Frequently Asked Gin Distilling Questions
I receive a lot of gin distilling questions on Instagram and from my YouTube subscribers. I decided to round up my most frequently asked gin...
Category: Gin
Distilling Pink Strawberry Gin
The new distillery I am working at, Boothstown Gin, is housed inside the Coal & Cotton pub in Manchester. The spirits produced here are primarily...
Mulberry Mango Gin & Gin Recipe Testing
My boss at the Shakespeare Distillery gave me the opportunity to develop my very own gin recipe in the gin school. Needless to say, I...
A Short History of Gin
PRE 1000 AD- Juniper Berries Our short history of gin becomes with gin’s mandatory ingredient: juniper berries. In Egyptian times juniper berries were used as...
How to Make and Distil Your Own Gin Recipe
Do you ever wonder how gin recipes are crafted? In today’s post I go over the methodology behind how gin recipes are designed and why...
Distilling Dry Gin in an iStill 250
I learned how to make the Shakespeare Distillery’s Stratford Dry Gin during my three months working there. The distillery has four core gins which are:...
Alcohol Dilution- Which Type of Water Should You Use?
At the distillery in Wales, we used deionized water to dilute or cut back the gin. Many people have asked why we use deionized water...
Making Naturally Pink Gin
I learned how to make so many different products while working at the Shakespeare Distillery. One of them happened to be a naturally pink gin....
What is Louching & How Do You Stop It
It’s time to cut back your alcohol with deionized water, but oh no! The alcohol has turned cloudy, and the cloudiness won’t go away no...