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submitted 1 month ago by Skua@kbin.earth to c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz

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Shoutout to poleslav for telling me to ignore the thermometer and giving general encouragement. My distillation efficiency was absolutely terrible and I got the balance of juniper and hibiscus way off, so it's sweeter than I intended, but it's definitely pleasantly drinkable.

For those that can't read my handwriting, it was a super basic barley mash to make the base alcohol, then juniper, hibiscus, rose, and elderflower as botanicals.

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[-] poleslav@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah! Efficiency smiffishency, all that matters is that it’s drinkable! Good work my friend

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Tbh, I think a slightly sweet gin would be awesome.

[-] MuteDog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Cool, I'm planning on making a gin soon. Does the elderflower come through at all? I was considering using some in mine.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago

It's present but only extremely light in mine. It got somewhat flooded out by the other flowers in it. I used equal measures of the three, so I guess up the elderflower relative to the others?

[-] MuteDog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks! I'm not planing on using hibiscus or rose, I'm wanting to produce a 'gin' with all botanicals grown on my property. Was thinking of using cypress and blue spruce boughs for the 'juniper' (hence the 'gin'), I've got a bit of coriander seed I grew this summer, dried lemon balm, and elderflowers. I've also got mugwort, rosemary, lavender, costmary, mint, and some other stuff. I'm not sure I'm gonna use any of those or not yet.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

That sounds lovely. I've never thought about a spruce spirit before, but I am quite a fan of spruce beer and can definitely see how it would fit in that role

[-] MuteDog@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've used it in a number of beers and it's always been a hit.

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

What are those black lumps?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 1 month ago

In the glass? Whisky stones to chill the drink without diluting it

[-] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

I almost thought they were coal. Is it lava rock?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago

Granite, so I guess it probably was lava once upon a time! As it is, I don't think this granite was lava any time recently, even in a geological sense. They're a medium grey most of the time, but darken a lot when wet

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024

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