holly Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 this years first tipple started today cherry gin 250g cherries quartered and destoned 200g of sugar fill bottle to top with gin store till christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I reckon it won't taste entirely dissimilar to sloe gin. There is something cherry-like about sloe gin i reckon. Keep us posted on the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 its differant to sloe gin , i tried some at the edible garden show earlier this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I made cherry vodka for the last few years which is pretty good, never bothered destoneing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I didn't realise the process was that simple I'm on the case Any other recipes, or is it anything you fancy using above measures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fo5ter Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) Best to de-stone what with the cyanide and everything I dont bother de-stoning when I do damson brandy, I like to live dangerously Edited June 11, 2012 by fo5ter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Using brandy is better IMHO, did some a couple (poss.3) years ago when there was a glut and it was superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Try cooking the cherries in the sugar first. pour the drink onto the cold cherries so thin the syrup and then back into the bottle. Cherry brandy is well nice. do the same for blackberries but with whiskey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'm a bit sad because I opened my last bottle of sloe gin the other day. From the 'vielles vignes' in deepest Wales. Still - there's always next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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