Sloe Gin

[Anthony Darby]

......and we have plenty gin in the cupboard!

[Anthony Darby]

thanks Brian. This bottle is a very rare sweet bottle. They are all plastic now. I used to keep newts in them

I used to have a pet newt Mark. I called it Tiny because it was my newt.

[mark smyth]

ar ar!

I broke the bottle 

[Maggi Young]

I'm starting to think that SOME in these forums are a pack of alco's.  Consumption of fermented beverages DOES seem to find it's way into our pages rather often, no? 

 It has often been said  of the SRGC that we are a drinking club with a plant problem, Paul ......  

[gote]

Maybe that is why I joined
Göte

[mark smyth]

Maybe I should make a litre or two for next years weekend?!

[Maggi Young]

Fun idea, Mark... not sure how you will transport it over the  sea.....


Göte, if that WAS the reason, you are in good company, I think!!

[Joakim B]

Fun idea, Mark... not sure how you will transport it over the  sea.....

Maggi like everything else well packed in the checked in luggage.
Kind regards
Joakim

[Rodger Whitlock]

Anyone bold and brave enough to mail me some sloe stones?

Prunus spinosa has been on my wantlist for a long time. Though I've been assured repeatedly that sloes are grown on Vancouver Island, I've never been able to track down a plant.

[mark smyth]

I will. I'll send them in late winter when the flesh has come off the fruit

[Carol Shaw]

If you don't have any sloes blackcurrants work pretty well too 

[shelagh]

Although I love Sloe Gin I have to say that I prefer Damson Gin and the same quantities apply 1lb of fruit, 1lb of sugar and a pint of Gin. Then get your exercise by swilling or as my grandmother would have said swilkering the jar on a regular basis to keep it all well mixed.

[mark smyth]

Shelagh is that not being a wee bit tight with the gin?

What's the difference between wine, port and sherry?

[David Nicholson]

Port comes from Portugal, Sherry comes from Spain and both are fortified wines. Wine comes from Tescos