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Ginger Liquour

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WHen Windy and I visited Koval they had a real nice Ginger Liquour that we liked. Been meaning to make it since. Some ginger talk in another thread was the inspiration I needed. This turned out really nice, better than Kovals Ginger Liquour I believe. I made this yesterday and drank 3 snifters of it before the night was over. Nice with 1 ice cube.

Here's the recipe, its ready to drink right away. Makes 1/2 gallon+ of 60 proof ginger liquour

1 quart 65% Neutral
1 quart water
0.5lbs fresh ginger. peeled (use a spoon) and grated. (0.5 lbs before peeling)
3 whole cloves
1 tsp vanilla extract or 1" of vanilla bean sliced open.
2 cups sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Put everything except the neutral in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Let cool some and then pour together with the neutral and split all the groceries between 2 quart jars (plus a little extra to drink now ;)

You can drink this right away. Very delicious. Its nice and spicy now so I dont plan to keep it long on the ginger. Honestly its not gonna last long.
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MCH does a ginger infused uj that is a mighty fine drop. I'm gonna try this one to. I see another t&t in your future.
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That looks very fine, Jimbo.
I would like to try it with the spices and sugar. I loves my ginger, and a spiced gingercello sounds too good to not try.
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Thanks guys, its mighty tasty cant keep my snoot out of it, on glass number 3 today already. Got a bottle of it set aside for Windy, him and the Mrs comin by for our show tonight, and another bottle I'm fixen to kill fast, the rest is GONE, shit where'd it go, g'damned dog of mine musta got into it. Easy to make tho. Half a lb of fresh ginger cost all of $0.50! And we all know what sugar cost. I dont know how Koval gets away with chargin so damn much for this stuff.
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Jimbo wrote:Thanks guys, its mighty tasty cant keep my snoot out of it, on glass number 3 today already. Got a bottle of it set aside for Windy, he's comin by for our show tonight, and another bottle I'm fixen to kill fast, the rest is GONE, shit where'd it go, g'damned dog of mine musta got into it. Easy to make tho. Half a lb of fresh ginger cost all of $0.50! And we all know what sugar cost. I dont know how Koval gets away with chargin so damn much for this stuff.
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I made this for the first time yesterday. Very good, not an over powering hotness from the ginger and a good balance with the sweetness. two ice cubes each glass, had several, and sipped it most of the night. Thank you Jimbo,
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Thank you Kiwi, happy you enjoyed it. We drank mine all up already :oops: Didnt last long. Gonna stop on the way home for another 1/2 lb of ginger :)
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I copied your "Red Headed Stepdaughter" label from the other post and suck it on my bottles, what a hoot! It is a damn good drink!
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kiwi Bruce wrote:I copied your "Red Headed Stepdaughter" label from the other post and suck it on my bottles, what a hoot! It is a damn good drink!
haha! :thumbup:
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Here's the label Kiwi is talking about if anyone wants to use it.

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Great Label Jimbo!!
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To all the men out there, if you stare long enough at Jimbo's label, you will slowly begin to see some words appear around the edges. At that point, take a look down at the bottom and you'll notice that it says "192 proof". I'm figuring it ought to be closer to "92 proof". I suppose I'm the only one who stared at the picture long enough. :D

Edit: From the first post... closer to 60 proof.
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haha right, the 192 proof was a joke, in fact the whole label was a joke in response to MCH comment in another thread. Then I tweaked it for myself for real. Here's a more accurate one you guys can use if you'd like, keeping with the Red Headed Stepchild Distilling theme.
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Bookmarking this Jimbo, now I got to learn to make neutral in my pot still! :thumbup:
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Bogbob I'm gonna use uj made with oats when I doit.
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That's an idea. I know a potstill is not the tool for neutral, but I'd like to give it a try.
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Bigbob wrote:Bookmarking this Jimbo, now I got to learn to make neutral in my pot still! :thumbup:
Bigbob, before I could make neutral ( or wanted to bother) I used to buy 1/2 gallon of vodka to make these infusions. Works great. Just bump the groceries a tad and use more booze than 50/50, otherwise youll end up at 40 proof, but thats fine too. There's no hard fast rules here.
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I've made this twice as is. This time I used a table spoon of honey. Very Very good!!! Honey/Ginger infusion.
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Nice. Glad you like it kiwi. Simple and stupid good. I'm enjoying a glass on ice now.
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Damn it I gotta get of my ass get get small run to make this with. Don't think my double malt and rye would be clean enuf.
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I just saw this post and have to say I really want to make some of this. Thanks for the recipe Jimbo.
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My ginger wife wont touch this stuff. What the heck is up with that? Go figure... I can't expect her to share my tastes. Perhaps she's more into blondes? We'll have to look into that... :think:

This is a great recipe. We always have gobs of neutral so knocking up a bottle was compulsive. However, I will be leaving mine on the ginger for awhile. I like my gingers nuclear, and this recipe is an atom bomb! Thanks Jimbo. :thumbup:


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corene1 wrote:I just saw this post and have to say I really want to make some of this. Thanks for the recipe Jimbo.
Ditto! I just happen to have some really good 60% neutral stashed too. :thumbup:

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Nice recipe. Fine drink. Thanks Jimbo.
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Pot still? Try some URRV - should work well for this.
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Thanks guys, I been keepin a gallon jug at the handy now. Goin thru it pretty quick. Great sipper, and ginger is reportedly damn good for you too!!! Perfect, as if we need a good excuse to have a tall pour :crazy: here's one fer ya http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/ginger ... lammation/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
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You've done it few times now, how long do you keep the Ginger and cloves in there now.
I want to give it a stab but weary to over do it as bot ginger and cloves can take over if you give them half a chance.
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I dont leave them in there at all anymore. Just a 5 minute boil with the shredded ginger, sugar, lemon, cloves and water, Then strain and squeeze and add the hooch. Bam done.
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Thanks for posting, on the to do list for today. :) What are your thoughts on using 90%+ neutral?
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