MKB Forum

General MKB => Food and Drink => Topic started by: philoldsmobile on October 24, 2010, 08:24:37 pm

Title: Sloe gin....
Post by: philoldsmobile on October 24, 2010, 08:24:37 pm

the walk to work has shown itself to be packed with sloe berries.. before i pick them and commit to gin, anyone a sloe expert? can they be confused with anything poisonous, or are they a no brainer.

I see a good supply of dark purple berries with a dusty surface, growing against the branch on a thorny bush..

sloes?

Title: Sloe gin....
Post by: art b on October 24, 2010, 09:26:39 pm

sounds about right, fruit of the blackthorn bush,

 your supposed to pick em after a frost.....(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/wink.gif)

here ya go...
   



     http://www.sloe.biz/

Title: Sloe gin....
Post by: philoldsmobile on October 24, 2010, 09:35:54 pm

well.. we've just had the first frost, so its foraging time

-edit- those are the kiddies, there are tonnes of them by the lake..

Title: Sloe gin....
Post by: philoldsmobile on November 05, 2010, 07:15:22 pm

update....

registered on sloe.biz *yay, another forum!*

and have 3/4 of a liter of sloe gin brewing.. did a bit of 'foraging' this evening on the way home from work, and close on a kilo of sloes later, a delicious beverage is brewing...

Title: Sloe gin....
Post by: art b on August 14, 2011, 10:37:46 pm

there are thousands of sloes around here this year, (http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif)

gonna do some sloe wine,gin and vodka for the annual hostilities in dec....(http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/tongue.gif)