It was a while since I'd last made a batch of gin. Stocks of my July version are running low and I need to start making some for Christmas presents. I decided to tweak my recipe to make it a little less spicy by omitting the liquorice, cassia bark, rose and ginger and toning down the citrus. This was my recipe this time:
| Botanical | Last Time |
This Time |
|---|---|---|
| Juniper | 30g | 30g |
| Coriander | 12g | 12g |
| Angelica | 3g | 3g |
| Cardamom | 2g | 2g |
| Lemon Peel | 8g | 6g |
| Orange Peel | 8g | 4g |
| Fennel | 3g | 3.5g |
| Peppercorns | 3g | 2g |
| Liquorice | 1g | - |
| Cassia | 1.5g | - |
| Rose | 2g | - |
| Ginger | 1g | - |
| Grains of Paradise |
2g | 2g |
| Elderflower | 1g | 1g |
I weighed them out and infused in 1 litre of vodka overnight.
For my distillation run I made up the contents of the jar in my still pot to 1.6 litres and distilled in alembic configuration.
I kept the heat on low so I was just getting a steady drip of distillate and I ended up some 3 1/2 hours later, after discarding the tails, with 800ml at 68% ABV. I diluted this with filtered water down to a strength of 42% ABV leaving me with this...
It tastes pretty good and not as spicy as the previous batch. I think we'll try a taste off before dinner on Sunday.
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