Aging Project #3

Now that I'm situated and up to speed at my cocktail bartending job at Elixir in Chicago. It has given me some time to be creative and actually take on some extra roles both in and out of work.

After learning that Elixir will be having their 1 year anniversary next month. I opted to start my way on a fantastic new cocktail. But first I want to age a spirit, in this case... I'm doing pisco. Pisco is a clear, grape based brandy from Peru and Chille. So in a sense I'm making a Peruvian Cognac... But not aging it nearly as long. We'll see how it turns out.

Should I stop now?

So it's been about 3 weeks now since I've started maturing my gin. The colour is a nice dark straw. It has a nice smoky smell of honey. The mouthfeel is warm with an odd flavour of vanilla, and some very forward notes of cucumber, perhaps from the Miller's Gin. After that, I find the juniper to be very smooth and almost sweet. I'm probably going to leave it on for another week to see what develops!