I’ve sampled others efforts at home brewing but wasn’t impressed.
A friend of mine makes sloe gin too and I once helped her pick the sloes which was a tedious task, though not I imagine as tedious as pricking each one, apparently necessary to release the juice. A distinctive tipple but too sweet for me.
Blackthorn which bears the sloes has just started to flower round here, so perhaps there’ll be a bumper crop given the current clement weather. Will I get the call for assistance harvesting the bounty come autumn? 