Specialty Liqueurs

[ewt]

In the past I have experimented with making various flavoured vodkas, as well as sloe gin. The results have been pretty good.

This year, I have plans for apple, elderberry, blackberry, hawthorn, rosehip, quince and fennel flavoured vodkas, as well as the usual sloe gin. All the fruits are foraged locally by me.

If you want a bottle, you must either:
a) buy me twice that volume of vodka or gin,
or b) pay me £10 per 500mL of liquid you get back
or c) work out some other useful barter.

The way it works, is you give me a bottle of vodka (or money for a bottle of vodka), I give it back but half the vodka has been removed, and replaced with magical liqueur-making ingredients.

Most of these will not be ready to drink until Christmas. They make excellent gifts. If you want several small bottles instead of one big bottle, that can be arranged, but I may ask for your help in acquiring small glass bottles if I run out.

Things are mostly early this year in terms of harvest, so deadlines for orders are as follows:

apple, blackberry, elderberry Friday 14th September
fennel, sloe Friday 21st September
rosehip, hawthorn Friday 28th September
quince end of October

All of these are according to availability. If I get out on Friday 14th September and absolutely all of the elderberries are gone, there's no way I can make your elderberry vodka. On the other hand if I'm still seeing elderberries later in the season I may extend deadlines.

Please specify whether you want sweetened or unsweetened (though all sloe gin will be sweetened unless otherwise specified, because that is what sloe gin IS). Most of these flavours are pretty rough if they don't have some sugar in them. If you want unsweetened, I suggest buying me good-quality vodka rather than paying me £10 for what I can buy at ASDA.

I may have extras to sell later but if you know what you want your best bet is to order now by replying to this or e-mailing me.

Comments

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I don't have my "next week" schedule until tomorrow or Wednesday of this week, because of academic stuff, so I can't tell you yet when I'll be free, but there's bound to be a time somewhere in there that I can do.

Failing that it looks like I will be at B-Movie; if you wanted to send the gin along with someone who will be going, that might work too. Again, this isn't going to work if it's 10L of the stuff. I have no idea how much you actually want!

[kake]

Letting me know by Wednesday or Thursday is fine, possibly even later — if I get some work in that I need to schedule and I haven't heard from you then I'll let you know.

I have a litre, like I said up there at the start of this thread :)

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Doh!

Sorry, brain not in wossname today.

[kake]

Hello — as you may have guessed, this week got a bit full. I'm going to be working flat-out tomorrow and Friday, so I don't think I will be able to get you gin in time for this year. Next year, I hope!

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

I could drop by tomorrow afternoon if that would make things easier.

[kake]

Ooh, that would be perfect. Thank you!

[kake]

To add to that — any time is fine up to at least 7pm. I'm slightly hoping to be able to go out in the evening, but that depends on work.

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

*nod*

I have Aikido in the evening and don't really want to carry extra things to there, so I'd be looking at before 6pm.

:)

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

Would about 4pm work?

[kake]

Yep, that would be great. See you then!