flavoured vodka and other alcoholic drinks

morganlefay

If the cranberries are all sludgy wouldn't it be a sort of relish to eat with cold turkey ? but if cranberries all floating about in vodka I'd use it as a sauce for icecream, or maybe put dollops of it in with the mincemeat for mince pies, or just eat it with a spoon, alone in the kitchen when a bit down perhaps. Tut tut, ignore the last suggestion. Sounds nice though !

jennybb

Hi there

I have started to make flavoured gin and vodka for christmas pressies. Does anyone know where I can get some nice, but not too expensive bottles (max 500ml). The best I have seen are

http://www.ebottles.net/showbottles.asp?familyid=13

The £10 small order charge is a bit offputting.

Thanks in advance

Plum_Pie

Gawd, I trawled round dozens of cookshops and poundshops looking last autumn. I ended up buy a few fancy bottles of fruit juice, decanting the juice, cleaning the bottle and making my own labels.

It was cheaper than any empty bottles I saw on sale!

dannahaz

Lakeland do some, but they might be too expensive http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!11087_11086

thriftmonster

I just reuse the screw top bottles that the value gin etc came in to start with - the labels soak off quite easily. If you want something smaller, the value ketchup bottles are glass and scrub up quite well - although the lids aren't quite right for spirits!!!

[Deleted User]

Ikea sell bottles for 99p and they are nice. Have a 'grolsh' type top if you know what I mean.

twink

when my dh made wine he used to go to the local hotel for empty wine bottles


you can buy corks or screwtop lids in your winemaking shop

jennybb

Thanks for your replies - I've looked at most of these options. Lakeland ones cost more than I want to pay. I am normally into recycling jars for chutney/ jam etc and put a pretty top on it if it's a gift - but as mentioned, not sure that sauce bottles would look quite right for spirits. I read somewhere that it might be worth trying a restuarant for empty 1/2 wine bottles. Personally, I've not seen a half bottle of wine (well it wouldn't go far, would it?;) ) but the size would be about right.

I saw a stall at a local food fair that did flavoured gin and the little bottles just looked really pretty. Perhaps I should stop being such a tightar*e and buy the ones I saw before :rolleyes:

borderlakland

not sure if this has been asked before but hope someone can help..
I made some sloe gin last year but forgot about it...:o still got the sloes in it, will it be okay to drink still? do i just strain it then guzzle it???

also i've heard about blackberry vodka, is the theory in making this the same as sloe gin??? would i have to add sugar?? how long do you leave the berries in the vodka??

[Deleted User]

I made blackberry vodka last year (and raspberry whisky). My rule is 1lb sugar, 2lb, fruit and 3 months. Then i bottled it. Went down very well.