• Gin

  Soaking and softening: the process of maceration

  Posted by new_gin on February 7, 2015 at 8:36 pm

  Hello Forum Members

  I am new to distilling, doing it as hobby, and on a quest to make my own perfect gin (perfect for me I hope). Very small batch, have a copper compound still for neutral, then will run in pot still mode for my flavouring run. I have a question on macerating botanicals. How broken up are they in maceration? Take juniper berries for example, are you grinding them up so each berry is broken or smashed into fine pieces such as a coffee bean grinder, or just crushing them as if each berry was passed under a rolling pin?

  Welcome you help.

  tl5612 replied 9 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  northstar

  Member

  February 8, 2015 at 3:20 am

  You may find some reluctance on this forum to giving advice to hobbie distillers. There is a wealth of information on other sites (http://homedistiller.org/forum/) that may be a better place to mine for information.

  Good luck

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  mcsology

  Member

  February 8, 2015 at 7:09 am

  Also, check out http://www.reddit.com/r/firewater

  it’s a great community, with lots of hobbyists from around the world that will answer every question you have from a hobbyist’s perspective.

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  new_gin

  Member

  February 8, 2015 at 1:27 pm

  Thanks Northstar, I appreciate the protocol update. Will look elsewhere.

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  new_gin

  Member

  February 8, 2015 at 1:43 pm

  Thanks Mcsology, will check there too! Appreciate the resource.

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  tl5612

  Member

  February 8, 2015 at 1:59 pm

  there is no correct way to treat the botanicals.

  experiment and do what tastes best.

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