Spent this morning racking the wine and decanting the assorted alcoholic beverages, the sound of it gurgling down the pipes into a lovely new demi-john, gladdens the heart. The sun was out and sparkled through the various palette of reds of the Elderflower, Blackberry and Sloe wines. The Sloe Gin has been decanted into a pretty heart shaped bottle and is a fantastic pinky-red, not wishing to throw away those mouth-puckering gin soaked sloes I boiled them up and made them into a jar of “Sloe Gin Jelly”, try saying that quickly!
The pear cider got a decant too and it’s clearing really nicely, I wonder what that will taste like? It’s a bit of an experiment.
Talking of experiments, I brought home a bag of ripe Persimmons and decided to turn them into jam. I couldn’t find a recipe so I used one for Peach Jam and to make it a bit special I flavoured it with sweet bay and cinnamon, the “smallest one” has made some beautiful hand made labels for the jars with pretty coloured spirals on them. Maybe they’ll make nice Christmas presents?