Plum Infused Vodka

Here is how to make almost five gallons of plum infused vodka. The resulting liqueur is fragrant, bright pink and smooth. This recipe was inspired by the infused plum brandies famous in the Balkans.

Ingredients:
9 - 1.75 liter bottles of vodka
20 lbs fresh-picked plums
2 lbs turbinado sugar
8 inch peeled, sliced ginger
1 vanilla bean (optional)
2 cinnamon sticks

Materials:
2 large, heavy bottomed pots
9 - 68 oz. bottles with wide mouths (you could do it with smaller ones, but make sure they have wide mouths)
Colander
Large bowls

Step 1: Locate Plums Nearby (June-July only!)

Fairly inexpensive way to get a hold of a 20 pounds of fruit would be to pick a fruit tree in your neighborhood. You may use Neighborhood Fruit to locate plums on public land. Take note of the tree address and good luck with your fruit picking adventure!

Comments

[goodforcatfish]

I have also made plum liquor, using yellow and red plum trees on my grandmother's property, but used 91% grain alcohol and let soak for several months in a cool dry place. After cheese-cloth filtration I cut it with purified water, or not sometimes. :)

[goodforcatfish]

I have also made plum liquor, using yellow and red plum trees on my grandmother's property, but used 91% grain alcohol and let soak for several months in a cool dry place. After cheese-cloth filtration I cut it with purified water, or not sometimes. :)

[DamiaWinters]

Interesting! I'll have to try this method next time. My first go was with mangoes and white rum. I let it soak for a couple of weeks in rum and eventually made a simple syrup to put it all together. It was quite a mild taste but it turns out that I really dislike rum, much to my sadness. I'm going to try it your way.

[mweston]

interesting instructable; I'm not legally allowed to drink, but my parents have recently tried some different fruit flavored vodkas and this is right up that alley. I am assuming that you could do this with other fruits, correct? More specifically would blueberries work or do you think that there would be some other side effect? The idea is great, hope to see some more!

[neighborhoodfruit]

I have no idea if you can do it with blueberries, but I imagine you could. You could look into traditional Northern European recipes!?

[mweston]

ok, i'll give it a try

[gjm]

I've done something similar to this with blueberries. I say similar because all I did was put a pint of cleaned fresh bluberries in a jug with a half gallon of vodka for a couple weeks. The blueberry taste was very mild but real nice. I didn't add any sugar so it was more of a blueberry infused vodka than a liquor. I've also done it with strawberries. It's quite nice and doesn't get any easier.