Do we have any Sloe Gin fans here?

johntheexpat

I did try filtering the sediment but the jelly texture really rather precluded that.

All this talk of Sloe Gin reminded me that we had another pot of stuff brewing.  It may not work if you use IronGiants 'add the sugar second' method, but if you steep the sloes in sugar and gin, then instead of just ditching the sloes after you have filtered off the gin, re-steep them in a fairly strong (5%  ) cider for a couple of months.  Its a much more variable result and you may have to experiment (different ciders, length of time in gin or cider etc etc ) to find a result that really suits your pallette, but hopefully it won't ever disappoint.

Chox1988

       

sloe berries   gin = sloe gin

I much prefer normal gin but im not a fussy drinker

IronGiant

Eh?   It's a liqueur made by flavouring gin with sloes

Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn tree.

Chox1988

Yeh thats what i mean, or was the eh not meant for me?

IronGiant

The eh was meant for the previous poster I was typing very slowly

hyperfish

Me too compared the Gordons Sloe Gin. It tasted nothing like the home made kind.

tonyrees687

I know nothing about Sloe Gin apart from what Ive read here today.
Do you drink it on its own/ over ice /with a mixer.drink a like a pint
Sounds nice

Chox1988

I tend to have it on its own, no ice, it strikes me as more of a winter drink so no ice.

Im sure it can be mixed to good effect i just wouldnt know what to mix it with, maybe lemonade if you have a very very sweet tooth

RichardMini

I've got three bottles of sloe gin on the go at home.

The sloes came from the hedge in the garden, picked them, rinsed and pierced with a

Gin used is supermarket own brand Using a funnel pour some off (to make way for the fruit and sugar)
  into an empty gin (or whatever) bottle. Pop in lots of sloes and add some sugar.

How much sugar? I'm cautious and don't add too much thinking you can always add more to taste but you'd struggle to take any away!

Gently shake the bottle daily and watch the colour change a gorgeous deep red.

In December, line the funnel with a coffee filter paper and pour the sloe gin - this bit takes aeons but get rid of all the grit and muck - into hip-flask style bottles for a much appreciated Xmas gift!

IronGiant

Ta!

I like the idea of the hip flasked bottles