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Flavourings or botanicals

Postby guest5234 » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:41 am

This can go for any spirit, you guys who have tried both especially gin what in your opinion gives the better taste, spirit run with botanicals infused or stepped or packet bought flavourings.
I have not had the pleasure of either up to now but would like to try both.
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby Mash » Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:44 am

Did more than a few bottles to prove this to myself.
Botanicals & a basket. Best results & scalable & quick. I have tried and disregarded concentrates and steeping.

I think ED is trying essential oils.
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby guest5234 » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:36 pm

Do for me captain, going online to order...
p.s where do you get your botanicals from?
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby gaza the instructor » Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:33 pm

Mash altogether Ebay.
Juniper & coriander are the main bots
Rather have a full bottle in front of me
than a full frontal lobotomy
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby Easydrinker » Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:05 am

I have gone the way of steeped and distilled juniper.
And messing with essential oils for the rest of the flavour.
It is taking an age to come up with one that I like, not been in a Gin frame of mind recently.
Must try harder! ;D

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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby guest5234 » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:04 am

Easydrinker wrote:I have gone the way of steeped and distilled juniper.
And messing with essential oils for the rest of the flavour.
It is taking an age to come up with one that I like, not been in a Gin frame of mind recently.
Must try harder! ;D

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Going to try every possible way and hey-ho if it tastes shitte I can always give it to my boozy neighbour ;D
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby gaza the instructor » Fri Oct 28, 2016 3:35 pm

And there is a lot of good recipes
and ideas. So you had better get started
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby inspector gadget » Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:46 pm

guest5234 wrote:
Easydrinker wrote:I have gone the way of steeped and distilled juniper.
And messing with essential oils for the rest of the flavour.
It is taking an age to come up with one that I like, not been in a Gin frame of mind recently.
Must try harder! ;D

Robert.

Going to try every possible way and hey-ho if it tastes shitte I can always give it to my boozy neighbour ;D



Hope your neighbour has a cast iron lining to his liver in that case
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Re: Flavourings or botanicals

Postby Easydrinker » Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:28 am

Is the implication here that there will be many failings? :)

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