Results and Experiments

[mishalak]

I have added 250 ml of plain white sugar to my very red half liter of vodka from which I removed the half pound of chopped up cranberries. Very tasty and still tart enough.

My new experiment that I plan on running for a few weeks is a small one. 150 ml of toasted buckwheat soaking in an equal amount of vodka. I think it will give a nice toasty rich flavor that I plan on complementing with just a touch of honey. We'll see if it is any good in, say, two weeks.

Comments

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Well I hope that I'll have removed so much flavor from the buckwheat that it will be trash. I measured my amounts very carefully so that when/if I thin it down I'll know exactly what I have done and I can do it more easily next time.

Chop up half a pound of cranberries (that should be a volume of about half a liter when unchopped a standard package is 12 ounces so you need 2/3rds of it), add to a half liter of good vodka, tightly cover and let sit for a week. Press and strain into a 750ml bottle. Add basically a cup of sugar.

I hope that his recipes are around somewhere. It would be a shame if it was lost after so much work.