During a curry making session last night where one of the ingredients was Star Anise (Aniseed), I had a brain wave about making some Aniseed Gin. So after a little research today, I've tried making my 1st batch. There is a little bit of a difference of opinion on how many ingredients to add to your gin, but as I can always add more, I've gone easy to start with and will see how it tastes after a few days. So I used 1 x Kilner jar 1 x Bottle of London Dry Gin (Aldi Special ) 6 x Star Anise 1 x Piece of Casia bark (Cinnamon)
Someone I know......makes there own gin! Fairly simple process but the bit that frightens the life out of me was when he said, the first bit of the proceeds has to be syphoned off as it’s that that’ll make you go blind. I’ve still got the bottle he gave me last year
There's a lot of sloe gin made around here, add sugar and sloes to gin, leave it for a year, can be too much if you overload the sugar, very pleasant on a winters day though.
A year! In this house? I had a look and sniff this morning (Oooo, errr missus) It's giving off a slight hint of Aniseed and has a very slight brown tinge.
