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Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:18 am
by Mash
Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:35 am
by gaza the instructor
Surely we are talking of a fruity Sloe Gin here?
Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:25 am
by Mash
Nope. Different again.
Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:38 am
by phantom
Juniper brandy?
have you not heard the "maxim" of.........
"just because we
can do something, it
doesn't necessarily follow that we should"
I just fail completely to be able to follow how those two particular flavour properties could match in any way - all I can imagine is a mega flavour conflict

Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:39 am
by myles
Some grappa has a very short ageing in a juniper barrel. Very easy to overdo it though. Use sparingly.
Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:35 pm
by Easydrinker
The words" artificial" and "synthetic" stand out from the tasting notes in the link.
As phantom say's, just because we can, should we?
I could eat a deep fried a mars bar, but have never been tempted.
Robert.
Re: Juniper brandy anyone?
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 11:54 am
by phantom
Easydrinker wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:35 pm
{snip}
I could eat a deep fried a mars bar, but have never been tempted.
Robert.
I have

we found a chippie in Helensburg when we were in the sub base for the weekend, a good few years back.
Seem to recall being 9 parts pissed and still thinking YUM (twas certainly a change from a "messy burger" in Pompey)........