Half a handfull Dried Juniper berries
Peel of 1 Orange
Peel of 1/2 Lemon
Peel of 1 Lime
1 teaspoon Dried corriander seed
2 pepper corns
The peel should be made with a potato peeler to reduce the amount of white pith (its bitter) then bruise the peel with the back of a spoon
Place all above in a one gallon glass jar to maccerate with 40% neutral spirit
When the liquid is a light straw colour (About a week) it can be cut 50/50 or to taste with more 40% neutral spirit as required. Start looking for ice and tonic soon after.
Cheers
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pyrobrewer280 wrote:I like the odd G&T here is a recipe I use often
Half a handfull Dried Juniper berries
Peel of 1 Orange
Peel of 1/2 Lemon
Peel of 1 Lime
1 teaspoon Dried corriander seed
2 pepper corns
The peel should be made with a potato peeler to reduce the amount of white pith (its bitter) then bruise the peel with the back of a spoon
Place all above in a one gallon glass jar to maccerate with 40% neutral spirit
When the liquid is a light straw colour (About a week) it can be cut 50/50 or to taste with more 40% neutral spirit as required. Start looking for ice and tonic soon after.
Cheers
and another newbie "hey, no one defined that word yet" question.
Maccerate. Basicly Marinate?
Macerate... to combine a liquid with solids to obtain an extraction of soluables.This often involves smashing up solids to increase surface area or break up surfaces to allow the exchange of fluids.
Steeping (as in tea) is basically the same thing.
I usually distill my gin, but the stuff produced needs dilluted.
I think that macerated only juniper beries is a Schnapps... but it dosent matter if it tastes good... thats what counts.
Last edited by possum on Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
Macerating is to steep things (fruits or herbs) in a liquid (water, alcohol) to extract the flavours. Like brewing a cup of tea.
IMHO: these kind of definitions could also be found on the parentsite (homedistiller.org), the faq section, other sites related to making liqueurs and the ordinary dictionary...
possum wrote:I usually distill my gin, but the stuff produced needs dilluted.
I think that macerated only juniper beries is a Schnapps... but it dosent matter if it tastes good... thats what counts.
Possibly (probably) true, but I'd rather be happy than right
A person is only as big as the things that make him angry
Confucious