Sloe Gin

This is my father’s sloe gin recipe and will be too sweet for some tastes, but I’m writing it exactly as it was. He measured everything visually by pints, using a measuring jug for both liquids and solids and not embracing the metric system. He normally used 3 pints’ worth of each of the ingredients, for a house normally well stocked with half-wine bottles filled up with this drink. This recipe makes enough to get you through the winter.