About a month ago, my friend DB and I followed in our non-existent German ancestors’ footsteps and began making rumtopf. We each have our own crock, full (so far) of rum, strawberries, blueberries and nectarines.
I added some more goodies — fresh local blackberries and Bing cherries — to my crock this weekend. While I was in there, I tasted some of the liquid, rum with sugar and fruit juices. It is so amazingly good, I can’t even believe it.
In fact I’m tempted to start another batch now, because as soon as December hits I am going to plow through this one.
Blackberries and cherries macerated in sugar
Rumtopf crock brimming with goodness!
Want to start your own crock of boozy fruit? Check out the first post to see how!
That looks really good…we are “preserving” all of our summer fruit so we will have to try this…
You should definitely! It’s been fun seeing the taste and color of the rum develop with each new addition.
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