SLOE GIN

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Half-fill a clean Kilner jar with pricked clean sloes, adding 4 oz. of caster sugar,
and fill the jar up to the top with dry gin.
Place a ring on the top, also the lid, and screw down tightly. Shake, the jar daily
until the sugar is dissolved and the liquid has taken on a dark colour, ¼ oz. of almond
essence can be added after two weeks.
Leave the sloes in the jar for two months in all, shaking up fairly often. When the
gin is to be bottled, preferably into a half-size liqueur bottle, the liquid must be run
through doubled muslin several times to ensure all particles which would otherwise mar
the clarity are kept from the bottle.