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Post by bevbob on Oct 28, 2006 18:48:27 GMT -1
Sloe Gin
Take lots of Gills (Greydales) Sloes!
empty Gin out of bottle and half fill with Sloes
Add 5oz sugar
Top up with Gin,
Shake twice a day until the sugar dissolves
Leave for as long as possible!
Fast Gin!
Go to Gills and help yourself to her cupboard full of sloe gin LOL!
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Post by bevbob on Oct 28, 2006 18:58:21 GMT -1
Iv also done Sloe whiskey and although I dont like whiskey, it tastes lovely!
I was also wondering if you could put a vanilla pod in the gin?
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Post by lancslass on Oct 28, 2006 19:55:56 GMT -1
ROFL.........im on my way to gills........being the fabulous culinary expert i am!!!! LOL LOL
glad you put how to do it on here bev, as i had got as far as stareing at the carrier bag!!! LOL
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Post by bevbob on Oct 28, 2006 19:59:47 GMT -1
ROFL Karen!!! well that cake you made today was lovely! lol.
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Post by lancslass on Oct 28, 2006 20:14:28 GMT -1
aaaaaaaa, that was easy bev........just a little something i prepared earlier!  glad you enjoyed it! LOL |
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Post by leannwithconnie on Oct 30, 2006 11:10:31 GMT -1
Ohh I've made my first bottle of slo gin this weekend  I'm so excited.  |
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Post by charliedales on Nov 1, 2006 17:24:35 GMT -1
hi
what happens to the berries, do they just go away as if by magic lol?
nic
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Post by leannwithconnie on Nov 2, 2006 13:55:56 GMT -1
I think when it's ready you strain the berries out through muslin Nic?
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Post by bevbob on Nov 2, 2006 20:58:57 GMT -1
Fab Leann! I love the wiskey one Iv done, its gorgeous!
I leave the berries in Nic, they just sink to the bottom and look quite nice lol!
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Post by charliedales on Nov 3, 2006 10:52:33 GMT -1
Thanks! I think they look quite nice in there too bev but might try and strain them for when we're sharing a bottle with friends in case they're squeemish lol
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Post by greydales on Nov 7, 2006 14:20:17 GMT -1
ROFL Bev!!!!!!!! Don't let them all in on my secret stash of gin!  I have used all different amounts of sugar, but have kept the ratio of sloes to half a bottle (whichever size you are using). We don't like stuff that is too sweet, and if you haven't added enough sugar to your liking then you can always add more, but can't take it away! I always use brown sugar (unrefined caster or granulated), or demerara. I've used both Gordon's (that is for us as it's expensive LOL), the rest is Tesco's London Gin (£5 cheaper!). A couple of my bottles have four blanched almonds in them, as I spotted this in another recipe somewhere! Minimum recommended maturing time is 8 weeks (but we tasted ours after 4 and it was lovely LOL!). Karen get your finger out and don't waste those sloes!!! I pricked myself to death getting those for you!!!!!!! |
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Post by bevbob on Nov 7, 2006 15:29:19 GMT -1
Iv got a problem! my sloe gin has got white bits in it!!! I dont know whether it is a sort of mould or fungus!!!!!!!! I have tasted it and so has my friend and it tastes fine?  ? I think I will have to strain it LOL! The whiskey is fine though? strange??? it was a new bottle of gin and bottle was clean etc??? |
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Post by greydales on Nov 7, 2006 17:45:59 GMT -1
How strange, is there a lot of white Bev? Perhaps a sloe was off?! I'd just strain it before use (might add a bit of interesting flavour LOL!).
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Post by bevbob on Nov 11, 2006 19:12:34 GMT -1
Its just all bitty.......Not a lot of white stuff but just bits floating around?
Im not going to waste it though, lol, it didnt make me ill so its ok!
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Post by SuzieP on Nov 11, 2006 19:41:50 GMT -1
Is it tiny maggots Bev?  |
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