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Sloe Gin

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    #32
    kathleenl
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭kathleenl


    Hi emc2
    Just saw your image of the glass of slow gin... thats the exact colour of the slow gin i made.... since i don't drink gin i am wondering what it tastes like. Would you mind telling me.


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    #33
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,464 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    kathleenl wrote: »
    Hi emc2
    Just saw your image of the glass of slow gin... thats the exact colour of the slow gin i made.... since i don't drink gin i am wondering what it tastes like. Would you mind telling me.
    Why don't you just try a bit? If you don't like 'normal' gin, don't worry, it tastes absolutely nothing like that. My wife hates gin but loves sloe gin .. it's more like a liqueur really.


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    #34
    kathleenl
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭kathleenl


    Hi Alun
    I am going to have to go and make the stuff again... dam... my family thought that i was loopie after making the last batch, all that bottle shaking and turning.. ah well as they say 'in for a penny as a pound'.:P


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    #35
    muckety
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭muckety


    I made some last year but didn't really like it myself - it is a bit too sweet and syrupy for my taste. Has anyone made a sloe gin that is not overly sweet?

    I also made a sloe vodka, which I thought was better! (Same recipe, substitute vodka for gin).


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    #36
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,464 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    The problem is you need a good amount of sugar to make it palatable at all. Have you ever eaten a raw sloe :eek: ?

    What ratios did you use for yours?


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    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    I think this is more suited to the Home Brewing forum :).


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    #38
    kathleenl
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭kathleenl


    Hi Faith.
    It couldn't go to home brewing as we are not brewing the gin/vodka. What we are doing is adding to an alcohol rather than making the whole thing from scratch.;)


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    #39
    kathleenl
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭kathleenl


    Hi Muckety
    Alun is right regarding the taste of a slow... my god they can be sour. Thats why so much sugar is used. But if you like sour things then you could use a little less sugar, or when its made you could dilute it down a little with some more gin.


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