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Just started this in a 1Litre bottle

750grams of strawberries
1/2 cup of sugar (way to much sugar!!)
500ml of 60% likker

After the first day it already smells and tastes pretty darn good!!!!!!!
Can't wait till it finishes

what I don't seem to understand is after you siphon off the likker you add more suger to the strawberries?
Do you add more likker to the strawberries aswell?? I've sifted through the 20 pages of comments and seem to not understand it
(stupid question I know But it really is confusing me)

New guy here, made a batch of blackberry and another of pineapple... The pineapple is amazing, its almost gone already. The blackberry is good too, but tastes a lot stronger.

So I'm thinking of using 45% to soak the berries in pint size jars. About what is my final proof gonna be. I'm just looking for a good starting % that I won't need to dilute. Just seems easier. Thanks, I can hear the panties droppin already.

Nevermind. I guess you need the high proof to macerate them. I was thinking you could start just a bit higher than your final % and be ok. I doubt that a low % would work correctly, or at least quickly. I wonder how much the fruit soaks up. I'm sure that different fruits would vary. Sounds like my sons next science project

Georgia Boy wrote:So I'm thinking of using 45% to soak the berries in pint size jars. About what is my final proof gonna be. I'm just looking for a good starting % that I won't need to dilute. Just seems easier. Thanks, I can hear the panties droppin already.

If the panties have enough wind resistance to hear them dropping you might want to take the beer goggles off. Unless yer into that, which is cool.

Haha! Yeah I'm sure if they were wet they would make a sound too.

I've just finished reading this thread and there's almost nothing on citrus fruits.

Has anyone tried this with mandarins or oranges?

Like Lemoncello?
or this: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 38&t=32557

There are lots of infustion recipes floating around for all kinds of different fruit.

Yeah, like that. Cheers for the link.

havent done any in a long time. ol lady had some frozen strawberries that went unused so i threw them in a jar of 90% tonight

Hey y'all,

Use them boozed and syrup-ed strawberries at about a 50:50 ratio with fresh to make some awesome strawberry jam - I'm amazed at the amount of booze flavour they retained

My wife's new favorite drink. Thank you, HD forums!!!!!!

Thanks for the recipe, I just started the process with peach,strawberry,and raspberry

Would bacardi 151 rum be good to use with this recipe? I have friends who are making it with 190 everclear and proofing it down.


Thanks!

Giving this a shot gallon of vodka and had to buy a gallon of pickles so i could use the mason jar didnt have a gallon jug around.
Picture from start and comparison next to milk jug.

Started some strawberry panty dropper and what I'm calling blueberry ball breaker today can't wait for it to be ready

Help dumb this down for me in regards to proofing something like it. Started with a gallon of 100 proof and doing the sugar pulls if wanted to make this around 80 proof how will I really get an idea how to distill it or is it just to taste ?

I lied I mean 1.75 liters. Will have some pics up soon of straining process and syrup process to help anyone interested that is unsure.

ddizzle, check this thread out: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=146

[/img]Thanks Hyko that should work out i think.
Heres a few pics that might help others.

1.75 Liters of vodka turns out to around 2.5 Liters after about a week soaking.

Few images of straining with a t-shirt to get rid of the floaties.


Picture of the strawberries and the sugar to make the syrup for extra sweetness.


Should turn out good about how long does the sugar process take?

Trying this method out with various fruits... soaking in 65-70 ABV birdwatcher's sugar wash.

From left to right: peach, strawberry & kiwi, just strawberry, pear, pineapple, blueberry, blackberry, and the jar on the end is some fire piss.

Tried this method with raspberries and the results were not as expected. Tasted too tarty. Tried with/without lemon juice and different sugar amounts but couldn't shake that tarty taste. Flo reckons they all tasted like cough syrup.
Trying blackberries now.

Andy Capp wrote:Tried this method with raspberries and the results were not as expected. Tasted too tarty. Tried with/without lemon juice and different sugar amounts but couldn't shake that tarty taste. Flo reckons they all tasted like cough syrup.
Trying blackberries now.

I added sweetened lime juice to mine and a bit of extra sugar in the jar. Tasted really good that way.

Hi Guys,

Newbie here, I have a quick question, I have a first run of a UJSSM here that I would like to do this with. I ran it on a detuned boka so it's still got some flavor. I'm a little confused as to how this is done exactly. I have some strawberries in the fridge right now I'd like to start this with. My confusion is in what to do after putting the berries in.

Do I put the berries in my alcohol with no sugar, let them sit for a week, then pour the alcohol into a separate container and then put sugar overtop the berries?

Do I later combine the two again or what? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just a little confused.

Yep. Do exactly that.
Fruit + spirit:- infuse then pour off.
Fruit + sugar:- infuse and poour off repeating till sugar no longer turns to liquid.
Blend and strain.

Anyone need a label for their bottle...

jimdo64 wrote:Anyone need a label for their bottle...

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The drop profile in those panties looks a little disconcerting ...........................................

Truckinbutch wrote: The drop profile in those panties looks a little disconcerting ...........................................

BAHAHA! Makes you wonder what the hell is goin on couple feet up?

The stuff I made was so sickening sweet I just split it n half ant topped each jar off with 80 proof. Now it may be a little stronger than the ladies may like but it's sipable .now they just don't need as much.....lol!!!

Perfect haha