Bramble Vodka

• 600 g (1lb) fresh blackberries
• 100 g (3 oz) white sugar
• 75 cl bottle of Vodka (37.5%volume)
• 1 crushed cinnamon stick
• 5 whole cloves
• An empty and sterilised 2 litre bottle with a good tight screw top

Lightly wash the blackberries and push into the bottle. Add rest of ingredients and shake well - crushing the berries lightly with a long handle of a spoon or a knitting needle. Leave for 3 months shaking the bottle every week

You may add a little extra sugar teaspoonful at a time occasionally if the sweetness doesn't develop.

Strain and re-bottle.

(Warn drinkers that this is practically neat spirit - not an alcopop!)

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