First ever attemp at Sloe Gin...should be ready by NewYear...Pic Heavy
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If you're worried that someone may beat you to it you can pick them slightly early then freeze them then thaw to soften.
Hi,
I'm about to do my first batch too and found a question that google couldn't answer;
When ageing (for years) is it best to:
1) strain after 3 to 6 months and then leave to age for years in a bottle (heard the fruit goes funky after 6 months);
2) don't strain it and just leave it for years with the berries in it;
3) something else?
would be interested to hear of peoples results using all the options!
Stu
I'm about to do my first batch too and found a question that google couldn't answer;
When ageing (for years) is it best to:
1) strain after 3 to 6 months and then leave to age for years in a bottle (heard the fruit goes funky after 6 months);
2) don't strain it and just leave it for years with the berries in it;
3) something else?
would be interested to hear of peoples results using all the options!
Stu
Good question...well presented!
I'd like the answer to this one too..
Quick update..all the sugar in my 3 lots has dissolved now so I guess its just a case of leaving it to blend for the next 3 months...giving it a gentle shake every now and then..
Get a move on you Winter Gods...I want December here now so I can took into my Sloe Gin...
I've done option 1 for about thirty years, no problems.
I think people over think it - I have some in jars that tastes great after a month - could strain now and drink to be honest. It improves a little with keeping, but really - don't sweat the small stuff - it'll be fine - quality of fruit and type of sweetening agent change the taste far more than six months in the bottle.
I think people over think it - I have some in jars that tastes great after a month - could strain now and drink to be honest. It improves a little with keeping, but really - don't sweat the small stuff - it'll be fine - quality of fruit and type of sweetening agent change the taste far more than six months in the bottle.
I'll just be waiting till xmas then straining and bottling up...if it gets into the bottles that is...
almost forgot about my gin until I was reminded by someone else on another forum. Has it really only been less than two weeks?
I couldn't get a hold of sloes so I did 3 bottles: 1 blueberries, 1 raspberries and 1 strawberries.
I couldn't get a hold of sloes so I did 3 bottles: 1 blueberries, 1 raspberries and 1 strawberries.
Wow you guys have commendable patience. I don't drink now but when I did I woulda been opening the bottle coming out the shop.
Some folk can wait months for a drink? My genes must be rotten.
Some folk can wait months for a drink? My genes must be rotten.
Its one good thing that comes out of France-that and pieds et pouces....Actually sloe calvados is not a very fine taste-its exquisite. I'm not a foodie buff obsessive by any means , but even I could appreciate its superb mellow richnessI like the thought of anything Calvados related
I know you like your whiskies Red, so it probably sounds like sacrilidge
, but I prefer Calva to Whisky (although I did enjoy somw whisky and water over Christmas..)
Not sacrilege at all. Half my team used to be in France and I went there regularly. I developed a real taste for Calvados - used to bring it back with me. Its a silly price in this country 
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