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POLISH  Fire Vodka  (Krupnik) - Got introduced to this by a medieval monk a few years back and found it to be very tasty. due to certain dietary restrictions, have decided to use less honey on the first attempt and more herbs.


Honey 2 thirds of a cup of locally produced clear honey
Vodka
Some cheap vodka
Herbs
All crushed prior to use
Root Ginger
Frozen, defrosted and pureed in a food processor.
Cinnamon Sticks
Four sticks
Cinnamon Bark
Approximately 1/2 a cup
Liquorice Root
Four sticks
Gurana Powder
Three tablespoons - best to dissolve and prefilter next time (if at all)
Mace Blades
1/2 ounce
Small Nutmeg
One - crushed
Cloves
Ten
Lemon juice
Approximately 10-15 ml
The ginger was pureed with approximately 300 ml of water and then heated in a preserving pan with an additional 250 ml of boiling water. The ginger was heated for a few minutes and then strained and placed into a fine mesh nylon bag. An additional 250 ml of boiling water was used to extract as much juice as possible.
The resultant juice was heated with the herbs for approximately 10 minutes on a low heat and then the liquid was passed through a fine mesh sieve.
This resulted in approximately 750 ml of extract, which was then mixed with an equal volume of vodka. An attempt was made at prefiltering, but aborted after a few hours. The liquid, did separate and the clear portion was siphoned off.

Second Attempt

After making a few mistakes with some powders, no powders in this batch, have swapped an ounce or so of angelica seeds for the guarana
100g Star Anise
100g Cinammon Sticks
4 Liquorice Root
1-2 Oz of Angelica Seed
2 Crushed nutmegs
1 Oz of Mace blades

May well add fresh ginger along with the honey some just before Xmas which is when this is intended for
750ml of some free vodka :)