Pimms anyone?

[hoppinmad]

can anybody recommend a decent vermouth flavouring? thats one drink ive not tried to make yet and it sure is getting the weather for it,
cheers, hoppin

[Ellie-Claire]

The Still Spirits Dry Vermouth (Biannco) has its following. I have a couple of customers who have brought repeat sales. Can\'t get into it myself - its another Pimms as far as I\'m concerned but each to their own!

I have made a Pristige Vermouth which is a Rosso and friends say its good (my friends tend to drink anything though) although I have found it drops alot of sediment in the bottle. My batch I brought were out of date so maybe thats the reason.

[Opus 27]

Tried the SS Vermouth YUK not my drink.
Opus 27

[foRUM warrior]

hmmm vermouth ... With gin , you know its for the win

[Phantom]

You could always experiment a little.
Use the stuff Andy suggested and then to try with the herbs/spices, try the angostura already suggested or even jagermeister.......
Only suggesting the idea as I seem to recall......... no, I just looked it up...... it\'s 25% ABV so basically it\'s in the world of \"fortified wines\".
Either way, for what it is, you\'re paying a hell of a lot, so it\'s got to be worth a little experimentation.
Oh and I also noticed the magical word on one of the articles I looked it up on......... Diageo!
Now that says it all - if you look at some of their spirits brands you\'ll notice they\'re no longer sold at 40% ABV - they\'ve reduced it a little, 38% I think it is......
Whats wrong with that? I hear you say, well they haven\'t dropped the price to the consumer, it saves them a huge amount on excise duty, so that give them a far larger profit margin/advertising budget/product for use as a \"loss leader\" to up sales and other marketing con tricks........

[Ancient1]

Depending on what finished strength you have in mind; it does vary greatly amongst commercial vermouths, anything between 10 - 20% a.b.v., you can purchase from most Brew Shops a vermouth kit (including herb mix) which will ferment our at 18 -20% a.b.v.
No distilling needed and, with most kits for this that I have used, produce a very acceptable vermouth....sweet or dry.

[Phantom]

Depending on what finished strength you have in mind; it does vary greatly amongst commercial vermouths, anything between 10 - 20% a.b.v., you can purchase from most Brew Shops a vermouth kit (including herb mix) which will ferment our at 18 -20% a.b.v.
No distilling needed and, with most kits for this that I have used, produce a very acceptable vermouth....sweet or dry.

My thoughts exactly - red vermouth (tends to be the sweet one) and then some gin could come close - only then think of angostura and/or Jagermeister to herb/spice it a little more.
If E-C makes a couple of variations, then it shouldn\'t be too difficult for her to produce something acceptable to her friends taste.....
Saving a fortune in the long run....... hell, take it commercial and sell it as "SMIP puc-100" or something equally daft........ :-D

[Ellie-Claire]

Thank you all, for your suggestions.

Vermouth kit started last night so when finished will add the gin and see...