White sambuca

[Wobblyboot]

Been playing with this for a while, never had anyone not like it apart from licorice haters :snooty:
I’m not saying it’s exact copy but it tastes good. Not something I drink often but great as a shot :handgestures-thumbupleft:

50g star anise (Illicium verum)
50g anise (pimpinella anisum)
20g fennel seeds
100g elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
2L of neutral

I grind it all together, add to the neutral in a 5L demijohn and let it sit for few days. Then fill the demijohn with water an put in my small pot still. Throw away the 1st 50ml and collect 1.5L then I collect in small jars. Once the output goes cloudy I throw it and the previous 2 jars away. Sambuca is meant to be minimum 350g of sugar per liter. I have made it like that but I prefer half the sugar, it comes down to personal preference :handgestures-thumbupleft: I aim for 42% abv after adding the sugar syrup :obscene-drinkingcheers:

[Lesgold]

Hi Wobblyboot,

Good post thanks for making the effort. Sounds like a good one to try. What’s the starting abv of the neutral that you use?

[Wobblyboot]

Hi Wobblyboot,

Good post thanks for making the effort. Sounds like a good one to try. What’s the starting abv of the neutral that you use?

As high abv as u got :handgestures-thumbupleft: