Recipe Ingredients: o 13 ½ ounces Everclear or other grain liquor o 1 teaspoon gentian root o ¼ cup cinchona bark o ¼ cup cardamom pods o ½ cup whole cloves o 6 to 8 cinnamon sticks o 2 tablespoons whole allspice o 2 cups water for dilution if necessary Method: 1. Place gentian, cinchona, and ½ the Everclear in a jar. 2. Place remaining spices and liquor in another jar. 3. Store in a cool dark place, shaking daily, for four days. 4. Strain out soli

Recipe Ingredients: o 1 teaspoon black pepper- corns o 1 4 inch cinnamon stick o 4 allspice berries o 4 whole cloves o 1 ½ inch piece of fresh ginger sliced o peel of 1 medium orange o 750 milliliters of Everclear or other grain liquor o 35/40 drops of gentian root extract o 1 cup water for dilution if necessary Method: 1. Combine first eight ingredients in a large jar and store in a cool dark place, shaking daily, for 4 to six days. 2. Strain solids u

Recipe Ingredients: o 8 ounces vodka o peel of 1 large lemon (no pith) o 2 tablespoons cardamom pods o 1 whole clove o 1 bay leaf o 1 pinch saffron Method: 1. Combine lemon peel and vodka in a small jar and store in a cool dark place, shaking daily, for three days. 2. Grind or crush cardamom pods and clove and break bay leaf into pieces. 3. Strain lemon from vodka and replace it with the herbs. 4. Repeat the above storage routine. 5. After three day

Recipe Ingredients: o 2 cups Everclear or other grain liquor o zest of 3 to 4 oranges (oven dried for 2 hours at 225 degrees) o 1 tablespoon caraway seeds o 1 tablespoon gentian root o 1 tablespoon whole cloves o 1 star anise o 1 tablespoon coriander Method: 1. Combine orange zest and ½ the liquor in a jar. 2. In a second jar combine the herbs and the remaining liquor. 3. After 2 to 3 days strain the solids from the orange jar. 4. After 4 to 5 days s

Recipe Ingredients: o 2 ½ cups Everclear or other grain liquor o peel of 1 large orange (no pith) o ¼ cup fresh mint o 2 cardamom pods o ½ teaspoon gentian root o 1 to 2 teaspoons rose petals or other edible flower petals o 1 star anise o 3 ounces dried cherries o 1 cup water for dilution if necessary Method: 1. Combine orange peel, mint, flowers and ½ of the liquor in a small jar. 2. Combine remaining spirits and ingredients in a second jar. 3. Aft