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Gus

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #25 on: 24 November, 2011, 10:53:50 pm »
I blame this forum........................
I have just begun  making 1L sloe Gin    :D
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border-rider

Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #26 on: 24 November, 2011, 11:01:14 pm »
 :thumbsup:

don't drink it for a few months. There's a challenge...
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Gus

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #27 on: 25 November, 2011, 08:34:45 am »
Quote from: Mal Volio on 24 November, 2011, 11:01:14 pm
:thumbsup:

don't drink it for a few months. There's a challenge...
I might have to taste it a Christmas (just to check if it's okay), but I'll try to leave it for  minimum 3 months .
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Gus

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #28 on: 16 December, 2011, 04:58:08 pm »
just had a taste, oh it's really good  :smug:
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redshift

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #29 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:13:38 am »

Sloe Vodka by shifty176, on Flickr

Heh.   :P
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Martin109

Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #30 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:25:23 am »
I made Damson Gin for the first time this year, just opened it after 3 months... mmmh! ;)
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little miss mac

Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #31 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:29:38 pm »
Oh feckit. I forgot to bring it down to the family hideaway for xmas. It will have to wait until we're back in London.
Given my rate of gin consumption, it will be enough to last a lifetime.
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Wowbagger

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #32 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:30:47 pm »
I have  bottle of this which came as part of a hamper from our three absent kids. I might try some - it will be a new experience or me!
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andygates

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #33 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:35:01 pm »
Experiment XX tastes of grannies and gunpowder.

(added juniper berries and peppercorns)

Not sure if nasty or acquired taste...
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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #34 on: 24 December, 2011, 10:56:16 pm »
Not sweet. I went with less than the recommended sugar load, and left the stones in.  It's... dry, with a hint of cherry and almond.  I like it, but that's beginner's luck - if I do it again next year it won't be the same.
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Tewdric

Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #35 on: 25 December, 2011, 12:22:56 am »
Quote from: Mal Volio on 24 December, 2011, 06:51:44 pm
I've just bottled my sloe gin <hic>

Sweeter and more astringent than the damson, which I think has a slightly rounder flavour.   But very,  very nice :)

Can I apply for a quality control position prior to the January temperance period, which I may well observe?

I have just broken the foil on a bottle of Laphroigh by way of reciprocity.   Pub bikes are go!
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little miss mac

Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #36 on: 29 December, 2011, 07:51:53 pm »
An afternoon in the bushes and three months' gestation:



Any good for champagne cocktails, do you think?
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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #37 on: 29 December, 2011, 07:53:58 pm »
Quote from: little miss mac on 29 December, 2011, 07:51:53 pm
An afternoon in the bushes and three months' gestation:

That's remarkably candid of you! Congratulations!
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Gus

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Re: Sloe Gin
« Reply #38 on: 05 April, 2012, 05:44:21 pm »
I've just found the sloe gin I started in November.
I fear it will be a very good Easter with plenty of Gin, no weight loss but loads of fun.  :thumbsup:
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