Flavoured Spirits

leni · 14 August 2006 at 1:52PM

any suggestions for what flavoured spirits I should make?

I'm aiming to make liqurice (sp) Vodka
Toffee Vodka
would like to make cherry brandy but can't find a recipe!
gonna try cola bottle vodka
baileys (nearer xmas)

anyone got any good suggestions?

shell2001 · 14 August 2006 at 1:57PM

I would love a recipe for slow gin. I HATE

gin but tried this one christmas at a friends and it was yummy!

Not sure where you get the sloes from though, never seen them in shops guess they grow wild like blackberries

Love the sound of your toffee vodka....how do you do that then???

Pink. · 14 August 2006 at 2:04PM

Hi leni,

There are lots of recipes on these older threads:

make your own christmas booze!!

You know you can make flavoured vodka... can you do whisky??

Turning cheap vodka into expensive tasting vodka

Home Filtered Vodka

Some cherry brandy recipes for you here, here and here

Pink

leni · 14 August 2006 at 2:05PM

slow/sloe? gin recipe here - http://www.davidgregory.org/Sloe_gin.htm

you pick them wild but I wouldn't have a clue where to look

leni · 14 August 2006 at 2:08PM

oh and toffe vodka - the recipe I found was to bash up them weathernals orginals? and let them dissolve in the vodka!

Pink. · 14 August 2006 at 2:09PM

shell2001 wrote:

I would love a recipe for slow gin. I HATE gin but tried this one christmas at a friends and it was yummy!

Not sure where you get the sloes from though, never seen them in shops guess they grow wild like blackberries

Hi shell,

Yes, the sloes do grow wild. Penelope Penguin posted a recipe for sloe gin here.

Pink

tim_n · 14 August 2006 at 2:14PM

Anyone know how to make Pear drop vodka? Is it just crushing down pear drops and mixing it with vodka...?

seraphina · 14 August 2006 at 2:19PM

If you have Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess book (or you can get it out of the library), there is a delicious recipe in it for rhubarb vodka.

Pink. · 14 August 2006 at 2:22PM

tim_n wrote:

Anyone know how to make Pear drop vodka? Is it just crushing down pear drops and mixing it with vodka...?

Pear drop vodka. This recipe for Skittles vodka looks interesting too.

Pink

scuzz · 14 August 2006 at 2:52PM

shell2001 wrote:

I would love a recipe for slow gin. I HATE gin but tried this one christmas at a friends and it was yummy!

Not sure where you get the sloes from though, never seen them in shops guess they grow wild like blackberries

Love the sound of your toffee vodka....how do you do that then???

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/tools/recipefinder/display_recipe/0,,5880,00.html one link to sloe gin

recovering_spendaholic · 14 August 2006 at 4:59PM

My Mum used to make raspberry gin and damson gin - she used to put raspberries or damsons in a bowl - about half a pound per bottle of gin, and cover them with sugar and the gin. She used to cover the bowl (used a tupperware) and leave it for a few days and then strain it into the gin bottle again - it had increased in volume so she would bottle the extra in washed out miniature bottles. It was veritable rocket fuel because the sugar makes the alcohol more potent.

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