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Yep its nearly that time of year again....sloe gin time!
Anyone know where to get the cheapest gin from?
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Yep its nearly that time of year again....sloe gin time!
Anyone know where to get the cheapest gin from?
Last edited by smallblueplanet; 16-09-2008, 07:26 PM.To see a world in a grain of sand
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Try the supermarket basics range. For goodness sake don't try any suspect contacts - you may be paying less but you could be buying something really dangerous. -
Not many sloes around in our part of Devon. We had some severe late frosts but hopefully the home brew shop will have some dried ones.Comment
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I just bought lots of "smart price" vodka & whisky from Asda(about £7 a full bottle)~sure they had gin too,but not definite?(unfortunately one of DD's teachers was behind me at the checkout!!)
BTW~they for making fruity christmas pressies!!!~honest!the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
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I used smart price asda gin last year for sloe gin - was fine for the job.
Not checked my usual source yet but last year the sloes were more like bunches of grapes they wer that big!My mind not only wanders - sometimes it leaves me completely
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Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post
............Anyone know where to get the cheapest gin from?
Also know as Mothers Ruin!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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you bring the gin, i will bring the tonic and lemons!! Seriously, Aldi is pretty cheap or even Lidl - dont know if you have them your way but worth a goComment
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Thanks everyone, I was hoping for some prices to save me having to drive to Lidl/Aldi or where ever to check.
Tesco value gin is £6.56 for 70cl (but is it only 37.5 proof?)To see a world in a grain of sand
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Tesco Basics is fine. 37% is fine.
Plymouth Sloe Gin is only 26% proof and that is the mutt's nuts, that stuff: like alcoholic Benylin.
All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I think my FIL has sloe in the field he rents as part of an artistic thing he is doing I will have to check them outGardening ..... begins with daybreak
and ends with backache
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Many full price gins are 37% these days. When you're adding sugar and you consider the juice of the fruit that's leached out I wouldn't quibble over a few percent in the overall equation. I don't think I'd go down as far as 30% in some of the ultra-cheap ones though. I usually use the ASDA basic range for fruit spirits. Plum brandy is gorgeous if you can get hold of the small wild plums. And of course, if you grow damsons, I've done damson gin and damson vodka. Damsons never ruined anything but white satin in my opinion!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Yeah I'll use Tesco's if nothing else is cheaper - it'll be a few litres worth though which is why I wondered how much it cost at Lidl/Aldi/Morrisons etc...Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
Last edited by smallblueplanet; 17-09-2008, 07:46 AM.To see a world in a grain of sand
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Oh I'd love to make this, must go and hunt around. The source I had my eye on was cut down by some moronic idiot. The fact he owned the bush is besides the point! Didn't he realise my need?!?!? Gah!
I did buy some 'basics' vodka for a repeat prescription of Limoncello, yesterday, though. I'm going to a 'bring your own' wedding reception on Sat, so thought I'd do a proper job of it!
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Lol! I'm safe then Flum, ain't got no satin!Originally posted by Flummery What's your plum brandy recipe then? Would sloe brandy be similar, I've never had wild plums?
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I'll be walking past Aldi later, Manda - I'll look at the gin prices then.Comment
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