Sloe gin....

[philoldsmobile]

the walk to work has shown itself to be packed with sloe berries.. before i pick them and commit to gin, anyone a sloe expert? can they be confused with anything poisonous, or are they a no brainer.

I see a good supply of dark purple berries with a dusty surface, growing against the branch on a thorny bush..

sloes?

[art b]

sounds about right, fruit of the blackthorn bush,

your supposed to pick em after a frost.....

here ya go...
 



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[philoldsmobile]

well.. we've just had the first frost, so its foraging time

-edit- those are the kiddies, there are tonnes of them by the lake..

[philoldsmobile]

update....

registered on sloe.biz *yay, another forum!*

and have 3/4 of a liter of sloe gin brewing.. did a bit of 'foraging' this evening on the way home from work, and close on a kilo of sloes later, a delicious beverage is brewing...

[art b]

there are thousands of sloes around here this year,

gonna do some sloe wine,gin and vodka for the annual hostilities in dec....