Select full coloured and plumb berries, avoiding stained baskets (sign of overripe or softened and decayed berries). Season is May to July. DO NOT wash until ready to use as water causes mold to form. Rinse berries and place in a mixing bowl, lightly crushing to release flavor. Add vodka, vanilla bean, and allspice. Stir […]

Combine apple cider or apple juice and brown sugar in a large saucepan. For spice bag, tie cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and lemon peel in a 7 inch square of 100 percent cotton cheesecloth. Add spice bag to cider mixture. Bring cider mixture to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Remove and discard […]

Combine all the ingredients in a large punch bowl with a block of ice. If found too dry, sugar syrup may be added. Decorate with twists of lemon peel. Makes 25-30 cups.

Put ingredients in a gallon jug with about a quart of very warm water. Stir until ingredients are well mixed. Finish filling the jug with warm water. Let stand six hours (just laythe lid on top, do not screw on). At the end of the six hours, screw lid on and refrigerate.

Buy the largest pineapple you can find as it will give you more meat. Look for yellow to golden orange color for sweet tasting meat. Avoid greenish color, bruises, discoloured areas, soft spots, or dried out brown leaves. Slice pineapple and combine with vodka in jar. Steep for 1 week. Strain and squeeze as much […]

Mix ingredients. Serve well chilled. Tastes like champagne!!

Plums can be found from May to August. Choose rich coloured ones ranging from fairly firm to slightly soft. Avoid hard, shriveled, poorly coloured, soft, bruised or split ones. Halve and pit plums and combine in jar with vodka (gin may be used also), sugar syrup, and cinnamon. Cover and invert jar daily until sugar […]

Add all ingredients together and steep for 3-4 weeks. Turn jar every few days. The coconut tends to be porous and absorbs the alcohol so be sure to thoroughly strain and filter the mixture to yield the largest amount. Natural coconut may also be used, but tends to be watery and requires more coconut. Yield: […]

Place all ingredients, except gin, limes and celery in a 1-quart glass jar with a tight lid and shake well to mix. Taste and adjust lemon juice and seasoning as desired. Store in refrigerator for up to a week. To serve, fill an 8-ounce glass with ice cubes. Add 1 to ounces of gin and […]

Place all ingredients in a blender; blend well. Bottle and let mellow in frig at least one week before serving. We found this best after 1 to 2 weeks. Store in frig. liqueur may be served at room temp by removing from frig an hour or two before serving. Use within 6 months. From The […]