I have largely been adverse to oaking my experiments until now for the simple reason that the "white lightning" I made is pretty good on its own with mixers. Another reason is that oak is harder to source in the tropics -- not even as sticks, let alone barrels. But I've finally dipped my toes into the water of oaking, a/k/a aging spirits.

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I am a huge fan of a proper gin. If you don't know where to start with gin, try Bombay Sapphire as a reference.

Decided to get back into the game, recipe and testimonials follow.

I don't feel like photos are necessary for this post because the process begins with bottles of clear liquid, followed by bottles of dark liquid, concluded with bottles of clear liquid. What can be gained from these photos?

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A hobby I've been getting into over the past year or so is chemistry, and part of that involves playing around with distilling machines for purifying water and essential oils and so on.

This is a bit of a longer article so I'm also using it for a chance to test a "read more" function when scrolling the indexes on my new blog soft...

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