What is Damson Gin?

Damson Gin, as well as his kissing cousin Slo Gin, is made very simply by combining Gin with Damson plums with macerated sugar and allowing this mixture for months. It is extremely popular in the UK, especially around winter holidays. These plums have an excellent taste, but they are extremely, even unpleasantly cake when they are raw, so they are not preferred for eating from hand. Instead, they are often presented in jams, jelly, cans and in the venerable Damson gin, where the addition of sugar balances the acidity of plums and allows the superior taste to dominate. With a larger content of natural sugar than in words - Blackthorn fruit used in the production of Gin - Damsons do not require enough added sugar to create a pleasantly flavored liqueur.

Damson gin is not difficult to find, especially in the UK, as a kind of fruit growers who increase Damson's plums in their orchards, also turn their fruit into Damson Gin for public sale. Such a craftsman caused thatDamson Gin appeared on the markets of farmers and a farm. Damson Gin can also be purchased online and in selected alcohol stores that offer imported spirits. At the beginning of September, the Damsons harvest is Damson Gin, which needs three months of soaking, a traditional drink for the Christmas holiday season.

If you are lucky enough to have a Damson plum's delivery at hand and want to try your own Damson Gin, you will be glad that it requires only minimal equipment and ingredients and very little work.

Do you want to make Damson Gin, assemble the following folders:

• 1 pound (455 g) Damson plums, washed and dried
• 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar
• 3 1/2 cups of gin

Plum stinging with a clean fork or the tip of the knife. Place plums in a sterilized canning or bottle with a wide mouth with a firmly adjacent lid or korkeM and sprinkle with sugar on plums and add gin to fill up to 1 inches (2.54 cm) from the top of the container. Place the lid tightly, shake shake and place in a cold and dark place on a steep.

put the vibration container every week to distribute sugar and plum. Gin should be ready for drinking for 3 months. If desired, with a double layer of curd curd to a sterilized bottle and consume within 12 months.