Method
Sloe Gin: Wash and prick 1.25kg sloes/damsons. Put in large jar with 250g sugar, 0.5 tsp almond extract (alcohol-based), and 1.65 ltr gin. Stir hourly until sugar dissolved, then daily for a week, then weekly until ready (around Christmas). Strain through fine mesh, bottle. Blackberry Whisky: 75cl blended whisky, 200g blackberries, 100g sugar. Leave in dark place for a month, shake weekly. Strain and bottle. Cherry Brandy: 700g wild cherries halved (leave stones in half), 700ml brandy, 150ml vodka, 200g sugar. Leave 2 months, shake weekly. Strain and bottle.