Also:
I think regularly turning the bottle/jar/recepticle/whatever upsidedown, like twice a day, is a good idea from memory - my old boss used to make cranberry vodka that way, with cranberries (and a few esoteric additives for flavour - he had it down to perfection) in place of sweeties.
(Mr Big Stuff, Tue 24 Aug 2010, 22:26, archived)