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! 

fig whisky

I got some tidying done today, but, as I suspected, not very much got rid of.

I have started some fig whisky using a recipe from the December issue of Country Living, though missing out the orange rind.

I love country liquors.  I picked some lovely large sloes this year, but didn't have any gin.  By the time I remembered to get some I realised I should have left the lid off the container to give the sloes a chance to dry out, as some had gone mouldy and I dared not risk the rest.

The Country Living recipe says ready in a month, but I usually leave for 3.