Ginger Liquour

[Jimbo]

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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