How to make absinthe in house conditions

Alcoholatures on herbs were created initially as medicine. In the modern world drink, infused and made of extract of a bitter wormwood, it is accepted to call absinthe. It is simple to prepare it in house conditions if to follow the basic rules of preparation.

It is required to you

• Tincture:
• - 2 l of alcohol (vodka);
• - 100 g of a grass wormwood;
• - 50 g of a grass green anise;
• - 50 g of a grass fennel;
• - 20 g of a grass anisetree;
• - 20 g of a grass mint;
• - 10 g of a coriander;
• - 10 g of cardamom;
• - 20 g of a grass camomile;
• - 10 g of nutmeg;
• - 30 g of a grass oregano;
• - 20 g of a grass of a melis;
• - 10 g of a grass thyme;
• - moonshine still.
• Absinthe color:
• - 20 g of a grass mint;
• - 10 g of a grass St. John's wort;
• - 10 g of a grass thyme;
• - 10 g of a grass of a melis;
• - dried peel of 1 lemon.

Instruction

1. Make tincture on herbs. Peel leaflets from all herbs, stalks won't be necessary for you. Mash nutmeg a knife and mix with herbs. Mix the received mix with alcohol in glass 3-liter capacity. Close densely a rag or a cover and remove to the warm dark place for 2-3 weeks.

2. Distillation. Before you begin to distil alcohol, its content in solution has to be not higher than 60%. If at you exceeds the specified norm, dilute it with water. Previously filter alcohol, the grass won't be required to you any more. Process of distillation takes about 10-12 hours. As a result at you has to 2 l of transparent distillate of 70% will turn out.

3. Absinthe color. In such a way you will give pleasant color to your drink and it to be sated with unique taste. Take 1 l of distillate and add to it the herbs intended according to the recipe. Close a dense cover and let's infuse within 5-8 hours. Filter the received mix and merge in the second half of distillate.

4. Endurance. In principle, absinthe is ready-to-serve, but so far it is bluff on taste. Therefore after preparation of drink 1-2 weeks are recommended to sustain it. Its color will a little exchange, but it won't affect taste in any way.