Lavender Infused Gin
By: Lee Hollis-Richards
Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 9:30am

Ingredients




3 tsp fresh lavender flowers, approximately 3-6 sprigs
500 ml Gin (a basic, cheap gin is perfect)

Preparation

1 Cut your sprigs of lavender, shake off any dirt and pick off the flowers. 2 Measure three teaspoons of fresh flowers into a Kilner jar and top up with gin. Give the jar a good shake and leave in a cupboard. 3 After four hours taste the gin, It should be ready. If you prefer a more intense flavour then allow to infuse for a little longer, sample every half an hour to ensure the flavour doesn’t become bitter and overpowering. 4 When you are happy with the flavour,  pour the gin through a fine sift and store in a sterile bottle for up to a month.

About

It only takes four hours to create this heavenly scented Lavender Infused Gin. A few fresh lavender sprigs is enough to enrich a basic gin with an intense floral flavour, making the most interesting G&T I’ve ever tasted.