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Two of my favorites Are tea and Plymouth

Tea Gin;
10g Juniper
4g coriander seed
1 only cardamon pod
3 only Cuberb peppers
pinch Orris Root
Lrg pinch Angelica
1/4tsp Almond extract
1 opened Teabag

Lightly crush all seeds etc
Add to Sputnik (gin basket)
Pour tea over top with Angelica
and Orris Root
Add Almond to 1.5ltrs neutral at 45%
Add 1ltr water
Discard 1st 15mls
Collect to 45% Dilute to 45%
Enjoy a lovely and very delicate Gin.

Plymouth Gin

12g Juniper
6g Coriander
Lrg pinch Angelica
Pinch Orris Root
2 only cardamon pods
2 sml strips lemon 1"
2 sml strips Tangerine 1"

2 ltrs neutral @45% 1ltr water
follow as per tea gin.

Have fun
Gazza

Going to make some more Plymouth
(style) Gin tonight. Opened a new bag
of Juniper berries and they are a
lot dryer not as "oily", so am
going to add extra 3g see what
happens.

Do you expect these to yield 2l?

No on 1.5ltrs you might get 1100 and a bit.
It all depends on where you click off
don,t collect in fractions but you still
get a tail ?

I'm very unscientific, I stick my finger
under the flow and taste.
Last run I ended up with 750ml @72%
diluted to 45% =1200ml.
If I was greedy might have nicked another
200ml ? But whats it gona taste like
will it add to the flavour of what I have.
Last run tastes good, came off still
2 hours ago. Does Gin improve with age

I cut mine off when it gets down to a bit below 70. Below that I get tastes of violets and funk that I don't care for as much. I used to collect down to about 40 - 45 but like the crisper, more focused taste of an earlier cutoff. I am willing to accept the loss in product.

I am not sure if gin improves with age, but if you don't have something like Orris Root in it, the taste will quickly fade over a few weeks.

Hi Chill
After chucking 1st 10-15ml
starting A.B.V. is around 80%yeh!!
So whats your yeald at 70% on 1.5??
Only after Quality can aways do another
wash, thats the beauty of what we do.
If you love doing Airfix kits you
paint 'em glue'em etc then put 'em
on a shelf!!!
Don't know about you, but I love my
own gin& rum

The Plymouth (style)gin
is my stock fav. But the freshness or
ripeness of the junipers has a big effect
on the final flavour.
This unfortunately is down to your senses
to detect and adjust the amount you put in.
I have tried to sort this by ordering 1kg
at a time(serious about my gin)hoping to
adjust recipes to suit.
Are we therefore saying gin is all
about the freshness & quality of the
Juniper Berries you use

I don't discard anything at the start of the run. That is when the best citrus flavours come over. My gin does not often louche, but when I does... I don't care.

I use 1.9L of neutral at 52-55% ABV. I collect about 900ml on average. I collect 700ml then start collecting in 100ml jars, about 80% full. By the time I get to the fourth or fifth jar, I can taste the part that I don't want. Jars before that go in with the 700ml yielding 900ml or a bit more. This gets watered down into 1500ml at about 50% ABV.

Being cheap, I keep the part that I don't use and keep running the still until it gets down to about 40%, when it starts to run out slowly. I collect this until I get 2L and then "strip" it to get a higher proof result. When I get enough of this, I will carbon filter it with the carbon just before I change to new carbon (e.g. mostly exhausted carbon). Then I make what I call "Nasty Gin" with that: some juniper, some coriander, some lemon peel, not much else. This is not sipping gin, but either gets used to clean the toilet or for G&T if good enough.

And yes, it is all about the quality of the ingredients!

Chuck

Just put this in the sputnik.
2ltrs neutral @45%
1ltr tap water
12g juniper berries
6g coriander seeds
3 cardamom pods
3 cuberb seeds
3 G.o.P.
5 drops Almond essence
pinch nutmeg
pinch angelica
2x 1" stpis grapefruit zest.

Lightly crushed all berries etc.
Put all in gin basket (sputnik)
Will collect to 50%
Post to follow shortly.

1.1ltrs collected on the grapefruit gin
run @66% diluted to 45% gives me the 1.5ltrs
or 2 bottles i'm looking for.
Shut off @ 50%.
Nice taste very citric if that's the word.
Next time just the one piece of grapefruit.
But will do this again.

Just had a eureka moment!!!
On my Plymouth style gin.
followed recipe but instead of
fresh fruit added 4g dried bitter
orange peel. wowwww!!!
Shut down @50% 1100ml @70%.
dilute with bottled water to 44%.
Now have IMO the greatest gin I have
produced.
HAPPY of Chessington

I am troubled by this - my ebay fingers have been trying to buy bitter orange for the past few days.

Is it really that good ?

well yes!!

Bought mine from Love to Brew.
not to expensive, gives your gin
that "london" dry taste like"Gordons"
much sharper more umphhh than
fresh fruit Mash.
I like the taste and hot from the still
so to speak so does "Ferd the Fireman".