Most importantly, you need to be absolutely certain of what you are actually picking. To state the obvious, you should avoid patches that are next to busy roads or places that have likely been sprayed with pesticides. Bring a Tupperware box to put the bounty in, too, or line your bag with something, as it’ll stain. If you want to go foraging for Sloes, you’ll need good sturdy boots, long-sleeved shirts and long trousers that will also protect from any errant thorns or nettles. There is nowhere in the UK that doesn’t belong to someone (council / state or private), so it’s your responsibility to find out if you’ve got any rights, rather than theirs to announce that you don’t. It takes two seconds to ask and saves a very heated conversation when you find out that you are not welcome and that they were deliberately saving them for themselves… If you’re likely to be going on a farm or private property, get permission before you start picking.
Read up on the foraging rules in your local parks and green spaces before setting off, or at least make a concerted effort to find out if there are any. Sloe gin is both fun and easy, and with these simple instructions you can be making yours in no time.įor those who want to skip ahead to the drinking part, we’ve also got a curated list of the best brands for you, which may come in handy if your harvest isn’t as bountiful as you hoped… A FEW GENERAL RULES OF FORAGING We’ll be covering everything from start to finish, beginning with how to find berries before we share some of the top tips for pimping out your own recipes. Here’s our guide to life in the sloe lane, and how you can make your own Sloe Gin infusion.
We’ve made it in countless different ways to experiment with infusion, extraction and sweetening techniques, as well as out of curiosity to see if any of the old wife’s tales actually work.īetween the folklore and myth around Sloe Gin and the secrecy with which people guard their “sloe patches,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that Sloes were a are delicacy and that Sloe Gin was hard to make.
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