You may recall in my original Sloe Gin Recipe we talked about freezing them to replicate the first frost, but you could just leave them in your freezer so you can make them at any time of year. You can pick and use Sloes right away, or you can freeze them.

Or for some other special date, and you don't have any fresh sloes. Dried Sloes are ideal if you want to get a head start making your Christmas presents, for example. We've talked before how the taste of Sloe Gin improves dramatically over time. These jewel-like berries are usually found in UK hedgerows between September and November every year, though we have found some later than that and even into the following year. So why make Sloe Gin with Dried Sloes? When it's the wrong time of year for Fresh Sloes We sell them in the Almost Off Grid Shop, in fact. We are often asked about Making Sloe Gin with Dried Sloes in place of fresh ones, and this is how you do that.ĭried Sloes are pretty widely available all year round. A few years ago I wrote about How to Make Your Own Sloe Gin.

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