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Had anyone here tried this? I’m due a nice crop of apples and blackberries which I usually turn into jam but wondered about putting some in a Rumtopf / rum pot with vodka?


@drewnogal said
Had anyone here tried this? I’m due a nice crop of apples and blackberries which I usually turn into jam but wondered about putting some in a Rumtopf / rum pot with vodka?
I found this recipe for blackberry liqueur

5 dl vodka
3 dl sugar
7 dl blackberries
3 clove
1,5 cinnamon sticks



@torunn said
I found this recipe for blackberry liqueur

5 dl vodka
3 dl sugar
7 dl blackberries
3 clove
1,5 cinnamon sticks
my wife makes sloe gin for christmas 500 gram sloe berries, 250 gram brown sugar, 70cltr gin... sloes are the fruit of the Blackthorn its a prickily job picking them, its a time consuming job but the wife loves sloe gin....its a bit to sweet for me.


@badradger said
my wife makes sloe gin for christmas 500 gram sloe berries, 250 gram brown sugar, 70cltr gin... sloes are the fruit of the Blackthorn its a prickily job picking them, its a time consuming job but the wife loves sloe gin....its a bit to sweet for me.
If you let the slow feerze some of the taste is removed.


@torunn said
I found this recipe for blackberry liqueur

5 dl vodka
3 dl sugar
7 dl blackberries
3 clove
1,5 cinnamon sticks
Thank you, it sounds a lovely warming drink for a snowy Christmas. I had to look up the dl and must admit I’m still confused 😣

What unit of measurement is DL?
Measurement conversion tables
1 liter (l)=10 deciliters
1 deciliter (dl)=10 centiliters
1 centiliter (cl)=10 milliliters (ml)

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Beer sounds even more complicated than wine.

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@drewnogal said
Thank you, it sounds a lovely warming drink for a snowy Christmas. I had to look up the dl and must admit I’m still confused 😣

What unit of measurement is DL?
Measurement conversion tables
1 liter (l)=10 deciliters
1 deciliter (dl)=10 centiliters
1 centiliter (cl)=10 milliliters (ml)
1 dl =0,1 l

so half a litre of wodky, 300 ml of suggar 700 ml of Blackberries


@ponderable said
1 dl =0,1 l

so half a litre of wodky, 300 ml of suggar 700 ml of Blackberries
Er thanks .....so 300 ml / milliliters sugar equals 250 grams?

It’s all very confusing šŸ˜€

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@drewnogal said
Er thanks .....so 300 ml / milliliters sugar equals 250 grams?

It’s all very confusing šŸ˜€
With a sugar desity of 1.6 g/ml I calculate 480 g. (Sugar is desner than water, thus it sinks to the bottom šŸ˜‰ )


@drewnogal said
Beer sounds even more complicated than wine.
over the years I have made beer& lager, wine & sherry they were all ok but my wife & daughter prefered the sherry, my daughter took 2 bottles to uni in freshers week as an icebreaker, I got my arm put up my back to make more, PS I have to admit they were all from kits bought mainly from boots.


My dad made a banana wine years ago. When they sold their home, as they were packing up for the move, they found a bottle of it. It was about 10 years old by then. When my mum went to Scotland for a visit dad brought it over to our place and 6 of us drank it. It was very tasty. When we had finished our diner and we stood up...well. It must have had some serious alcohol by volume. I once tried making a red wine. I followed the instructions and by the time it was supposed to be ready it was only good as a chips poured over. I tried again, not strictly following the instructions and it turned out, slightly better.


@drewnogal said
Had anyone here tried this? I’m due a nice crop of apples and blackberries which I usually turn into jam but wondered about putting some in a Rumtopf / rum pot with vodka?
Why not try cider.
There is a how to guide on the BBC food section.

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@badradger said
my wife makes sloe gin for christmas 500 gram sloe berries, 250 gram brown sugar, 70cltr gin... sloes are the fruit of the Blackthorn its a prickily job picking them, its a time consuming job but the wife loves sloe gin....its a bit to sweet for me.
I think these berries have in common that before using them (gin, liqueur) they should be frozen, either in a freezer or in nature (a frosty night). A recipe will say that.

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@torunn said
I think these berries have in common that before using them (gin, liqueur) they should be frozen, either in a freezer or in nature (a frosty night). A recipe will say that.
yes your right freeze for 48 hr it ruptures the inside of the berry allowing more juice to flow.they do this with some grapes in germany then make a nice dessert wine.