StillSmart

I seems gin is trendy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... -year.html

Been like that for a while now (there was an article about it on the telly news this morning).........

Can't be certain, but a lot of these articles seen to allude to those who've taken the easy option and got rectifiers licenses.

Just buying in NGS in bulk, then flavouring it.

I've always liked gin, but with my plebby, unrefined palette find it had to do it justice and identify the different flavour.

I just tend to drown it in tonic........

Get a sputnik for your air still. It really is an easy build and a good result. I am trying some big noisey recipes so that it comes through the tonic a treat.

I am finding pepper or GOP tent to deaden it a little but make the finish longer.

Friends were giving Blend your Own Gin experiences at small rectifiers as Xmas gifts.
Licensed ones,not me!

Robert.

I've thought of getting small (say 2oz) bottles with eyedroppers and distilling of a range of single botanicals. Then I could have a "blend your own gin" party. All I need now are some bottles. And initiative.

chill wrote:I've thought of getting small (say 2oz) bottles with eyedroppers and distilling of a range of single botanicals. Then I cough have "blend your own gin" party. All I need now are some bottles. And initiative.

Thats basically what that bloke who runs the Cambridge distilling company (think that's the name) does.

You have to make an appointment, discuss flavours, personal preference, etc and then he makes you a bespoke bottle of gin.

Though it seems to carry a bit of a caveat, inasfaras it's a very limited market i.e. too much money/not enough sense, corporate, and so on. Sounds a bit cynical but the prices last time I checked were astronomical..........

chill wrote:I've thought of getting small (say 2oz) bottles with eyedroppers and distilling of a range of single botanicals. Then I cough have "blend your own gin" party. All I need now are some bottles. And initiative.

Brilliant idea.

I think an overnight soak is what each botanical needs. I discovered this is the way many setup taste experiments.

Bottles.... Schweppes tonic bottle from pubs.
Clear Glass. 4 or 5 inches. Accept a crown cap and a wine stopper. Label comes off with overnight soak.
Sweet bar maids will give you a handful if you ask (as opposed to a mouthful)

Sorry...

Dinnae lower the tone laddie.

Robert.