flavoured vodka and other alcoholic drinks

**purpleprincess**

Do you mean as in the cola cube sweeties? I would just chuck a load into some vodka and see what happens!!! You could do it with anything really! Refreshers is a good one, jelly tots. And remember, you can eat the sweets that stay whole afterwards!!!!

**purpleprincess**

Refreshers don't if my memory serves me correctly!!

Aril

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has a recipe for blackberry whisky. It's from his book about wild food cooking [pre River Cottage]. I borrowed from the library. Have a bottle of it in my cupboard and it's pretty decent
Aril

sallypurple

I made the licorice vodka for the christmas alcohol thread and it was really popular, I have had loads of requests for it -MiL is a particular fan!

I think it is worth experimenting, I love the saound of the ginger whisky - I'm going to try and make that for my dad, I think you could also do a Festive one - try a little orange peel, a bit of cinnamon and nutmeg and sugar. We'll have to start now so we can sample them and perfect our recipes.:beer:

MoneySavingSapphire_:D

Wow, the ginger whisky sounds perfect - do you think if I started making them now that's a diddy bit soon? Maybe more september time? Or is longer better?
Gin of some description for mum. Chilli vodka for brother. Ginger whisky for nan. Boyfriend makes his own wine already (I know, he's a good 'un )... Plan! Now just to find the cheapest place for booze!

betterbargains4u

Have a glut of plums and would like to make something alcoholic.
Does anyone know how to make flavoured vodka or gin with plums?
Or maybe a simple plum wine recipe?

stuart264

1 bottle of vodka
450g Plums, halved and stoned
225g Sugar

Method
1. Place the vodka, plums and sugar in a large saucepan.

2. Bring to the boil and simmer until the sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool.

3. Transfer the vodka plum mixture into two bottles and store in a dark, cool place for 3 months.

4. Strain the plum vodka through muslin and bottle in 2 clean bottles.

Never had much luck with plum wine mine always came out hellishly dry and un-drinkable so someone elses recipe might work better.

mrs_baggins

if you bring it to the boil doesnt that evaporate all the alcohol??

i would do it a slightly different way,

pierce the damsons and drop into the half-empty bottle so that they displace the remaining gin/vodka to near the top.
Add one goblet of sugar (approx 150g).
All you have to do now is gently shake/turn the bottle daily for a week or so, then weekly for a while. can be used with sloes/plums/damsons gin or vodka/ I dont bother with buying expensive stuff just supermarkets own brand

ckerrd

To be honset I have never considered putting my plums in Vodka.......

stuart264

Not really, last time I made that the sugar had disolved way before it reached a boiling point.