The time has come

[lucyginger]

You can have all the green skittles from my 1.6KG bag if you want, I don't use them.

[fdc]

Foxes mints vodka tastes amazing

nice and refreshing, and decent substitute for mouthwash (remember to swallow and not spit out though)

[tinners]

The healthy option - sort of

Bloody Mary Bombs

Mix together vodka, tabasco and worcestershire sauce. Then get your hands on a load of cherry tomatoes and a syringe. Start injecting (not yourself).

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Trust me. Go for savoury flavours this year. They will warm you up in the rain

[Jony]

Done loads of these for festivals the last few years

Pretty much any boiled sweet works well. cherry drops, werthers original, rhubarb & custard, blackcurrant & liquorice, cola cubes, glacier fruits, glacier mints........

Loads more, just use a bit of imagination when in the supermarket/sweet shop

Couple of tips, if in a hurry you can speed up the dissolving process by putting the vodka/sweet mixture in the dishwasher when doing a cycle as long as it's a glass bottle. You can use a sink of hot water as well if a bit nervous about that, just stick it in the fridge when dissolved and it will take half a day rather than 3

Also, the best plastic bottle to decant into are some of the lucozade 1litre bottles as they have a very wide opening so you don't have to crush the sweets up making a mess everywhere

Powerade bottles are good for the same reason and at 500ml you can do 5 different flavours and have a new one every Glasto day!

[dottycat2205]

Have never tried this but i am going for the skittles vodka. Sounds great!!!

[OneLittleFish]

Uncanny timing on this thread - got a batch of Werthers Originals vodka on the go

[Niblet]

oooh yum!! Actually I'd prob just eat them all and drink the vodka....

I'm gonna get me to a sweet shop!

[Niblet]

Have never tried this but i am going for the skittles vodka. Sounds great!!!

Edited May 14, 2010 by Niblet

[Digi]

If you're not going to separate the colours and make a bottle of mixed, make sure you take the green ones out, if you do all the skittles the result is a horrible brown colour, with the green removed your voddy turns a lovely bright orange red. I make up a 70cl bottle of voddy and mix it with a 2 litre bottle of lemonade...

yum!

[IamChappu]

Ooooh I'm all confused over which flavour vodka to make this year!

[Dav0s]

i still havent perfected the art, the stuff i made last year still just tasted like pure vodka, i guess i need to use more sweets!

[Noelsguitar]

I am tempted to try skittle vodka this year, and those Haribo sound lush! I love Haribo anyway, but with alcohol in them...............lush!

[Scouse Andy]

I have some findings from my testing...

Fruit salad is 'da bomb' especially in a tall glass with soda water

mixed skittels are also very impressive in the same combo.

[BeeMac]

I love making flavoured vodkas!!

The best being Skittles (except the green, but thats purely to make a nice coloured vodka!)

Werthers orginals are great, the supermarket cheap equivilant works just as well)

Rhubarb and custard

A funny story though, for my birthday I got through the post a box of extra large haribo cola bottles, with the statement from my friend that he thought I would like a big load of coke for my birthday!!! I soaked them in a tub with vodka and they turned to the most amazing vodka jellies ever!! I have since tried gummie bears and they work well, just soak in a kilner jar in the fridge and keep adding vodka til they turn to jelly, I find that running them under cold tap water helps with the non- stickiness! they do tend to dissolve in the heat so beat eaten at the start of the festie! and taking a few cocktail sticks to skewer them with is great!!

I do love the sound of the foxes glacier mints, may give that a try this year.... just remember to transfer to plastic bottles, you don't want to loose them on entry to G after all that effort!!

[BeeMac]

oh and I forgot to mention that pear drops make excellent tasting vokda!!

[Funkyfairy!]

Brilliant ideas- thanks everyone

Will stock up on sweets this week and keep a watch out for vodka on special offer

[muddyslingbax]

I've also got a whole bunch of Basil and mint growing at the moment, wondering what they would taste like.

[Funkyfairy!]

I've also got a whole bunch of Basil and mint growing at the moment, wondering what they would taste like.

Mint vodka sounds fab; i'm gonna do some

[Cannock Albion]

Right then, We are after a bit of help. Had a trial run (enjoying it now) with 20 skittles and 10cl Vodka, good colour and quite strong. How is our ratio of Skittles to vodka? What do other people use?

[iammyowngiraffe]

I'm going to have to try the Wham bar and Cola Cube vodka, awesome

[Niblet]

I use 3 x 195g bags per 1 litre of voddy (minus the green ones) I've not counted the number of skittles it is though

[BeeMac]

Roughly around 10 skittles to one ounce if you want to be precise, I tend to buy a big bag and dump them in, as they dissolve quickly you can add more to taste if its not sweet enough...

I also find if you use the real cheap voddy you need more sweets, and a decent voddy is smoother and needs less, so am afriad some trial and error is involved!!!

IMO the best way to taste the rainbow!!

[iammyowngiraffe]

Do you get the gung that you get with skittles from wham bars and cola bottles?

[StoneCircle]

I use 3 x 195g bags per 1 litre of voddy (minus the green ones) I've not counted the number of skittles it is though