Comments on: Recipe for Bullace Vodka http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/recipe-for-bullace-vodka-41 Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eyelid http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/recipe-for-bullace-vodka-41/comment-page-2#comment-75816 Eyelid Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:55:41 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=41#comment-75816 August/September: One (clean) gallon bucket full of ripe Kent bullace; put them into a medium carboy - about 18 inches across; add about half a kg white sugar; then four 70cl bottles of cheapest supermarket vodka. Swirl it around every week until the sugar disappears. I don't bother to wash the fruit, nor do I prick them. That's far too much hard work. By the end of December, certainly by mid-January, it's very drinkable, has a slightly nutty flavour, looks like pale urine, tastes a hell of a lot better. Don't filter it off, decant it by carefully pouring off the clarified liquid. I do the same with sloes. Again, don't bother to prick them, they end up shrivelled so the juices must get through the skin alright. This for years has revived us on cold, wet and windy midwinter nights in the lambing shed. Known here as Lambing Oil, it's a beautiful red colour and revives you if taken medicinally, I.e. in small doses! The Bullace vodka is a more recent venture, has the same life-giving properties. Both get better the longer they're left, which can be difficult..... They make very good Christmas presents. August/September: One (clean) gallon bucket full of ripe Kent bullace; put them into a medium carboy – about 18 inches across; add about half a kg white sugar; then four 70cl bottles of cheapest supermarket vodka.
Swirl it around every week until the sugar disappears. I don’t bother to wash the fruit, nor do I prick them. That’s far too much hard work. By the end of December, certainly by mid-January, it’s very drinkable, has a slightly nutty flavour, looks like pale urine, tastes a hell of a lot better. Don’t filter it off, decant it by carefully pouring off the clarified liquid.
I do the same with sloes. Again, don’t bother to prick them, they end up shrivelled so the juices must get through the skin alright. This for years has revived us on cold, wet and windy midwinter nights in the lambing shed. Known here as Lambing Oil, it’s a beautiful red colour and revives you if taken medicinally, I.e. in small doses! The Bullace vodka is a more recent venture, has the same life-giving properties. Both get better the longer they’re left, which can be difficult….. They make very good Christmas presents.

]]> By: Tom http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/recipe-for-bullace-vodka-41/comment-page-2#comment-73823 Tom Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:01:09 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=41#comment-73823 Thanks for this, we have made some green bullace gin after finding your helpful recipe, but we still have enough left to try this vodka. Do they need as much sugar as this as they are green bullaces? Also, with the green bullace gin, do they need to be pricked as much as damsons do? Great site by the way! Thanks for this, we have made some green bullace gin after finding your helpful recipe, but we still have enough left to try this vodka. Do they need as much sugar as this as they are green bullaces?

Also, with the green bullace gin, do they need to be pricked as much as damsons do?

Great site by the way!

]]> By: RichardB http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/recipe-for-bullace-vodka-41/comment-page-2#comment-73700 RichardB Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:51:18 +0000 http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/?p=41#comment-73700 Bunnsy - how do we get in touch with you? Bunnsy – how do we get in touch with you?

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