Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

After getting a few trays of strawberries for a good price I decided to undertake a little experiment. It involved using a SPD type maceration, I always go a bit easyon the sugar.
Results are as followed
95+ neutral - lost alot of flavor when watered down, but good color and nose
60% light rum- clashed with the strawberries a bit but drinkable
60% light usjssm type - same as rum but the grainy taste gave it more depth.
60% neutral - very nice when cut back down or a strong shot, the strawberries really sing.
40% neutral- much like the 60 but sweeter, great flavor, nose and color.
50% heavy gin - WOW. It one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth. The gin really brings out that strawberry flavor, def a must try.
I did a few batches of all in 3l glass jars. Half filled jar with strawberries and macerated for two weeks. Then strained and kept and labeled. Sugar was added back to the strawberries and kept aside for blending.
Well hope this sparks some interest been too buisy to post. Good luck to all.

That sounds awesome, thanks for that Chef :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks for the indepth comparison Cheffy

My GF loves gin (the first thing i'll have to try when i've finished my still) and she loves stawberries - so that's another thing to add to the must try list @-)

Please define "heavy gin"? This sounds right up my alley-hole as I love real fruit in good likker ...

Heavy gin was one of my first ones I did, it was a bit too heavy on the botanicals, it was a vapor infused style. The very middle of the hearts was fairly light so I kept it aside for a light gin. The rest was blended for the heavy gin. I usually do a strip run, then a neutral run then a gin run.
Don't have to worry too much about cuts for the foreshots ect, because it is a+ liquor being used, but you do have to watch the cuts for what flavor comes out where. One second it's juniper then citrus then nuts ect it's changes very quickly. You can then blend from there.
Hope it helped.