Christmas Snaps - Bitterdram

Ingredients for a good Christmas Snaps - Bitterdram 700 ml 37.5% vol. Vodka 10 g Licorice root, sliced 10 g Potentilla, cut 5 g Orange peel, dried 6 g Bitter orange 4 pieces. Star anise 1 piece. Cinnamon stick 6 pieces. Cardamom 6 pieces. Carnations Bitterdram add: 2 g Wormwood (choose which one) Brewing time 2 weeks Accessories: 1 liter glass with lid A Christmas schnapps should of course taste a bit of Christmas. Therefore, there are also all the familiar Christmas spices in this schnapps. If it is to be a Bitterdram, 2 g Garden Wormwood / Beach Wormwood / Pontic Wormwood must be added). You choose for yourself. I prefer beach wormwood.

Recipe No. 7 Christmas Snaps - Bitterdram

Procedure without liability In a clean glass, add the dried spices and a bottle of vodka. The glass is closed and kept warm, dark and dry for two weeks. Then taste the schnapps and if you think it is good and tasty, filter it through two coffee filters and put in a clean bottle. I usually use the bottle on which the vodka is made. Put the bottle away for a few months for the Christmas schnapps to be completely ready (sediment). Now it can be decanted and the last can be drunk on the spot. I have made a decanter with electric pump and it works perfectly. If there is a little missing for the bottle to be completely filled, dilute with more vodka of the same kind. The schnapps is made in early October, then it is ready to drink for Christmas lunch. I have started using two coffee filters put together so that with sediment it seems to become a minor issue. But it takes longer. If there are readers who have good suggestions for filtering homemade schnapps, you are welcome to make an entry in the Guestbook.