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I have been obsessed with sloe gin (in concept) for a pretty long while, because it's gin! flavored with a plum-like fruit! that tastes slightly almondy! These are all things I love! However, I have not been able to find the real thing in the US: up until now, the only kind in America has been crappy De Kuyper stuff, which to me doesn't seem to be

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[the_luna_nymph]

Oooh, that does sound tasty! It also makes me curious to experiment; I do not have any sloe fruit, but my house currently has way too many plums and we've been experimenting with hommade fruit liqueurs. Hmmmm...

[tansu]

They say that freezing takes some of the bitterness out of the sloes. Supposedly, after the first frosts, sloes are almost edible... If there hasn't been a frost by the time one picks the sloes for gin, one is supposed to put them in the freezer overnight.

I have threatened to make sloe gin some years and never done it. This year I will, if there are plenty of sloes. Last year the bushes were black with them.

[pecosy]

Alas, i only have the crappy sloe gin on hand. What are your feelings on sweet wines? I've got a bottle of yummy Hungarian sweet wine that is mellow and apricoty and drinks like a liqueur, but since it's a wine you need to drink it up fairly quickly so I don't want to open it unless I have partners in crime...

[pecosy]

Not crappy though - the stuff I have is very nice, hand carried from Hungary for my consumption.

[tansu]

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