I made gin tonight

DiscoStu

About time I gave it a go, it's a total cinch to do and will be ready for the weekend.

I don't even like gin!

Myranda

Make jin?

Op cork and pour?

DiscoStu

I can are haz made jin.

No confusion, just infusion.

TheMarlin

What's the process?

Get thyself some Sloes. Make uber tasty gin. Tastes best after 10 years of infusion....

slacker

Patxaran

DiscoStu

I do like Sloe Gin but have yet to find sloes.

I made compound gin, which is made by infusing vodka (which replaces the base spirit used in distilling) with juniper berries and various spices from the kitchen plus orange peel.
It only needs to sit for two days then you strain it and drink it. My girlfriend will tell me if it's any good at the weekend and if it is then it's saved about a tenner compared to the likes of Caorunn or Hendricks.

fields5069

+1 on the Patxaran.

Reminds me of a really good Spanish joke about Little Red Riding Hood.

Patxaran, Patxaran......

Is gin macerated then? Not distilled?

DiscoStu

Gin is distilled.
Compound gin is macerated.

Myranda

What is a sloe?

DiscoStu

Sloes are blackthorn berries

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/17/1408308489594_wps_1_SLOE_BERRIES_ANFK8B.jpg

slacker

I ate a sloe once, not doing that again.

fields5069

I am seriously wanting some Patxaran for Christmas now.

WezV

slacker said:

I ate a sloe once, not doing that again.

a bit like eating a sandcasle

I have some sloe wine maturing - not sure its going to work but I have done sloe gin for years and wanted to try something different

ESBlonde

Sloes are wonderful, especially in gin form. Pick them after a good frost (or stick them in the freezer for a couple of days). It weakens or splits the skin so the juice can permiate. You find the sloes have rather large stones so tend not to make good eating, damsons are related and have the same issue with stone size although because bigger the fruit is worth the hassel of extracting.

slacker

WezV said:

slacker said:

I ate a sloe once, not doing that again.

a bit like eating a sandcasle

I have some sloe wine maturing - not sure its going to work but I have done sloe gin for years and wanted to try something different

My Nan used to make sloe wine, which is why I ate one when I was a child, thinking it was sweet. It wasn't.

Snap

one christmas I got more pissed than I can ever remember on sloe gin. Bad. Came down in the morning asking, oh dear what dirty get drank all that aloe gin last night??? To which I got a lot of knowing stares.......

Couple of hours later I was having a loud conversation with Huey on the big white porcelain phone at Hartshead Moor services....