As a general rule, one pound of sloes equates to one litre of sloe gin!

Either fresh or frozen sloes produce excellent sloe gin. We recommend freezing sloeberries, as when they've been frozen it breaks the skins open which intensifies the flavour and speeds up the infusion process. Alternatively, the traditional method is to prick each sloe berry with a thorn from a blackthorn bush.

Ideally, three months. However, you can speed the process up by gently shaking the container on a daily basis, then you could expect your gin to be ready for consumption in around two months. You can of course leave your gin to infuse for as long as you like.

We hand pick all of our sloeberries in the Norfolk and Suffolk countryside.

We spend the months when we are not picking, looking for blackthorn bushes, and yes - they are hard to find. However, even when a bush is found, it can never be guaranteed to produce sloes. We are very reliant on bees to pollinate the blossom, as if they don't, no sloeberries will be produced. Unlike apple trees and other fruits, which can be wind-pollinated, sloes are only pollinated by bees.

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