks ago Ill get a fresh pic tommorow as ive seen them change a lot this last week, mine vare nearly ready Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robsharpe 1 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 here in the north east i was out picking blackberrys on the shoot am in and the sloes there are still not ready not sure if they ripen early down south , last year i picked them end september ,they say pick after the first frost ,up hereits a case of who dares leave em longest before someone picks them :11: its a game of nerve , it seems like a bumper crop with some nice big full berries last year was me first attempt and the waiting 3 months til it was ready was well worth it ,so heres hoping there is some left for a nother lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hardfeather 56 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Never pick them till after the first frost and don't tell anyone where your supply is ive got three bottles doing now in the airing cupboard along with gooseberry gin my aim is to end millets life when he comes down in september lmfao :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robsharpe 1 Posted August 24, 2006 Report Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hardfeather said: Never pick them till after the first frost and don't tell anyone where your supply is ive got three bottles doing now in the airing cupboard along with gooseberry gin my aim is to end millets life when he comes down in september lmfao :11: dont do that the mafia will come a knockin :whistle: :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest carra Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 i herd about this sloe gin stuff and ive seen it in the shops but f****d if i know what a sloe is ive never seen one in my life and the ones in the pic dont help are they green or purple , a f**k it ile just fill me hip flask with bramble gin and pretend cos knowing me ile go out to get some of these sloe berrys and end up picking the wrong ones , f**k i ate shady berries when i was a kid and i made my gut feal like some f****r was tieing it in knots it was sore i never ate rowan berries again after that :sick: when eating them i did think they tasted like shit but i was willing to try them enyway sour and bitter is what i remmeber what they tasted like ! do you get sloe berries in scotland ??? and enyway isnt gin a POOFS DRINK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madhunter 16 Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 can you use brown sugar and what tpye gin is best? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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