Danish Schnapps Link

[billmcc]

http://www.danish-schnapps-recipes.com/index.html

[YHB]

Thanks,

Reading a couple of the recipes had my mouth watering.

Need to start making a lot of neutral

Brian

[Capt-Cudellez]

Thanks for that Bill. I have thought I had never done schnapps before, but have inadvertently made lots of very small batches.

I didn't realise schnapps was done by just infusion, I do this when trying out a new botanical for gin. I infuse for a few days and see what this makes taste and smell wise. If its something I like and think I'll use, I keep a very small bottle of it in my aroma kit.

When trying the gin, I find a sniff of the infusion helps you pick out the taste much more easily, I'll then mark the recipe with a plus or minus or a tick against each ingredient so I'll adjust the recipe next time I run it, and hopefully improve it.

I'd be quite interested to do some single infusions and try a bit of schnapps blending. Cool!

[YHB]

I particularly like the sound of the St.Johns Wort Schnapps.

As well as everything else St.Johns Wort is used by herbalists as an Anti-Depressant. This could be a drink that makes you happy in more ways than one.

[Jimmy]

They sell a small pack of schnapps in Ikea which includes St John's Wort if you fancy trying it out : http://www.flickr.com/photos/highglosshighs/7809254760/

[Capt-Cudellez]

I've got a few litres of raspberry schnapps on the go at the moment, very tart, its going to need some sugar I think.

Nice colour though

[billmcc]

Just done the Elderberry schnapps it's very nice a little bit portish if thats a word,this was very bitter untill i added 5 tsp sugar wich made all the differance.
Cheers

[alan]

Iv got 3 on the go strawberry,blueberry,and butterscotch.the BS-is made by dissolving 2lb of sweets in bourbon whisky for a couple a days, its very similar to a baileys type drink it splits into when its ready so i add evaporated milk to stabilize it just befor bottling, i very nearly lost it last night as the gallon jar i made it in spilt round the base alan

[Capt-Cudellez]

Well the raspberry schnapps is a success. Bottled up just under 2-1/2 lts, the colour is fantastic deep red, and I adjusted the very tart flavour with some sugar syrup.
The sugar rounds the flavour off without it being overly sweet like a liqueur.

For the little half litre I mixed it with a little of apple pie (apple infused DWWG) its not as good as the straight raspberry as its lost that tartness that makes it interesting.

[billmcc]

Ive just made the cinnamon schnapps 3x3" tubes for three week in 75cl @40 abv,This stuff is hot cinnamon when neat but if you add coke you get a vanilla and coconut flavour coming through i'll make this again
ps just trying an odd one of these and the coconut flavour is still there even when neat
Cheers