Never mind the bullaces… here’s the sloe gin
There are few alcoholic drinks I make more regularly than sloe gin. Every Christmas a new batch gets sampled before joining the bottles of previous vintages waiting to be steadily consumed throughout...
View ArticleBunch of fives: damsons
Like a mini plum with a touch of sloe astringency, damsons aren’t to everyone’s taste. But know what to do with them and you’ll soon realise why they’re forager’s gold. Here are our reasons why damsons...
View ArticleElderberry, sloe and damson wine – the second coming
The elderberry wine is bubbling away like an eager burgundy geyser in the airing cupboard (my towels whiff of yeast) and there’s hardly a shelf or cupboard that doesn’t contain a jar of booze soaked...
View ArticleWhat to do with boozy old fruit
Our sloe gin and damson vodka have been strained, bottled and are now winking at us with temptation from the drinks shelf. What’s left behind looks much less appetising – old, shrivelled, wrinkly and...
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