Sloe progress
A week in and the sloe gin is turning a wonderful red colour. I’ve only shaken mine once since making it, but Rich and Andrew (with his sloe vodka) have been shaking on a daily basis, and theirs are even redder than this.
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January 3rd, 2008 at 12:48 am
How did this turn out? I love sloe gin and would really love to attempt to make some of my own some time!
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Actually, I don’t know yet, as we never got around to drinking any of it over Christmas. We did, however, break into the home-made sloe vodka, which was incredibly sweet, and a fantastic rich pinky-red colour.