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Sloe Wine

Post by Brewbitz » Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:30 pm

Hi all.

Want to make something else rather than sloe gin / vodka???

Then try sloe wine. It is amazing.

Popped open a bottle last night that I found as I was rummaging around for some batteries - 3 years old - and its amazing. The best red wine I think I've EVER had!!!

So, I'm off out tomorrow to the hedgerows where I picked them for last nights bottle to pick some more. They are perfectly ripe at the mo, and I don't think there is going to be a frost in the near future, so I'll give them a quick blast in the freezer.

Here's a link to the recipe that I used - hope you enjoy too...

http://www.brewbitz.com/t-Recipe-Sloe-Wine.aspx

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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by seymour » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:13 am

Brewbitz, that sounds awesome. Great work, and great find!

Have you ever used any of your sloes in a dark ale?
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by Shroomy » Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:13 pm

What's even better is after making the sloe gin or vodka then use the sloe's to make wine its awesome :-)
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by seymour » Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:24 pm

Shroomy wrote:What's even better is after making the sloe gin or vodka then use the sloe's to make wine its awesome :-)
Mmmmmmm!
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by far9410 » Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:54 pm

Shroomy wrote:What's even better is after making the sloe gin or vodka then use the sloe's to make wine its awesome :-)
Hi more info required,I've got 2 sloe gins going at the mo, what do I need to make wine from this ?
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by seymour » Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:02 pm

far9410 wrote:
Shroomy wrote:What's even better is after making the sloe gin or vodka then use the sloe's to make wine its awesome :-)
Hi more info required,I've got 2 sloe gins going at the mo, what do I need to make wine from this ?
Really just a ton of crystal malt. I kid, I kid.
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by Pamula » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:02 am

I was bottling some of last year's brews tonight and the sloe which was started in September and unfortunately in a brown demijohn (since the last racking) so I had been unable to see it is still cloudy.
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by Shroomy » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:36 pm

far9410 wrote:
Shroomy wrote:What's even better is after making the sloe gin or vodka then use the sloe's to make wine its awesome :-)
Hi more info required,I've got 2 sloe gins going at the mo, what do I need to make wine from this ?
When you strain your sloe gin or vodka of weigh the fruit and work n the 3lb per gallon princaple and make as you would any wine :-)
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Re: Sloe Wine

Post by JamesF » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:33 pm

We have loads of blackthorn in our hedges, so I shall definitely give this a go next year.

James
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