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8doubles

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Re: sloes
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2009, 20:02 »
I never wash sloes, just pick out any bits of dried leaf or twiggy bits (or bugs of course  :lol:)

Sugar is essential as sloes are so bitter. Bite one and see if you never have ... everyone should try this once  ;) Carefully, mind  :ohmy:


I just tip the sloes into a sink full of water all the twigs and leaves float as well as the sloes with a maggot* inside them, this can all be scooped off with a sieve. Just a quick roll in a towel to dry them and into the gin they go.

* if you leave the odd maggot in it helps the gin last longer. :)

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Re: sloes
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2009, 09:47 »
What a difference 2 weeks make got about 3lbs yesterday nice and ripe so made 4 bottles in total

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Re: sloes
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2009, 10:52 »
After the total derth of sloes in Suffolk last year, I wasn't going to risk waiting till after the frosts to pick this year, just in case some other b****r got them before me! 

I have tried both the freezing method and the direct soaking.  Prefer the latter; the freezing process mushed the berries up too much, and the resulting gin was overly cloudy and had thick sediment.  I think I wasted some of the precious liquid in trying to salvage what I could.

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Re: sloes
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2009, 00:27 »
well we've had a couple of frosts and i've discovered a new lane that has absolutely loads of sloes. So many in fact that i could have filled several buckets full :D. However i wouldn't be able to afford the gin needed   :tongue2: so only took enough for one bottle.

 Question - which are the best sloes to pick, the big blue ones or the ones that are beginning to go almost shiny black?

From what i could see they go blue, then the shiny black colour and then they shrivel.
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Re: sloes
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2009, 13:07 »
mostly the blue ones with the bloom on but a few shiny black ones make it into the bucket..

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Re: sloes
« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2009, 14:56 »
I think the riper the sloes are the easier they mix with the gin . With the bloom on is good but black and shiny is better.

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Re: sloes
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2009, 20:36 »
cheers guess i'll try and use all the ones i have picked then :)

Anyone ever tried sloe whiskey or at least got a recipe for it ? Thought i might give that a go as well.  :D
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Re: sloes
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2009, 21:36 »
I have tasted sloe whisky, vodka, bacardi and poteen and they`re all good. :)
Use the same mix as sloe gin .

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Re: sloes
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2009, 22:57 »
I have tasted sloe whisky, vodka, bacardi and poteen and they`re all good. :)
Use the same mix as sloe gin .

cheers  :)

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Re: sloes
« Reply #24 on: October 23, 2009, 22:07 »
well this will be our 1st year as we have missed the sloes the past few years as we waited for the frost,but the birds had them all.this year we picked loads a few weeks ago,and now have 4 bottles of sloe gin and 2 bottles of sloe vodka on the go.cant wait to have a taste its about 8 weeks or so i believe.
 



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