Dried herbs lose their green grassy flavour which is a good thing. I dry all my herbs for a couple of weeks. If you're in the U.K. Artemisia absinthium grows very easily and happily, as does Pontica, lemon balm...esxman wrote:To Kiwi Bruce from esxman
certainly am going to macerate and redistill .First I need to get some of the more unusual seeds to get the actual plants before I start .Btw watched a Nat Geo documentary a year or so back , they showed an American lab guy in France reviving the lost art of absinthe making .He has a very old copper still , and all his ingredients were in whole plant form , hung up to dry , I suppose either to not dilute the primary alcohol , or to bring out flavours .He bottles the stuff and markets it . First I think I need to grow my angelica and hyssop etc first .I just got some a amylase from Uk , so first ventrue will be a stab at a cornflake or rolled oat whiskey, while I am waiting from my plants to grow !
Iv had less good luck with hyssop and Angelica. But that might be because I'm a novice in the garden.
I have fennel too but obviously growing enough anise and fennel would be difficult....
Whatever you do, it's a super rewarding hobby. It was my birthday yesterday and my wife bought me a bottle of jade terminus. Iv still got a ways to go before I'm quite on THAT level lol