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make your own christmas booze!!

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  • dandy-candy
    dandy-candy Posts: 2,214 Forumite
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    I love sloe gin and am wondering what other flavours would be good. There are loads of elderberries in my back garden but i've never tasted elderberry gin - anyone tried it? What other berries could I forage to flavour gin with?
  • zarazara
    zarazara Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    Yesterday I made some raspberry vodka and some blackcurrant vodka. I suppose you could try raspberry gin.

    Damson gin is similar to sloe gin. Never tried elderberry, might have a go at elderberry and bramble though.
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  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,554 Forumite
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    redcurrant is lovely.
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,650 Forumite
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    Hi dandy-candy,

    I've made peach, blackberry and raspberry gin. (separately, not together :D) I think most fruits will work well.

    Pink
  • kamperkat
    kamperkat Posts: 214 Forumite
    We made Elderberry gin in 2008 (due to a v tiny sloe harvest of 13 berries) - 1/3 bottle elderberries, 1/3 bottle sugar, top up with Gin...shake it to mix up and then shake every time you remember it's in the cupboard.
    We actually forgot that we had made it so didn't strain it after 6 months as in most recipes.....
    So, last month we found it, opened it, strained it, poured it over some ice and ice cold tonic water.......and......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    Discovered that elderberry gin and tonic tastes just like fizzy ribena :beer:
    :D
  • dandy-candy
    dandy-candy Posts: 2,214 Forumite
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    Do you think when making it I should use a decent gin like Gordons or is a supermarket own brand one acceptable?
  • Barneysmom
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    Do you think when making it I should use a decent gin like Gordons or is a supermarket own brand one acceptable?

    I've got another question to, is it ok do use Bacardi as we don't like gin?
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  • Gigervamp
    Gigervamp Posts: 6,583 Forumite
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    Don't spend money on expensive alcohol, just use the cheap own brand gin or vodka (or bacardi!)

    Any spirit will work. Blackberry whiskey is supposed to be nice, and don't forget that cherries go well with brandy.

    Here are a couple of links with recipes to give you some ideas. Link 1 and Link 2.
  • Seakay
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    I'd do elderberries with vodka rather than gin as the berries have a lot of flavours going on already.
    Elderberry wine tastes a bit like port (and historically elderberry wine was used to improve the flavour of inferior ports) so I imagine that a spirit flavoured with elderberries and sugar would have some of the same qualities.
  • babyshoes
    babyshoes Posts: 1,771 Forumite
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    We have strawberry gin and raspberry gin on the go at the moment, hoping they come out ok!
    Trust me - I'm NOT a doctor!
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