Vodka or Gin For Christmas Presents

[Tim_Crowhurst]

Hmmm thats interesting to know.
Another great use for the humble kiwi fruit is to slice them thinly and place the slices over raw steak. they are really good as a tenderizer

This also works with pineapple.

A little almond essence works a treat in sloe gin ( literally 2 or 3 drops per bottle ), not yet tried with the damsons but have some due to bottle soon :hmm:

Wouldn't the almond hint happen if you left the damson stones in?

In theory it should work with the stones of any fruit of that family - peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, bullaces, plums, prunes and damsons, in addition to sloes. Apricot stones (or rather, the seeds inside them) are edible. The only issue is the size of the stones - for sloes you have to let them macerate for at least a year, preferably longer, to get a strong almond flavour from the stones. Cherries and bullaces would probably need a similar length of time. However damsons are bigger fruits, so it would probably take longer to leach much almond flavour into the liqueur.

If you do intend to add almond essence, make sure it's alcohol-based rather than oil-based.

 

[midnightmik]

I've had a similar idea for Christmas gifts... Apple & cinnamon vodka and red & whitecurrant gin. No idea if it will work... But good fun finding out.

think you might be needing a few more apples in that vodka, as is, i think the cinnamon will be the stronger flavour. maybe wrong but lemme know how it turns out :thumb:

 

[kentmark]

Orange/coffee infused vodka is going nicely. Smells lovely each time i open the mini-fv to stir it. Had a taste its thickening in consistency a little and is really taking on the coffee/orange flavours. Looking good as a festive tipple.

 

[HarrowBrew]

I have a bunch of frozen blueberries that I'll turn into a vodka/gin drink.

Question: Would you drink this neat or with a mixer only? Any ideas what to do with it if mixing?