Red Currant Gin

This colourful and delightful fruit-infused gin is easy to make and wonderful for shaking up (or stirring up?) your cocktail game. Black or white currants can easily be used instead of red.

Course Drinks

Cuisine British, European, Miscellaneous

Keyword craft cocktails, currants, infused gin

Prep Time 5

Infusing Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings ounces

Calories 76kcal

Ingredients

1 cup gin
3.5 oz red currants (~1/2 cup, slightly mounded)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Combine gin and red currants in a mason jar or other tightly sealing container.
Use a spoon to gently mash the currants a little to help them release some juice, then set aside to infuse for 1 month, shaking every few days.
When the gin is ready to use, strain out the solids. You may want to gently press against the leftover currants in order to extract all of the liquid. Pour the finished gin through a strainer. I like to use a coarse strainer, followed by a very fine strainer in order to get a clearer final product.
Store the gin in a mason jar or sealed bottle and use as you would any other gin.

Notes

Note: the ingredients given yield a relatively small batch of gin (1 cup/250 ml). You can simply scale the ingredients up proportionally if you want to make bigger batches.

You can use black or white currants in place of red.

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