Sloe Gin....!!!

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  1. Marley Farley

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    Here is my recipe..... [​IMG] [​IMG]

    SLOE GIN...!!
    Pick your sloes from blackthorn hedges in October or November when they are most ripe - probably after the first frosts. :rolleyes: If you can't wait... Freeze them for a few days first...!!!!
    Take a litre bottle of gin, and drink half a litre... :D [​IMG]
    Cut or prick the sloes and drop into the half-empty bottle so that they displace the remaining gin to near the top.
    Add one wine goblet of sugar (approx 150g).
    All you have to do now is turn or agitate the bottle daily for a week, then weekly for a month or two ... by which time it will be ready to drink (but it is really best kept until the next winter).. :rolleyes:
     
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    Oooh MF, That sounds lethal [​IMG] [​IMG]
    Do you drink it with a mixer or straight?
    Not sure I know what sloes look like [​IMG] Are they common? Fancy having a go, should make Xmas 07 go with a bang!
     
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    I'm not as thunk as drinkle peep I am, ossifer!!
     
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    [​IMG] Hi Windy,
    [​IMG] I like mine on the rocks or with tonic water for a long drink... [​IMG] [​IMG]
    [​IMG] Sloes are in the hedgerows now..!!! The little round bluey purple berries on the blackthorn bushes... ;) :D
     
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