Gin Recipes Using Botanicals

A guide to using botanicalsNot all Botanicals are readily available. Consequently, you'll need to use you imagination here. The total number of botanicals used is about 20-35 grams/litre. If we take the dominant botanical juniper as 'x', the proportions of the botanicals used is: x = juniperx half = corianderx is one-tenth = angelica, cassia, cinnamon, liquorice, bitter almonds, grains of paradise, cubeb berriesFinally, x is one hundredth = bitter & sweet orange peel, lemon peel, ginger, Orris root, cardamom, nutmeg, savory, calamus, chamomile, fennel, aniseed, cumin, violet root.If we use x = 20g then x half = 10g, x is one 10 = 2g x is one hundredth 100 = 0.2g (200mg)Some current gins do not have a pronounced juniper character as they are used for cocktails and are more of a flavoured vodka - for this type of gin for 'x' we use equal quantities for juniper & coriander (i.e. x = 20g composed of 10g of juniper & 10g of coriander)The botanicals are macerated in 40%abv neutral alcohol (u...