Cherry Brandy

[Nobby Novice]

Last year I made a couple of bottles of Sloe Gin which turned out really good. I would like to have a go at cherry brandy. Does anyone have a recipe? I have checked books at the library but cant find anything.

[crafty john]

Hi Nobby
I have just found this in one of my books

Cherry Brandy

Morello Cherries
Caster sugar
Brandy
Colves (optional)

Method
The cherries should be gathered in dry weather. Wipe them clean with a dry cloth and remove the stalks. Prick each cherry with a darning needle and three quarters fill wide necked bottles. Add sugar to the fruit allowing 3 oz for every 1lb of fruit. Top up each bottle with brandy; if desired 3 or 4 cloves may be added to each bottle before securing the top. Shake occasionally and keep for 2 months before use.

Hope this helps

[Nobby Novice]

Many thanks Crafty John, I will keep that recipe and use it when I have a supply of cherries. I am glad the cloves are optional. I am not sure I shall use them.
Thanks again.
Nobby.

[Capped]

On the route to my nipper's school there's a black cherry tree which right now is groaning under the weight of fruit. Later on,I'm gonna go down and fill a carrier bag with them. Here's the plan: Collect 6lbs of cherries. Chuck them in a FV with 6 pints of water,a Campden tablet and some pectolase. Mash it all up into a mush. After a couple of days (when the pectolase has done its stuff and the sulphur dioxide has dissipated),chuck in 200g sugar and a good dose of high-alcohol tolerant yeast and some nutrient. Give it a few days until fermentation is well under way. Then I'll strain the lot into another receptacle thru' a muslin cloth. Divide what I get between 2 demijohns and top them up with 2 1/2lbs sugar solution each. Bung under the stairs and leave them for as long as it takes. I did something like this a few years back with excellent results....