Young's Dried Sloes 500g for Sloe Wine

Dried Sloes 500g let you make sloe wine at home all year round, with no autumn foraging needed. Sloes are the small, dark, tart berries of the blackthorn, rich in tannin and with a deep, fruity flavour.

Why use dried sloes

• 500g pack, ready to use whenever you want to brew
• No picking, freezing or waiting for the first frost
• Naturally high in tannin, giving body and grip to a red country wine
• Also popular for infusing sloe gin

How to use

Dried fruit is more concentrated than fresh, so you need a smaller weight than a fresh-sloe recipe - follow a recipe written for dried sloes. Soak or simmer the berries to release colour and flavour, then strain through Muslin Bags.

For sloe wine you'll also need

• Gervin GV11 Red Fruit Wine Yeast - made for red fruit wines
• Brewing & Winemaking Sugar
• Yeast Nutrient - fruit musts are often short of nutrients
• 5L Glass Demijohn with Airlock for a 1 gallon batch

Ideal for hedgerow wine fans who want a traditional British country wine without the foraging. Browse our other dried fruit, botanicals and oak chips.