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Thursday 28 March 2013

Blueberry gin


By the way, the blueberry gin is excellent. Not so fruity as the raspberry, but very smooth and drinkable. I only made one bottle, but I'll certainly make more.

As with the raspberries, I allowed the blueberries to infuse into the gin for three months, then I filtered out the blueberries through a nylon mesh. After bottling we sampled it as soon as the sediment had settled.  

4 comments:

Mark In Mayenne said...

Sloe gin is good too. Add the sugar only after the fruit has infused so that you get the
right balance.

A K Haart said...

Mark - I agree, sloe gin is good. Unfortunately last year's sloe crop in and around Derbyshire was dire so raspberries and blueberries were a substitute. However if this year produces sloes, we'll be making sloe gin.

James Higham said...

Ah, gin hasn't agreed with me since 17, more's the pity.

A K Haart said...

James - I went off it for years, but I enjoy it now.