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  • #1

    Sloe Watch

    Sloes are pretty much ready round my way - a good few weeks early, as a lot of things are this year.

    Thought it might be worth a heads-up for anyone looking to make gin/jelly/port etc.
    http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia
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    Thanks yes...we'd noticed they are very early.

    Maybe you can advise......?....I thought they had a better flavour once the frost gets to them( like parsnips do).... Would it be a good idea to freeze them for a few days before using them?
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    • #3
      Yep, I freeze them as frosts are a long way away here.
      http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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      • #4
        What else can you do with them? It is a bumper crop this year but we have several years of sloe gin already. ( drink more gin?)
        Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Sloe jelly is very nice - particularly if you mix in some late brambles. You can use the sloes from the gin to make sloe port. I made some back in June which should be ready for tasting next month. You can also make sloe vodka.

          I can't imagine how you have spare sloe gin. Mine vanishes pretty much as soon as I strain it.
          http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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          • #6
            I'm also one with a few bottles of sloe gin left over. Much prefer blackberries or raspberries in my vodka, or lemoncello...

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            • #7
              I make mine with lots more sloes than recipes generally call for and little or no sugar. It creates a lovely dark gin with plenty of sloe flavour. If anyone wants it sweeter, usually for sipping neat, I add a bit of sugar syrup. Standing up afterwards can be a bit of a challenge.
              http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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              • #8
                Lol Sparrow 100 - good job you don't live any closer to me! Have you tried freezing sloe vodka?
                Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
                  Lol Sparrow 100 - good job you don't live any closer to me! Have you tried freezing sloe vodka?
                  Not yet....rhubarb vodka is next on my list. Yum yum yum!
                  http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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                  • #10
                    Isn't sloe vodka actually sloe gin? i.e gin is a neutral/unflavoured alcohol (like vodka) flavoured with juniper berries and sloe gin is a neutral/unflavoured alcohol flavoured with sloe berries.

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                    • #11
                      Gin is usually flavoured with aromatics and juniper berries. Vodka is the neutral alcohol of choice for berry flavouring. And it goes thick and gloopy when frozen!
                      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by simon12 View Post
                        Isn't sloe vodka actually sloe gin? i.e gin is a neutral/unflavoured alcohol (like vodka) flavoured with juniper berries and sloe gin is a neutral/unflavoured alcohol flavoured with sloe berries.
                        Sloe gin is made with gin and slide vodka is made with vodka. Can't stand gin normally but it's nice with the additional flavour or sloes or damsons.

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