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Those are green you need the drier blue ones.
They looked quite blue when I walked past the bush at 5:30 this morning, lol. I'm going to try a small batch of gin with these and wait for them to ripen up before I try a bigger batch. At least I know they are juniper so I will just keep an eye on them now. I saw 3 nice whitey bucks about 5 minutes before I came up to the juniper so I'm sure I'll be close to there in the fall
Can do the same with Cypress Berries/seeds, just a little bit more pungent,
nothing that a little gin won't fix,
Rickady
Yew berries are red.
Years ago, after reading the sourdoughs started their starter using yew berries.
I collected a number one fall and had a great starter for a few years.
My bread was not true sourdough as Instant yeast was also used but it did impart a nice flavor.
The first 2 jars of gin are aging. The first is Odins easy gin which is just juniper, coriander and orange peel (I couldn't find a tangerine) and the second has cardamom, angelica root, and a couple of peppercorns added. These are really the second and third attempts as the first one with the green berries was terrible, even I couldn't drink it These were both done with in the boiler maceration and don't seem to have a really strong gin smell, it's there but not in your face like I want. The next one is going to have a week or 2 of maceration before it hits the boiler. I found the mother of all juniper bushes, it probably has 100# of berries on it, so I have enough berries for this years gin making, lol.
Did you taste test the berries?
I heard they are best after a frost
https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83286
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