Loads Of Gin!!

[Lesley Jay]

We have got bottles of gin that we won in a raffle but we don't like the stuff! So is there anything we can do with it to change the taste and make it drinkable?

[stanhol]

I`m not sure but it may be too late to get yourself out in the hedgerow and pick some sloes! YUMMY.

Basically prick the sloes and put into 1/2 bottle of gin until full and leave for a couple of months, strain and Cheers!

I`m sure though if you google gin there will be more recipes. Let us know the best ones!
Sandra

[cajary]

Well, the best thing you could do, The Lovely Lesley, is to P.M. me, find out my address and send it to me.
The second thing you could do is try an old-fashioned "Gin & It".
The modern way is 1/3rd Gin to 2/3ds Vermouth.
The old-fashioned way is to find a really rough red wine, (the cheaper the better) and mix in the same proportions. It makes a cheap Gin and a cheap Wine taste sooo much better. I'd prefer the first version but it's up to you

[paddy]

Originally Posted by Lesley Jay

We have got bottles of gin that we won in a raffle but we don't like the stuff! So is there anything we can do with it to change the taste and make it drinkable?

Make redcurrant gin next summer - much nicer than sloe gin. Anyone who tries it loves it at once


you need 1lb of redcurrants, half a pound of sugar and 1 pint of gin (it's an old Good Housekeeping recipe, pre-metric). You take the fruit off the stalks, put it into a bottle or jar, add the sugar and then the gin. Seal it up and shake to dissolve the sugar. It will probably take a few days before all the sugar dissolves completely. Then you leave it until Christmas - that's the only difficult part.

[kirsty b]

Originally Posted by paddy

Then you leave it until Christmas - that's the only difficult part.

Thats the only trouble I had with sloe gin last year!