Sloes

[TomV]

I got given a hip flask with sloe gin inside for christmas. It is the best I've tasted, better than mine! It was made with sloes, blackberries and other berries. I want to try and re-create the drink. What other berries could I put in?

[smiiithy]

I put a touch of vanilla extract and some almond extract in at the point I added the sloes to the gin and it's top notch

[Sauer]

2lb or 1kg of fruit ANY fruit or combo of fruit you wantwith pricked skin or if larger fruit then cut into chunks

 

500grams o castor sugar

 

1 litre of any spirit you want (mainly voddy or gin ) ( plum brandy exception)

 

 

add all together in air tight jar for minimum of 3 months i leave it for 6 months

 

sieve out and bottle and add drop o vanilla extract

 

 

lovely

 

 

sauer

[TomV]

want I'm after is other berries to put in with the sloes, ive tried sloes and blackberries but want some other ideas to mix with sloes

[Dunkield]

Since the Damson Vodka has matured and been put into flasks, it so good I don't think I will be making sloe gin again.

[Sauer]

sloe & blabkcurrant ( say youve done this one already but a good un)

 

sloe & strawberries ( 50% x50% mix)

 

sloe & raspberries ( as above )

 

and many other mixtures bot requiring sloes at all

 

 

still desperate to find a damson berry supply tho!!!!!

 

 

agree with whats said....better than sloe gin....its what got me started on this road in 1st place...damson berry gin

 

 

 

sauer

[holly]

experiment but remember to write down the ingriedients of every bottle you make . i did 2 sloe gins (differant gin in each ) you can tell the differance but both better than shop bought

[ryantidgwell]

i always use normal sugar not caster sugar i have tried with cubes of apple put it ( not too bad) grapes sliced ,melon! (dont ask) still dont think you can beat 1.5 lb of sloes lb of normal sugar to a 70 cl bottle of gin ! 3 months of brewing ! shaken every day get a nice thick drink (drools)

[PhilR]

We got into making Sloe gin a couple of years ago and then looked around for other fruit to use. My wife found some mixed berries in a supermarket freezer, I think the bag included blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. We used whiskey for a change and that went down well on the beater's wagon.

 

There's 2 litres of Sloe gin on the go at the moment (well there was before my little tasting sessions to see how it's progressing) and the recipe we used was 2 litres of Gordons Gin, 1100gm of Sloes and 300gm of sugar. The amount of sugar used has been reduced on each batch made as we don't like it too sweet.

 

We also made some Sl' Eau de Vie (excuse pun) as an experiment! Some French friends gave us bottles of their homemade Eau de Vie from plums, one is very sweet and the other is pure rocket fuel. To make it more palatable we combined both bottles into a demijohn and just added 750gm of Sloes and left it for 6 months. I reckon it tastes better now, its certainly gone quicker than the original bottles would have done.

 

Phil