9 August 2018, 19:28
Picked six pounds of blackberries this morning just walking up my drive (not kidding) spotted some rose hips on my return peeled some cooking apples and chopped up, plus two lemons and threw it into a deep pan along with two pounds of blackberries and two pints of water and simmered away for one hour...(two pounds of apples) ....then tipped all into a straining bag and drip away for four hours...made just over three pints ...onto the stove ...3 pints =3 lbs sugar to stir in ....whacked up to full and bring to the boil until setting point is reached .....i preheat to glass jars in the microwave and turn out to pan into 2 1 lbs jars and 5 half pint jars and label up .....then i discover a ltr of sloe gin that i racked off last year and forgot all about ....out came a coffee filter ....into a funnel and bottled into a new fancy bottle ....crystal clear !....checking on the apricot gin and vodka ....great colour ...the cherry vodka ..... beautiful colour ! .....all in harmony around these here parts .