Possible Jagermeister recipe. Colouring advice?

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Hi widget...glad you posted to this...something I'll have to try. Kiwi
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I too, followed this recipe aside from the orange extract, and I like it!!! Really like it. Wife likes it! (bonus points for me)...photo below. Background is some Bourbon/Sweetfeed that I'm charring up...the chips are on the Bar b Que as I write this...
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Grappa-Gringo wrote:Where do you get unripened wallnuts this time of year???
I'm going to experiment and see if the Dried Black walnut hulls I have from the Health food store are any good for use as a colorant. It will probably have to have the color extracted by the vodka first and then adjusted to make the correct color in the Jager. I'll keep you posted. Kiwi
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you wont' need the wallnuts with the given recipe...comes out nice and black....just like the real thing....trust me..the rootbeer extract does the job
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very cool! !
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Yeah, fun fact... this stuff looks like total poison on the stovetop.
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