Sloe Season at Woodlands Farm – Bring Gin
Maureen from Woodlands Farm sent me details of their 2012 Hedgerow Liqueurs and Wild Wines event on Saturday 20th October:
Saturday 20th October 2012
1.00pm-4.30pm
£10 (£8 for Woodlands Farm Trust members)
Over-18s only
Join us for a tramp around the hedgerows, followed by sloe gin making.
Bring your own gin or spirit of choice together with at least a one litre, wide neck (>2.5cm) container.
Book early via the Farm Office, numbers limited.
Please dress appropriately for outdoor activities.
To whet your appetite for sloe gin there’s a reminder of how it is made in this previous post.
While there you might like to drop in on their latest arrival – a little white bull born to Ennis, one of the farm’s Irish Moiled cows, yesterday evening. I hear there might be a competition to name the bull at the Woodlands Farm Apple Day on Sunday. Meanwhile here are some photos of Ennis and her calf…









Plummy Mummy 8:29 pm on September 5, 2010
Looks yum. How was it? And did you finish all your sloe gin off from last year too?
hilly 11:19 pm on September 5, 2010
it was very nice, i made it twice, once with double cream, and once with whipping cream, i think i preferred the double cream version though, although that might have just been the enjoyment of making something for the first time.
the sloe gin was a bit of a disaster last year as it clouded up, still better than the nail polish remover they sell in the shops though, when it’s done right it makes the perfect winter warmer.