blackberry brandy

Picked blackberries this morning and put in a large jar with sugar and brandy. I will shake the jar twice a day until the sugar is dissolved. Then leave for a few months (officially 3) before decanting. I then use my collection of second-hand liqueur glasses to drink it.

My mother is up at the beginning of September, but that will be too soon.

I usually make blackberry vodka and the recipe is the same for both. Official quantities are:

450g - 1 lb blackberries
100g - 4oz - 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1.1 litres - 2 pints - 5 cups vodka or brandy

blackberry vodka surprise

The sugar in the fig whisky has now disolve, so I put it away in a cupboard and found half a bottle of blackberry vodka  - the blackberries still there.  For a moment I thought it had been there for over a year but then remembered I'd just made a little this year to use up the some left-over vodka.  It should be ready to drink now!