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  Varieties of Juniper Trees – Seeking Assistance

  Posted by dts on January 7, 2014 at 11:22 am

  I’m doing some research, with the idea to write a short paper, into Juniper varieties such as: Common Juniper – juniperus communisWestern Juniper – juniperus occidentalisSierra Juniper – juniperus occidentalis australis Utah Juniper – juniperus osteosperma Rocky Mountain Juniper – juniperus scopulorum Does anyone use (or know a distiller that uses) a variety of juniper other than communis? Many thanks, DTS

  cosmicdistiller replied 11 years ago 8 Members · 7 Replies
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  panoscape

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  January 7, 2014 at 4:34 pm

  We use a blend of western and common, mainly due to our location of being in north America’s largest western juniper forest. We pick and wash them ourselves.

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  edwin

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  January 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm

  Virgiana is a possibility …

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  elixir

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  October 14, 2019 at 9:00 pm

  I heard it’s the green one not the blue one they use in the gin , is thios true??

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  silk city distillers

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  October 15, 2019 at 12:53 am

  CFR for GRAS botanicals specifically mentions communis.  None of the others.

  If you are using something else, do you have an approved formula that indicates you are using another species?

   

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  bluestar

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  October 21, 2019 at 1:55 pm

  NO.

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  yps

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  October 20, 2021 at 8:03 pm

  What about Alligator-Juniper berries?

  Is anyone using them (except me) for (small batches) Gin?

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  cosmicdistiller

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  April 3, 2022 at 12:59 pm

  It’d be interesting to do some research into communis’ different flavor profiles based on region as well. Altitude and temperature will affect the flavor (significantly imho).

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