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Gin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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What ingredients are in gin? The only required ingredient is juniper berries (in fact, gin derives from genever, the Dutch word for juniper). Other... ... The only required ingredient is juniper berries (in fact, "gin" derives from "genever", the Dutch word for juniper). Other ingredients are used to alter the flavor;
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Tips, Tools & Ingredients / Ingredients ... Gin is a liquor made from grain (some combination of barley, corn, and/or rye) that has been infused with juniper berries and other botanicals. Juniper berries—small, bluish berries with a piney flavor and aroma—are the predominant flavoring for all gin.
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"Distillation depends on the fact that if a liquid containing alcohol, such as wine, is heated and the resulting vapor condensed, a purer and more powerful form of alcohol is produced, though unpalatable until flavoring ingredients have been added" (7) As a result of this new man-made process, it was later suggested...
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Unlike liqueurs, where flavourings are added to the distilled spirits, gin is made by re-distilling the spirit with the flavourings, either with the flavouring ingredients in the still, or by passing the vapour through the flavouring agents during distillation.
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SINGAPORE SLING: GLASS - collins INGREDIENTS 60ml gin juice of 2 lemons 3 teaspoons powdered sugar 1 tablespoon cherry brandy soda water to top GARNISH fruit stick (pineapple&cherry) TO MAKE: Put cherry brandy in glass.
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The fourth edition of a book on home distilling, 'Making Gin and Vodka' by John Stone gives detailed instructions on home distilling and on how to make your own vodka. ... Gin is pure alcohol (vodka) flavored with a number of herbs and spices called “botanicals”. The chief of these is juniper berries to provide the...
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MAKE YOUR OWN ... Making Gin & Vodka, by John Stone ... Gives detailed instructions on how to make a scientifically designed fractionating still which is particularly suitable for the production of high-purity spirits such as vodka and gin.
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Vegan recipes and cookery articles, by Kake. ... Gin Fizz...
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Karen James is a postdoctoral researcher in the Botany Department at the Natural History Museum in London. More of Karen's writing can be found on the Beagle Project Blog under the blog alias "nunatak". ... get your science jargon on Twitter...
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