Smoked Oyster Gin

🥘 Ingredients

• 90% "grape" alcohol
  1 l
• Earl Gray
  50 g
• Juniper
  50 g
• angelica root
  25 g
• cardomon
  10 g
• coriander
  10 g
• cucumber (medium)
  2
• dates
  50 g
• hyssop
  25 g
• rosemary
  25 g
• salt
• smoked oysters
  1 can
• tarragon
  10 g
• water

🍳 Cookware

• glass jar
• AirStill
• Alcohol Refractometer

1. 1

   In a glass jar macerate Juniper , Earl Gray , dates , angelica root , rosemary , hyssop , coriander , tarragon , cardomon , cucumber (medium) and smoked oysters in 90% "grape" alcohol .

   Juniper: 50 g, Earl Gray: 50 g, dates: 50 g, angelica root: 25 g, rosemary: 25 g, hyssop: 25 g, coriander: 10 g, tarragon: 10 g, cardomon: 10 g, cucumber (medium): 2, smoked oysters: 1 can, 90% "grape" alcohol: 1 l
2. 2

   After 2-3 days, put the whole maceration into an AirStill . Fill the glass jar with water and add to the still to wash out the remaining maceration and to dilute the alcohol. Repeat once more.

   water
3. 3

   Run the AirStill, collecting the whole off take in a glass jar.
4. 4

   Using a Alcohol Refractometer to measure the off take, collect until the reading drops below 5% or until off flavours appear.
5. 5

   Close the glass jar and leave for 24 hours. Measure the % of the collected product and dilute down to 40%. Adding salt to taste.

   salt