Tassel Gin #6

I need some more gin for Christmas presents. The last one was pretty good, but I thought I had lost a little of the floral character in previous recipes. I thought I'd also reintroduce use of the column in the set-up to see what difference that would make.

This was my recipe...

Botanical	Last Time	This Time
Juniper	30g	30g
Coriander	12g	12g
Angelica	3g	3g
Cardamom	2g	2g
Lemon Peel	6g	6g
Orange Peel	4g	6g
Fennel	3.5g	4g
Peppercorns	2g	2g
Liquorice	-	-
Cassia	1.5g	1g
Rose	-	1.5g
Ginger	-	1g
Grains of Paradise	2g	2g
Elderflower	1g	1g

I weighed out my botanicals yesterday and steeped them in a jar of vodka overnight.

This was the jar before shaking.

 

 

All ready to go. I used the contents of the jar and filled the pot up to its 1.7l capacity with more vodka.

After discarding the tails and blending the rest of my distillation fractions, I was left with 815ml @ 72%ABV. I added a further 580ml filtered water to bring the final strength to 43% ABV. Here are the resulting 5 full 250ml bottles (there was also some left for us to taste).

Success! A definitely more floral taste, but still a bit of spice to it with cardamom, fennel, ginger and cassia notes. It's nicer than the one I used to make the Sloe Gin (now put away in the garage until Christmas). I'm giving this one 9/10.