Using Gin Essence...

[bassinjason]

Just got some gin essence in an order. Never used essence before. Am I correct in calculating that one little (.67 oz) bottle makes a fifth of gin? Or is it less?

[Fourway]

You are correct in assuming that the little bottle is supposed to flavor a 750ml bottle of spirit...
You are however not entirely correct in assuming that what you get will be gin... it will be more gin-like product.

Before you go wasting a lot of time and energy distilling neutral to add it to, try putting it in some store bought vodka.

I haven't met anyone yet who likes it.

[Twinnie]

I thought it would just be some kind of concentrated juniper berry juice but then I'm completely new to this, I assume now that it's just flavouring. I'm interested in making gin though and I've been looking at the methods here (http://homedistiller.org/flavor/gin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow).

If I made a batch of gin essence how long would it keep for?

[rad14701]

The issues with essence is that it is just added at room temperature rather than being vapor infused at distillation temperature... I agree with Fourway about wasting cheap store bought before attempting with home made spirits...

[kiwistiller]

I don't think many on the board are making gin essence like the parent site says. If they do, I haven't seen them talk about it for a while. It's so easy to make vapour infusion (like bombay) or distilled gin (make your neutral and macerate then distill with / without the herbs in the boiler) anyway.