MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE GIN FROM VODKA

Gin recipe
1.75 liters vodka
30 gram juniper berries
6 grams grains of paradise
6 grams coriander
4 grams licorice root
½ teaspoon or 1 gram orange peel
½ teaspoon or 1 gram lemon peel
½ teaspoon or 1 gram lime zest
I found all these spices and herbs at my local spice house with little trouble. And I’ve been using New Amsterdam vodka as the base, but any brand should work fine.
I used a kitchen scale to weigh out each ingredient. The scale wasn’t quite sensitive enough to measure 1 gram or less of the ingredients. That’s why I have the orange peel, lemon peel, and lime zest listed as ½ teaspoon. From my best estimate, that should be close to 1 gram if you have a more sensitive scale than me.
Directions
Open the vodka and empty out two shots worth of the liquor. This will make room for the spices and herbs to be added.
Weigh out each ingredient and use a funnel to easily drop them into the bottle of vodka.
Once everything is in, tightly close the bottle, and turn it upside down several times to mix.
Let it sit as the spices and herbs infuse the vodka with flavor.
Each day I pour out just a sip or two of the gin to track its flavor progression. Once you’re happy with the flavor, drain out all the spices and store the gin in its original bottle.
I’ve found that three days is a good amount of time for the alcohol to be infused with the flavor.
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[@idlando]

Some notes on this: When making it this way (as opposed to the distilled way), it's often referred to as "Compound gin". One main difference is that the compound one has more complex flavour than the distilled ones, as a lot gets lost in the process. Flavouring agents and oils are retained and makes the flavour richer.
One traditional way of making this (Scandinavian way) is to
1) Crush the berries slightly (to open them up) in a mortar and put them in a jar (with other spices, but juniper alone is pretty good)
2) Fill up with spirit until it covers the berries, and wait for a week
3) Strain it so you get an extract
4) Dillute with spirit to your liking (ratios for spirit:extract 1:15 - 1:20 are common I think)
This way you get better control of dilution and amount of flavour !
Fun fact: Juniper berries are actually cones that look like berries :P

[@francislopes7741]

Very nice Vedio

[@paulgdlmx]

I have been doing this for years with a very slightly different recipe ( each to his own taste )
The pale gold colour is wonderful to see and the taste is spectcular, far better than that ghastly store-bought trash :) . Here is México we have 96% potable alcohol which is mixed with equal parts water. More water is usally needed at the end when measuring the alcohol content to maintain 40%.

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

And I love the feeling of making it myself and have fun tweaking the recipe :)

[@angelalibertys4639]

Fantastic video not to slow not boring just right well done keep up the good work. LIBERTYS GIN BAR UK.

[@googleuser9009]

Great video. Very informative, I'll have to try this one of these days

[@MarcMenninger]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@jcresmond1653]

I like you. Good job. Good video. You dont talk too much.

[@batboy242]

Well said, wonderful video, we need more of the homemade videos!

[@marcapesos3731]

Great video. You did your homework! :)

[@markkeith9055]

You can find these spices in a spice store. Where are the spice stores?

[@TheWolfster001]

Actually when gin is made, they infuse the flavors while "distilling" making it

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

Thank you! I read that after filming the video but always appreciate a correction!

[@TheWolfster001]

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist I am sorry, if I sounded a bit harsh, I actually find infusing using a neutral spirit much easier.. Like using Everclear.. you pour it in a water cleaner, like a Brita, make sure the filter is a charcoal one. run it twice using a new filter each time, then throw them away, take that and it should have no taste, just alcohol and no burn.. Now add what ever spice mix you wish, let it set for a few days until you reached the flavor you like, then, you need to cut it with distilled water use a alcohol calculator to dilute it to about 80 proof.. and you should find your gin very very good

[@TheWolfster001]

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist Sorry for sounding a bit harsh.. That was not my intent..

[@AbbeytheFoodScientist]

@@TheWolfster001 That's absolutely brilliant!! I found myself a new project for the weekend

[@TheWolfster001]

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist Nice.. The more you experiment with it, the better your end product will be.. Remember the fresher your ingrediencies are the better the taste. Jolly Ranchers adds some amazing flavors as well

[@bekimi35]

hi abby is there any email where i can conntact you for some addvcies ?

[@lukeboy1231]

3 Days??!! It should be a day!!

[@georgeabinakhoul4434]

You talk too much