A gentle reminder for anyone interested. It's time to get the sloe gin started.
The last couple of years I have been using berries that I had been given, but this year for the first time I picked them myself. It would appear to be a very good year for sloes.
Tried this the other day considering i don't like may shorts i thought it was a nice tipple that you could easily spend the evening supping and then the morning suffering
The Guy who let me have a taste of last years stock said he gives the bottle a rotation every day for the first month then once a week for 6 months and then once a month if it lasts that long
The first bush I found was very sparse and after picking it clean it yielded about a half pound of sloes.
In a different part of the field I found three bushes together with berries hanging like grapes. I picked 3lbs in about twenty minutes and barely make an impression on them.
Top tip- add some almond liqueur to the mix a month before Xmas to give it a really warm, nutty after taste. Cheap stuff from lidl will do, don't splash out on amoretto. Also nice with hazelnut liqueur .
Author: hyperfish
26-11-2019 04:40:51
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