How To Make Homemade Gin

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Easy compound gin recipe

Ingredients:

700ml canteen good quality vodka (we used a rye vodka)
2 tbsp juniper berries
6 cardamom pods
compression dried rose petals
1 tsp coriander seeds
strip of lemon peel

Method:

Open the bottle of vodka and add the balance of the ingredients. For a stronger flavour it's a good idea to bruise the cardamom pods and juniper berries in a pestle and mortar beginning. Put the lid back on the bottle and leave in a cool dark place for 24 hrs.
Strain the infused mixture into a jug through a sieve lined with coffee filter paper, so pour back into the bottle to store. Will go along for months in a cool dark place. Use as yous would any gin, so great with tonic or in a martini.

Tip:

Making your ain compound gin means that you tin can create a gin with the season profile you similar. Try adding more or less of the spices listed, or adding in your ain flavourings like black pepper, allspice berries or liquorice root.

How to make flavoured gin

Once you lot've mastered the basics, why non effort bottling seasonal flavours too? Learn how to make flavoured gin with our handy guide and try mixing up some tasty tipples. Maybe you fancy a sugariness raspberry gin with a perfectly pink hue, or an autumnal damson gin with a rich, mature flavour. We've got more succulent drinks recipes than you lot tin shake a cocktail shaker at!

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Height five gin cocktails to try

1. Coconut & pineapple cooler

Brand a oversupply-pleasing tropical cocktail for your side by side summer party or barbecue caricature. Our coconut & pineapple cooler is a tasty mix of kokosnoot rum, gin and pineapple juice. You lot tin make a batch in advance and it will happily sit in an water ice bucket for several hours.

2. Gimlet

Gimlet cocktail with edible flower and daisies

Our elegant gimlet cocktail is a archetype for a reason. Combine gin and zingy lime syrup with plenty of ice for a unproblematic but flavourful serve. Height with an edible flower for a final flourish. Attempt a savoury, herby twist with our fennel gimlet with celery seeds. Information technology's perfect for pairing with nibbles.

iii. Dirty martini

We guarantee y'all'll feel sophisticated whilst sipping our traditional dirty martini, made with dry gin, vermouth and plump green olives. It takes merely five minutes to get a masterful mixologist and whip up this terrific tipple.

4. Bramble

Bramble cocktail with lemon and blackberries in glasses

Take some flavor inspiration from the hedgerow and treat your tastebuds to a brier cocktail. This heart-catching gin sour is spiked with a shot of blackberry liqueur and is easily customisable if you want to switch up the flavours.

5. Singapore sling

Singapore sling cocktails with pineapple and cherries

Mix gin, cherry brandy, Benedictine, Angostura bitters and lime juice together and what exercise yous get? A feast for the senses in the form of a Singapore sling. This tall glass of fruity flavours is just the right balance of sharp and sweet, perfect for parties.