The labour of my fruits 🤣

[tozzybum]

After my favourite patch of Sloes produced a feeble harvest last year I invited some blueberries to the party .
After maturing for a few months today was bottling day.
4 bottles of Beautiful tasting Blueberry gin and 3 bottles of sloe gin .
Honestly theyl last till Christmas

 

[Cyres]

I hope the blueberry taste better than mine did. Mine was just awful!
D

 

[gs jon]

blueberry is one of the quickest to make if find,after about three weeks mine tastes better than any shop bought,but when it comes to orange whisky ive left some for a couple of yrs before i feel its right.
JB

 

[tozzybum]

The blueberry tastes great at the minute.
I split the berries and put the sugar on.
Then leave 6 weeks before adding the gin .
Into a cupboard and a mad shake of the mix till all the sugar dissolved.
Left in for another 4 months then filtered to remove any unpleasant bits.
Decant Into bottles using the sython method.
Remember to take the pipe out of your mouth and put it in the bottle

 

[sauer]

Sloe whisky is bl00dy fine

 

[tozzybum]

I made elderberry whisky a couple of years ago using Bruchladich rocks ,oh so delicious

 

[JockStalk]

Blaeberries have a pretty delicate flavour but vodka pairs well as nothing competing. Needs a bit sugar for my palate.

I’m looking forward to retirement when I can have more time to experiment with this. A true vocation. Likely end up as tight as a drum 7 days a week

 

[Shroughaun]

Did you do the same with the Sloes. I actually picked 3kg of Sloes back in October and have them in the freezer since.

Last year was my first time making sloe gin and I just put 3kg sloes, 2kg sugar and 3liter of gin into the kilner for about 6 months.

It turned out to lovely. Just haven’t gotten around to doing anything yet with the sloes ive picked.

 

[tozzybum]

Yes same method sloes n sugar in the demijohn, shake to mix and allow the natural juice to leach from the sloes.
Only after 6 weeks of mixing do I add the gin.
Again regular shaking to mix then filter and bottle around 4 to 6 months.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Blaeberries have a pretty delicate flavour but vodka pairs well as nothing competing. Needs a bit sugar for my palate.

I’m looking forward to retirement when I can have more time to experiment with this. A true vocation. Likely end up as tight as a drum 7 days a week

There is another post active about newts.

 

[sh1kar]

I make this. Takes about 2 weeks. No one can ever seems able to guess what it is. Didn’t survive 11s yesterday

 

[Shroughaun]

I made elderberry whisky a couple of years ago using Bruchladich rocks ,oh so delicious

Brilliant thanks, I’m going to stick them in the demijohn this evening and let do their thing.

Might even try the blueberry’s, did you go 50:50 blueberry’s to sugar or less sugar.

 

[tozzybum]

2lbs of berries to 2lb of sugar, took a while to dissolve, just agitate(shake the crap ) the demijohn once a day .
Youl notice the juice comes from the berries quite quickly.

 

[VSS]

Brilliant thanks, I’m going to stick them in the demijohn this evening and let do their thing.

Might even try the blueberry’s, did you go 50:50 blueberry’s to sugar or less sugar.

The drinks made by my good friend @tozzybum are indeed delicious, and I have had the privilege of sampling a few. And the sore head to prove it.
However, they're at the upper end of the scale for sweetness, and might not be to everyone's taste for that reason.
A good starting point would be to use half the weight of castor sugar to fruit. So 250g of sugar per half kg of berries. Otherwise you can end up with the last few drinks out of the bottle being very syrupy.

 

[tozzybum]

Advice noted but because I'm a senile old fart will be forgotten by next season .
And il probably make more of the same

 

[VSS]

Advice noted but because I'm a senile old fart will be forgotten by next season .
And il probably make more of the same

Don't you worry my friend, I'm happy to drink it however you make it! By the time I get to the bottom of the bottle I'm too pi$$ed to notice the syrupy bits
As bartering currency it's perfect. Have you eaten those sheep yet?

 

[tozzybum]

Your welcome to taste test Tim ,we're about a 3rd of the way through the lovely sheep's .
But some big plonker put 4 more deer in the freezer and a load of pheasant last month.
Il shall endeavour to eat more and faster, something I don't find challenging

 

[Shroughaun]

Well it’s a case of hurry up and wait.

So I went 1.5kg Sloes per demijohn to 1.5kg sugar. Brown on the right and middle are sloes.

On the left I went 1kg Blueberries to 500g of sugar. Reason as I tasted a few of the blueberries I thought maybe their sweet enough.

Let see how it goes.

 

[tozzybum]

Let us know when it's ready always willing to taste other makes

 

[VSS]

Well it’s a case of hurry up and wait.

So I went 1.5kg Sloes per demijohn to 1.5kg sugar. Brown on the right and middle are sloes.

On the left I went 1kg Blueberries to 500g of sugar. Reason as I tasted a few of the blueberries I thought maybe their sweet enough.

Let see how it goes.

If you start off with the lower rate of sugar, you can taste it part way through the process, or at the bottling stage, and add more if it's not sweet enough for your taste. What you can't do is take sugar out if it's too sweet for you. But you can add tonic at the drinking stage to cut back the sweetness if you've overdone it.