Gin recipes

[gaza the instructor]

Found this on Dragon Still.
GIN…botanical info by brand

Tiger Gin
Gordon's Distilled London Dry Gin
Beefeater London Distilled Dry Gin
Plymouth Gin
Bombay Distilled London Dry Gin
Bombay Sapphire Distilled London Dry Gin
Mercury Gin
Juniper Green London Dry Gin
Van Gogh Gin (Holland)
Citadelle Gin (France)
Botanicals used -------

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Gin Brand |see above| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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Juniper | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
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Coriander | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
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Angelica root | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X
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Cassia | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X
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Cinnamon | X | | | | | | | | | X
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Liquorice | X | | X | | X | X | X | | X | X
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Bitter almonds | | | | | X | X | X | | X | X
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Grains of Paradise | | | | | | X | | | X | X
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Cubeb berries | | | | | | X | | | X | X
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Bitter orange peel | | | X | | | | | | |
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Sweet orange peel | X | | | X | | | X | | | X
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Lemon peel | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X
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Ginger | | X | | | | | | | |
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Orris root | X | | | X | X | X | X | | X | X
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Cardamon | X | | | X | | | | | | X
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Nutmeg | X | X | | | | | | | | X
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Savory | | | | | | | | X | | X
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Violet root | | | | | | | | | | X
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Cumin | | | | | | | | | | X
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Aniseed | | | | | | | | | | X
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Fennel seed | | | | | | | | | | X
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The total amount of botanicals used is about 20-35 grams/litre. If we take the dominant botanical juniper as 'x', the proportions of the botanicals used is:

x = juniper
x/2 = coriander
x/10 = angelica, cassia, cinnamon, liquorice, bitter almonds, grains of paradise, cubeb berries
x/100 = bitter & sweet orange peel, lemon peel, ginger, orris, root, cardamon, nutmeg, savory, calamus, chamomile, fennel, aniseed, cumin, violet root.
If we use x = 20g then x/2 = 10g, x/10 = 2g, x/100 = 0.2g (200mg)
Some current gins do not have a pronounced juniper character as they are used for cocktails and are more of a flavored vodka - for this type of gin for 'x' use equal quantities for juniper & coriander (i.e. x = 20g composed of 10g of juniper & 10g of coriander)
The botanical are macerated in 45%abv neutral alcohol (usually for 24 hours), redistilled and then diluted to 42%abv which is an optimal strength for holding the flavour of the botanicals. Only the middle run (80-85%abv) is used to produce a high quality gin. Plymouth Gin also comes in a 57%abv 'Navy Strength' and which is also the British 100 proof strength.

Bombay Sapphire Gin uses a Carterhead Still which contains a botanicals basket through which the vapour passes, a technique which gives a lighter flavour.

All gins include juniper and coriander as an ingredient along with other botanicals. Typically a fine gin contains 6-10 botanicals, although the Dutch Damask Gin has 17, and the French Citadelle Gin has 19 - but this could be more for marketing reasons and has been criticized for lacking direction.

Some American gins mention chamomile as a botanical which would give a blue tinge to the gin.

Botanical names:

[Easydrinker]

I will read this again in the morning, when not so tired and hopefully more sober, looking a little complex right now!

Robert

[chill]

A link to the original formatted version would be more useful.

[Mash]

I am sure this has been posted here before.....I found it here..

http://forum.moderndistiller.com/viewto ... =21&t=1856

[Sunshine]

https://www.stilldragon.org/uploads/man ... 140116.pdf

here you are...