Flavouring Neutral Spirit

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Hudster2001
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Flavouring Neutral Spirit

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I'm new to this, I'm going to stick to Neutral Spirit till I get used to distilling, then I'll change it up and try my hand at other spirits.
Until then I'm planning on flavouring my neutral spirit.
I have ordered a few top shelf flavours, a few find, some vodkas and a spiced rum. and was wondering if anyone knew of any other flavour producers or had any recipes for any other flavours. I'm open to trying anything. So fire away
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Brewhaus has quite a few essences. Have a look
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A few of my favorite uses for neutral:

Check out the Strawberry Panty Dropper recipe if you would like to make some sweet desert type drinks with your neutral. I use the same process on various berries and fruits.

Gin is lots of fun to make with a neutral. Start easy by following Odin’s easy gin recipe then expanding from there.

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Wide cuts of Ted’s FFV & medium toasted French oak seems to be coming along nicely for me.
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A few apple pie recipes here.
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Hey Hudster
There is a guy here “Jimbo” he has a recipe for “Ginger Liquour”. If you like ginger it’s a fantastic recipe. Easy to make and can be tweaked to suit your taste. I sometimes put a shot in a beer. Instant fortified ginger beer.
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 8#p7337092

Also in the board index is a section on liqueurs
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=105

Have fun mate.
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The topic is very vast, with the neutral you can do many products. I do not use synthetic essences but I try to do everything with fruit, herbs, wood etc of natural origin. Lately I made a brandy with some herbs and it's fantastic, delicate and not intrusive.
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If you use lemons for anything, peel them first and do Demy's Limoncello:

https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop ... 05&t=80196

With a good strong neutral it only takes a few days as opposed to other recipes that ask for 40 (or more!) and to my taste it's the best going!
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Gin, if that's your thing. As others suggested, lots of uses for neutral but I'm laughing at the vodka essence. Is it just bottled water?
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Corsaire wrote:Gin, if that's your thing. As others suggested, lots of uses for neutral but I'm laughing at the vodka essence. Is it just bottled water?
It's a vanilla vodka, ingredients are syrup and vanilla. I will do that myself in the future
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Twisted Brick wrote:.
A few apple pie recipes here.
I'm definitely trying them. i love apple pie
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