White port or vodka for cherry bounce

really simple one bottle of cheap vodka, 2 cups of blackberries and a cup and a half of sugar. left in back of the pantry covered for about 2 months then in fridge for 1 month. shake once a week. taste like kool-aid

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I've always done it with whiskey or bourbon.

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Someone posted a thread a year or two back about bourbon soaked cherries. I dug it up a few times for the recipe. I can't remember it specifically but what I've done is make a cup or two of 1:1 simple syrup, depending on how many cherries I have on hand, and then let it cool. I fill a large mason jar with cherries, evenly distribute the amount of syrup between the jars, and fill each to the top with bourbon. Last summer I played around with it and added a teaspoon of Vanilla extract, Orange Extract, and a mix of the two, because I was making three jars of them.

Dammit! I had gotten out of the habit but since you reminded me, I'll be kicking myself everyday for never getting my great grandfather's recipe. First "booze" I ever drank because he would sneak some to me. Mom never knew.

DAMMIT!

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I'm assuming fresh cherries for bourbon -soaked cherries? Want to try that

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Yeah, I bought a bunch last summer, and the summer before that. They end up being a very dark red in the jar. Not like the bright red maraschino cherries you see. Almost purple. I get an ice ball out of the freezer, put 1-2 cherries in the glass, and spoon a couple spoonfuls of the juice, then add bourbon and top with ginger ale or sprite.

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one bottle of cheap vodka

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One of my life philosophies is if you wouldn't drink it on its own, don't make something out of it. Now that doesn't mean you need to use a $50 bottle of whiskey or bourbon, but higher quality ingredients = higher quality end product.