Sloe Gin Recipe Progress
As reported in this post on of me trying to follow my first sloe gin recipe, I wanted to give you a progress report! I have been shaking the sloe gin every day since it was bottled, and it has now turned a very impressive colour.
The sugar took quite a few days to dissolve, and to start with there was this incredible shimmering within the bottle where the alcohol was increasing in strength due to the sugar.
I was a little shocked at one stage when I thought I saw a spider swimming around in the bottle, then I realised it was just a piece of sloe that had come loose in the gin from all the shaking.
What is curious is that the sloes themselves are actually blue/black in colour, so I cannot help wondering exactly where the red is coming from 
Tags: Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa, Foraging, Kitchen Garden, Sloe Gin Recipe, Sloes
Categories: Fruit, Kitchen Garden, Living the Country Life, Self Sufficiency