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I have made some strawberry and blueberry shines, just some 80 proof neutral with a cup of fruit per quart and letting it soak. its been 4 monthes now and I'm ready to bottle it. in the past its been bitter and I need to know the best way to sweeten it. can I use honey or should I use a simple syrup
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"What proof is your likker? 4months is a long time. Too high proof can certainly draw out alot of the ""green"" qualities of the fruit.
Macerate till the color is good, then transfer the likker to a separate vessel. In the vessel with the remaining fruit,,,top off with sugar and the juice from half a lemon.
Turn/spin the jar few times a day till all sugar is transformed to syrup. Add syrup to likker for desired sweetmess.
The entire operation dont hardly take 2 -3weeks,,,,tops.
Your strawnerry turn brown yet?"
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You'll find that extracts are more presice in flavor and goodlyness (to quote a vet distiller) I too tried the fresh fruit and I was dissapointed several times. But thats just my expirence, I hope it works for ya. 
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That's what I was gonna do- use fruit. I thought if you distilled the stuff and then took what you distilled and redistill it with the fruit in it.
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I have made it before but....something.. seems to have affected my memory
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" Originally Posted by: heeler  You'll find that extracts are more presice in flavor and goodlyness (to quote a vet distiller) I too tried the fresh fruit and I was dissapointed several times. But thats just my expirence, I hope it works for ya. heeler, got a link to suppliers of those extracts ? Thanks pard, FMH."
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Well yeah, you passed by it to get here..........the home page.....look essences on the top of that page, then go to vodka essences and there will be all kinds of berry flavors. Lots to choose from. Good luck
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Now, I know your saying -- but I'm making whiskey, well depending on your mash and the finishing process you could call it whiskey or vodka. But dont fret over it just make a neutral (whiskey or vodka) and try some extract flavoring. You never know till you try-so go for it.
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What if you added the juice of whatever fruit and maybe additional sugar to the mashe before distilling it?
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 What if you added the juice of whatever fruit and maybe additional sugar to the........ neutral hooch you just made???? 
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I tried that with watermelon and the stuff settled on the bottom lokking all slimy
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