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Just finished the first bottle of sloe gin, really lush. I have 1/2 a bottle of soaked sloes left in the bottle can I use them for anything? Seems a waste just to throw them out
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I made damson gin and have saved the damsons [I actually used them for a second brew]; I used the first 1/3 of them in damson and chocolate flapjacks which we polished off today.
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Mmmm I was thinking along those lines but Damsons are edible dont think sloes are very tasty are they?Comment
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I made sloe and apple jelly this year, Stella - using cooking apples and ordinary sloes. I reckon the gin flavoured ones would work just as well.
I also froze some sloes last year - and forgot to label the bag. So I defrosted them thinking they were frozen blueberries. It took a bite of one to prove to me it was no blueberry - it had a tooth jarring stone in the middle. However it was not bitter at all.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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I've frozen the sloes out of my sloe gin, and will add them to my next batch of homemade wine (elderberry)All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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I tried scraping off the flesh and adding it to melted chocolate one year. Would have been better with damsons!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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My sloe gin still smells of sulphur
it tastes nice enough if you hold your breath though
Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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Sulphur.....why? how strange, mine is like an tipsy ribena drink very lush. Have used the sloes in 2 jars of compost jam
Last edited by stella; 29-12-2010, 07:51 PM.Comment
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I am unsure if it is coz I have a rubber bung in it but can't think why that would affect it.
Hey ho, I have damsons (or bullaces) in the freezer so may have another go with those.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
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Did you chemicall sterilize the bottle ?Comment
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I used Milton the same as I do for all my brewing.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
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That shouldn't do it I've known campden or sodium metabisulfite cause suphur smell.
Does the smell go if you have it in the glass for a while ?Comment
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I don't know, I thought maybe it wasn't ready so we haven't tried it much and haven't left any in the glass for any time. Will try later.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
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I like Jeanied's Sloe Gin & Apple Jelly idea rather quite a lot, and will prolly play around with my Whisky Sloes in a similar vein once they've finished 'mashing', so thanks for that tip.
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