The Stig wrote:Be gentle with me 8-}
I am about to try my hand at gin.
I will be using a turbo boiler and pot so maceration is the name of the game here.
I have my botanicals (thanks Bluc)
I have all the gear needed (thanks 5 Star)
What I cant get around is the amount of time needed for maceration ?
All I want to do is small batch to get flavours right before going to a Carter Head, using the turbo boiler will let me do 2lt at a time to get a feel.
So, do I macerate in the boiler?
Or in a 5lt demi then strain into the boiler?
Do I distill with botanicals in the boiler ?
How long to macerate ? I have read everything from 2 days to 3 weeks ~x(
Thanks in advance guys and gals :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Lesgold wrote:Hi Stig
Have a read of my Odin’s Gin thread. Really happy with the product that comes off the pot. So simple to run and the gin is a lovely, refreshing summer drink. Have used both TPW and TFFV for neutral with the latter being the better choice. The amount of citrus peel can be reduced slightly as the quantity of neutral used is increased. (Eg for a 5l run, citrus can be reduced to 4 or 4.5 pieces of orange or mandarine with the zest removed.
Cheers
Les
Lesgold wrote:Hi Howard,
The initial citrus flavour was quite strong but it did settle down a bit over the first month or so. Being a basic recipe with only 3 ingredients, adjusting quantities slightly to suit your own taste becomes a simple task. Odin’s recipe is a cracker straight out of the box and requires no modification to give a good result. I’ve only tweaked it slightly to suit my gin snob daughters taste buds.
hgwells wrote:How do you convert a recipe (like Odins) that calls for maceration into an amount of botanicals to load into the Carter head? Doc also mentions that you should be changing the basket every 25 mins.
I have run a few gin recipes through the turbo boiler with the alembic dome and they have worked well.
Am intending to run 40L of neutral spirt through the Carter head this weekend but need some help ;-)
May just have to suck it and see, worst case it tastes terrible and will need to run it through the neutraliser again.
Anyone have any experience converting recipes?
Cheers
HG
howard wrote:hgwells wrote:How do you convert a recipe (like Odins) that calls for maceration into an amount of botanicals to load into the Carter head? Doc also mentions that you should be changing the basket every 25 mins.
I have run a few gin recipes through the turbo boiler with the alembic dome and they have worked well.
Am intending to run 40L of neutral spirt through the Carter head this weekend but need some help ;-)
May just have to suck it and see, worst case it tastes terrible and will need to run it through the neutraliser again.
Anyone have any experience converting recipes?
Cheers
HG
there is a gin recipe on here called 'great gin by blond chap'
i think that is for running through a gin basket, so you might be able to compare ingredients.
The Stig wrote:So, heres my starting point. I may have time this weekend or next.
Please critique before I go head long down this slippery slide.
Note I have no lemon or lime zest in here at the moment, that may change in time
Cheers
The Stigs Great Gin Starting Point
2 lt of 45%
20 grams Juniper
5 grams Coriander
2.5 grams Cassia
2 grams Angelica
2 grams Orris Root
1.5 grams Lemon Myrtle
Crush berries.
Soak for 24 hours
Water back to 40%
Run through pot still, botanicals in boiler
WhiskeySour wrote:How did your gin turn out Stig?
I'm putting one down now and realised that I only have ground coriander powder, not whole seeds. Odin's recipe calls for 'mildly crushed' seeds, and I'm wondering if the fine powder might impart a different/unwanted flavour
Anyone had any experience with the fine powder?
WhiskeySour wrote:How did your gin turn out Stig?
I'm putting one down now and realised that I only have ground coriander powder, not whole seeds. Odin's recipe calls for 'mildly crushed' seeds, and I'm wondering if the fine powder might impart a different/unwanted flavour
Anyone had any experience with the fine powder?
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