Sloe gin. Okay, Found the sloe's, got the gin. Now what do I do.?

Question

(apart from throw the berry's away and drink the gin)

Answer 1

Prick every one of the sloes. Yes, every one.
Steep in the gin for about 6 days. The sloes, you idiot, not you!
Then strain into a suitable container - the liquor, fool.
Add sugar - same sort of quantity as the berries were. Shake until sugar dissolved and leave for as long as poss. At least 3 months in bottles and enjoy at Christmas.
Lovely!

Answer 2

Have fun, here's one recipe..

lb. (450 g) sloes
3 cups (710 ml) gin or vodka
1 1/2 cup (350 g) sugar


Wash and dry the fruit, remove all stems, and freeze the sloes for at least a couple of days (not necessary if they are picked after the first frost). Place the fruit in a suitable container, add gin or vodka, and shake twice a week for 4-8 weeks. Transfer most of the liquid to a bottle. Add the sugar to the remaining sloes. Shake twice a day until all sugar has dissolved; this may take up to two weeks. Mix this sweet syrup with the first unsweetened liquid. After three months strain the liqueur thru a muslin cloth. Add some more sugar if necessary. The liqueur should mellow for 6 months before used.

As an alternative you can mix the sloes, gin/vodka and sugar at the same time, but then use slightly less sugar. If preparing the sloe gin/liqueur this way you will also get a delicious flavor, however, the total volume of liqueur will be less because more liquid will remain within the fruit.

Sloes are the fruit of blackthorn and are actually a wild type of plums. The flavor of the fruit is bitter, so the small plums are not suitable for eating. However, the effect of frost makes them milder. The bitter flavor is lost when making liqueurs.

Sloe gin is traditionally made in Ireland and Britain. Sloe liqueur is also made in Scandinavia, Germany, France and Spain. This delicious liqueur has a flavor similar to plum liqueur and the color is dark red. It is best served in small amounts as an after-dinner drink with or without ice.

http://www.liqueurweb.com/sloe.htm

or this one where you frezze the Sloes first...

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/sloe%20gin.html

You could also add them to Pastis and make Patxaran if you fancy....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patxaran

Cheers!

Answer 3

There are two common ways.
One is to mix gin, sloes and sugar in a large container and leave for three/four months either shaking or stirring every few days. then filter and bottle.
Two is to put the sloes in a bucket and add the same weight of sugar and stir every few days. When the sloes are all broken down and you can only see stones in the botton syphon off the juice and add it 50/50 to gin.

Answer 4

Find a couple of good drink recipes.
Sloe Gin fizz or just sloe gin and 7up
Also there is a Singapore sling cocktail that is very tasty

Answer 5

Your too young to be playing with sloes...
And I always made it a rule not to drink Gin so you can have it.

Answer 6

Put the Sloes in a bottle - (& maybe a little sugar), & top up with gin.
Leave to fester for a week or four.

Answer 7

I have one with a lightning bolt on my right shoulder going through the words 'God's Child'. SEEK TRUTH with two hearts on each end on my left forearm - big enough that a motorist to my right can read it at a stop light if I'm grabbing the windowframe as I drive. And FTW on my left ring, middle and index fingers. (from 1 john 2.15 - yes, Jesus said it first) External rituals were banned or encouraged in the OT.... it was a foreshadowing of things to come. All changes to us are internal now, and what we do externally is a result of the internal change. I pray on my knees at times, because what I do with my body affects my soul. Tats are awesome conversation pieces. The ones on me have started spiritual conversations with total strangers that never would have happened without them. They go from judging me (usually - cool or disrespectfully) to being taken aback by my indepth spirituality. They always leave the conversation, not thinking about me/tats/etc.... but thinking about Jesus.

Answer 8

Quick recipe
Wash the fruit and dry it, put in jar and pour over gin and 1 tablespoon sugar, cap it tightly(airtight) and shake it gently up every few days for 2/4 weeks and bingo !!!

Answer 9

whats so wrong about throwing the berry & drinking the gin? ... though why you'd want to drink gin in the 1st place is beyone me. in my experience it makes people depressed

Answer 10

Invite me round for a party!! yum yum yum yum yum x x