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Per Jessen: /* Gin botanicals */

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‎Gin botanicals

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‎Odin's Easy Gin

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‎Gin botanicals

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‎Gin botanicals

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‎Odin's Easy Gin

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‎August 2021

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‎August 2021

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‎Gin botanicals

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‎Gin botanicals

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‎August 2021

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 * maceration time, 1-2-3-4-5 days.
-* maceration in heated ethanol (60C) ?
+* maceration in heated ethanol (60-70C) ?
 * macerate the 'hard' ingredients, infuse the 'soft' ditto?

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 For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add some of the methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25 litres, should make
 decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.  In principle, the methanol should come right back out, but when I did the first gin run, I did not get as much out as I put in.
 ==Gin botanicals==

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 * maceration time, 1-2-3-4-5 days.
-* maceration in heated water (70C) ?
+* maceration in heated ethanol (60C) ?
 * macerate the 'hard' ingredients, infuse the 'soft' ditto?
 I think I will only do the distillation with the botanicals in, i.e. not remove beforehand.
-Possible bots:  aniseed (got some), banana (dried?), taragon (dried?), birnel?
+Possible botanicals:  aniseed (got some), banana (dried?), taragon (dried?), birnel?
 The still I am building is a pot still, without thumper.  To repeat the process on a larger scale, I would need to bypass/disable the thumper.
 I guess a copper tube direct from the boiler to the condenser?  Need 10mm tubing.

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	Possible bots: aniseed (got some), banana (dried?), taragon (dried?), birnel?		Possible bots: aniseed (got some), banana (dried?), taragon (dried?), birnel?

−	The still I am building is a pot still, without thumper. To repeat the process at a larger scale, I would need to bypass/disable the thumper.	+	The still I am building is a pot still, without thumper. To repeat the process on a larger scale, I would need to bypass/disable the thumper.
		+	I guess a copper tube direct from the boiler to the condenser? Need 10mm tubing.

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 I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.<br/>
 '''2021/08/20''' Went to Bauhaus in Schlieren and did find some 10mm fittings, but no tubing.<br/>
 '''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2-3 x 25 litres of low-grade ethanol at 30% and 35%, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.

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	I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.		I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.

		+	====Odin's Easy Gin====
	One recipe I came across on my internet ravels - "Odin's Easy Gin":		One recipe I came across on my internet ravels - "Odin's Easy Gin":

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 g juniper, 3g coriander, peel of one tangerine orange.
-Macerate/soak for two weeks, filter out solids, then distill.  (with immersion heater)
+Macerate/soak for two weeks, filter out solids, then distill.  (with immersion heater)<br/>
 Macerate/soak for 24 hours, then distill.  (indirect heating).
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 '''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2-3 x 25 litres of low-grade ethanol at 30% and 35%, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.
 For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add some of the methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25 litres, should make
 decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.  In principle, the methanol should come right back out, but when I did the first gin run, I did not get as much out as I put in.
 ==Gin botanicals==

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	* macerate the 'hard' ingredients, infuse the 'soft' ditto?		* macerate the 'hard' ingredients, infuse the 'soft' ditto?

−	I think I will only ~~the~~ do the ~~boliing~~ with the ~~bots~~.	+	I think I will only do the distillation with the botanicals in, i..e not remove beforehand.