you could make a very nice wine with the dried sloes by pouring boilng water on them and then crushing them.1lb dried sloes to 2 1/4 lb sugar + 2 tsp. citric acid would make a gallon. If you still want sloe gin/vodka then either distill as described before or freeze distill. Pour onto trays and put in the freezer untill ice forms then pour of the alcohol and flavour into bottles to mature. nice from ice