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To Reduce Unsweetened Gin

A method to concentrate gin by adding water and alum, then clarifying.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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To Reduce Unsweetened Gin

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine 252 gallons of fine gin with 36 gallons of water.

  2. Add 19 more gallons of water to the mixture.

  3. Dissolve 1 pound of alum in a small amount of water by boiling.

  4. Mix the dissolved alum into the gin mixture.

Clarify

  1. Let the mixture sit for a few days until it clarifies.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Fine gin
Forms the base liquid that the rest of the mixture is built on.
Alum
Binds suspended particles so they settle out, helping the mixture clarify.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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