I Made The Peaky Blinders Gin

Time to make the gin from peaky blinders. We know it has potato, sugar, water, and junipers. But is it too sweet, or not sweet enough?
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Recipe:
5kg ( 11lb) of malted barley
3kg (6.6 lb) of potato
1.5 kg (3.3 lb) of table sugar
Boil the potatoes untill they are breaking down (45min ish). Then mash with the malted barley at 65c ( 149 f).
Ferment with your choice of yeast and then tripple distill or distill with three plates.
Heat the hearts to 45c (113 f) and macerate the botanicals for 12 hours.
8g of juniper whole
8g of juniper crushed
6g of coriander
4g of orange peel
2g of angelica root
Pot distill taking a small portion off the top. Collect down to around 57% abv.
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[@wheelyben]

Australian Gin using local aromatics has become pretty big in the past 5-10 years. I'd love to see you do a "NZ Gin" that uses uniquely kiwi aromatics.

[@lindeehorman8039]

I bought a Blood Orange gin from Ladbroken Distilleryin Tumbarumba NSW, that uses “hints” of Feijoas as one of the botanicals ….it is delicious.

[@mattwhitten4296]

Same thing happening in TX. Love to see it

[@whatshappenedhere1784]

Horopito and konini are 2 ideas

[@AstrixCloud]

Could try use mingi mingi berries and maybe even Manuka flowers or leaves too

[@hvarthtonn6870]

totara berries would be good i reckon, as a subtle background note.

[@johnmarksmith1120]

An acquaintance sent this to me and I love your personality and on screen presence. The person that sent me the link doesn’t know I just celebrated 17 years of sobriety. That being said, I would love to subscribe, but I just can’t. I know all too well where my mind goes. It’s certainly nothing personal and I wish you and your channel nothing but success. Hats off and respect to those that can stop at one or two.👍

[@user-nt5mz6ku4r]

It was amazing I missed the “by order of the peaky blinders” sentence from the end but it was absolutely amazing

[@fordcapri6288]

Interestingly, the 'stills' in peaky blinders are actually the heating system for the Edwardian era Manchester palace swimming baths, as seen in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIaUpJipg7ZkkNE they just dressed them up as stills :)

[@StillIt]

Hahaha that's a awesome find!

[@fordcapri6288]

@@StillIt local to me ;)

[@brendanwhite104]

Probably bathtub gin then 😂

[@fordcapri6288]

@@brendanwhite104 😂

[@innocentbystander2673]

Educational and absolutely hilarious bits. Well done, an excellent production as always.

[@StillIt]

Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@tomguitaronline]

When you did the Arthur contribution i just about collapsed with laughter. Very nicely done! He would be proud of you i"m sure.

[@melloman8210]

Dude! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻love the gin stuff. She even went as far as attempting to become a BJCP judge 🥰. Ty for breaking down the potato/starch part! 🤘🏻from NC in the US 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Dallen9]

Peaky Blinders is set in the 1920's around the events and times of the Irish Independence movement in Ireland with some interactions and events happening in England.

[@redstone1999]

We have an East Coast Canada craft distiller who makes a great potato gin at 55%ABV.

[@tomhill4003]

Great work Jesse! I'm a big Peaky Blinders fan, and you totally nailed it! Your wife is a great sport for playing along and putting up with your "hobby". Hats off to her! She is a brave and amazing woman.

[@TremendousYeti]

Congrats on the book and shop Erin!! Love the family all supporting each others ventures and passions

[@jeanmanuel6182]

I love how he gives us "freedom units" as if we can get ahold of a still legally over here, like half his audience are moonshiners id assume😅😭 though I absolutely love the whole freedom units thing

[@pilsplease7561]

Its federally legal but some states ban it at the state level despite being federally legal which is technically illegal for states to do.

[@wasnt.here.3853]

This was excellent; one of my favorites I've watched from you

[@chadbrennenstuhl5923]

Loved it! I ordered Erin's book, think the Grandkids are gonna love it.

[@wysestone]

I actually just started watching that show last week. Great work, always a pleasure to see you work.

[@StillIt]

Welcome to the channel 😊

[@tompoulsom2277]

Brilliant and well done, you nailed it! Good to see your wife and her honest opinion and to know more of you. Now to check the book! Great idea to make drinks from shows.

[@luis566lc]

I started cracking up at the freedom numbers bit🤣🇺🇸

[@NilovMV]

Hello my friend! I'm from Russia. I watch your videos all the time. I want to share my gin recipe. - ripe fragrant medium-sized grapefruit (250-300 grams) - juniper berries - 50 grams - 3 liters of double-distilled moonshine with a strength of 40-45% 1. Pour juniper into a jar. 2. Finely chop the grapefruit along with the peel and place in a jar. 3. Pour juniper berries and grapefruit with moonshine until the jar is full. 4. Insist 4-5 days in a warm place. 5. Filter the infusion into an alembic. 6. Pour 3 liters of clean drinking water into the cube. 7. Distill on a column-type apparatus with a reflux condenser. 8. Dilute to 45% alcohol 9. Add a tea boat of sugar or bonifier. 10. Give it a rest Translated in google translator.😄

[@StillIt]

Sounds tasty mate :)

[@NilovMV]

@@StillIt You can tint with anchan tea, give a blue tint. And then if you add lemon to gin tonic or bitter lemon in a glass, the drink will change color from blue to pink.

[@redstone1999]

I drink gin with sweeten grapefruit juice and a tsp of lemon juice. So a grapefruit gin would be up my ally.

[@qcasey]

Nicely done! Hugs from Brazil!

[@troyleach5471]

This was a fantastic video! super entertaining and informational! can't wait to make this!

[@razvananghel7492]

Great work as always. All the best from Romania, bud

[@williamwood6616]

😆✌✌😆 love how you tease the beginner stills, thank you for keeping the science and dispelling bunk! Thank you dude

[@annakingsley6773]

Brilliant as always!

[@plantbaseddavid]

Good fun and enjoyable as always. Thank you!

[@tiblierc]

Love the content Jessie. My Daughter has asked for some Gin for the Holidays. Definitely going to try. Thank your pretty wife for the children’s books.

[@edwin77118]

Good quality video enjoyed it, good learning. Keep it up!

[@craigherron243]

Great vid Jesse, the wife and I spent lockdown here in Christchurch binging on Peaky. Must get myself an airstill to do these little distillations - i run most of mine through a 30 litre still and carter head so I end up with alot of gin after each run :) .

[@mrgreatshot7278]

Great video as always! It was great to meet you at The Bastards Ball. Keep up the great work! Also thanks for introducing me to Alan Bishop/ One Piece At A Time Distilling he has a fantastic channel.

[@scottmoody3926]

Great Job , congratulations on your book!

[@StillIt]

Thanks Scott, I'm proud of her she did a awesome job!

[@BeardedBored]

Nice! And congrats Erin!

[@jole9000]

You can use gelatin powder to stick labels to bottles, but they are definitely not water proof.

[@StillIt]

Nice, I have done milk and flour before too. The print will run if it gets wet anyway.

[@patrickellis3205]

That was fun! Nice work 😊

[@padredelaverde]

If I had money you'd be on the list of patreon people I'd support. Thank you for all the great info and commentary. Keep on chasing the craft!

[@jamesramey3549]

Excellent video mate, when do the new collab shirts come out?

[@kalyman72]

Jesse, you are Rockin' that Peaky Blinders style hat mate :) Excellent upload as always. Thanks

[@user-xj4pf6ms5t]

Wet cement - is a good comparison/description

[@gimmecpr7870]

Saw this and had to watch it, love the show. Also, really enjoyed the video.

[@darksword67]

I love me some Gin especially when you mix it with juice of any type especially orange juice

[@devonsharp1300]

Commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for all the vids and content!

[@StillIt]

Thanks mate :)

[@setra23]

High starch potatoes would be best for fermenting. If you can get hold of things like Russets, Yukon Gold or Maris Piper (any good chipping/roasting potatoes) would be my go to, if it was legal to home distil in the UK.

[@manatoa1]

Old wrinkly potatoes will also be more concentrated in starch.

[@andrewwinch4602]

🎼 these are a few of my favorite things 🎶 cheers, brother!

[@FFDfirechef]

Well done, I was never a fan of Gin ..... that is until I made a batch of my own from a recipe you showed some time back, I do believe that the freshness makes all the difference.

[@StillIt]

Gin gas a huge gamet of flavour too. Its pretty cool being able to play around and find what suits your taste.

[@trousers2]

Was that the Odin's gin? I did one batch that was the best gin I'd ever had, so decided to do another, and the second was the worst gin I'd ever had hahaha

[@joshlego4775]

I appreciate the freedom units x D

[@willgander8965]

Looking forward to the new website, I hope you sell a lot of distilling bits and pieces

[@jonathannorthup5705]

Nice cool experiment 👌

[@hipgnosis2]

Fantastic video brother!

[@markrobinson77]

Great video, really interesting. I think that back in the prohibition era that they would have gone for an Old Tom Gin, which would have been sweet to cover up cheap ingredients and dubious distillation, unlike your expert, well distilled recreation. Shelby Company were also into Rum. Looking forward to that video Jesse.

[@vogs72]

Burdock root was sometimes used (local and free/cheap)

[@yurydelorenzis-polezhaev2036]

Oi, mate, that was a splendid, legit episode!)

[@paulsgoldpaydirtreviews3996]

Hay buddy just wanted to say love watching your videos iv seen a lot off them now an was wondering if you could do a coconut rum anyway keep up the good work mate 👍

[@chefdalling637]

I never sweeten my gin. I'm trying to cut down on sugars in general but I get the reason for you adding it. Another great vid

[@MichaelBrown-no8gh]

Gotta love the use of the good ol ozito drill

[@louiel8711]

Great video man thanks.

[@Grandpa_RLP]

Pinky Blinders is a big hit in our house. My wife and son are watching episodes as I watch this. 🙂

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Hell yea. That’s a super cool recipe. I’m gonna try this one. Damn the list is getting larger and larger.

[@StillIt]

Hahaha yeah I'm always add to the list faster than I can make it

[@DRIFTGORILAZ]

Love your work, but I do have to say in reference to your statement of the 1940's?? @4.09 The Peaky Blinders were actually active during the 1880's to 1910's

[@philiptruitt]

Thanks, Jesse!

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

That might be like what is being used at Old Bushmills Distillery Northern Ireland.

[@rcbran]

Fun stuff! Have you tried the little botanicals basket for the Air Still?

[@StillIt]

Yup, it works well. Bit it can be a little small depending on the recipe. I tend to gravitate back to maceration rather than vapour path.

[@averagemamil4523]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but there is an older style of English gin called ‘ Old Tom’ - which tends to be sweeter than London Dry Gin - I think that’s probably what Tommy was thinking about 🤔

[@christopherphelps3101]

Awesome

[@trippymchippy8586]

I'd me most interested to see you take a look at Ibicenco Heirbas. As an ex Ibiza (Baleairic Island in Spain) resident, it is something of a big deal over there and I drank more than my fair share. Apparently 200 indigenous 'erbs in there. There is a local 'brand' but many people make their own, often having fancy bottles with all manner of herbacious twigs and flowers inside.

[@kriskemp4952]

Very cool

[@johngunckel5629]

Great video

[@EuelBall]

Great video, great gin, great wife! Nice homage to a TV show! 😁 Next time, do Klingon firewine...

[@YaketyYakDontTalkBack]

Awesome stuff. You made an old Tom gin.

[@darksword67]

And Seagram gin and Tanqueray all my favorite brands

[@thomasnyberg991]

Awesome stuff!! I really need to try this out soooon!!! One question though. What was the last additive you put in using a credit card. it sounded like you said "Extra" but that to my brain just didn't compute 🥴 Keep on stillin

[@wazzupktp]

The cig over the lips was a perfect "Tommy" ending.

[@logancausier]

Not sure if you’ve ever fermented and distilled maple syrup but it could be a great idea for meme spirits! (Might not even be terrible!)

[@deanparker5548]

The Foook'n Blindah's!

[@Tonycoscione]

The hat definitely suits you! keep wearing it.

[@johnathonwright7920]

Alfie Solomon's comment about needing to make it sweeter for the American market is correct. Contemporary tequila makers have begun to make sweeter tequila for the American market. Not a happy thing for lovers of the older style tequilas and mezcals.

[@wldtrky38]

I've never heard of Peaky Blinders, but looked it up. I may have to give in and get Netflix just so I can. Never been a fan of Gin either, but have been considering a run, just for grins. DEFINITELY going to get 1 of those shirts ! Thanks Jesse 👍👍

[@simaii820]

Omg such a good show. Def worth the watch if you enjoy 1920 gangster movies

[@StillIt]

Yeah it's worth a watch mate!

[@WhiteRvssian2023]

Gin is an acquired taste, but once acquired, nothing beats a G&T made with good gin and good tonic (not too much though, just a splash 😜)

[@wldtrky38]

@@WhiteRvssian2023 I've been working on a Single Malt that is as good as I can make, to my taster, my wife, and the buddy who introduced us to Singke Malt/ Scotch. About have it perfected. Might try gin after I FINALLY make the rum I got ingredients for 2 years ago, lol. Thanks for the opinion 👍👍

[@seatroutking7555]

Hi I am enjoying the channel great info. Have you tried making Poitin, Irish moonshine we make it and infuse it with Slows the berry from blackthorn bushes it gets a deep purple colour and add sugar to balance the tart berry’s I also tried your forced whiskey using poitin 🥃 wow

[@Boostocalypse]

No lie you can rock the hat!

[@rodfranco4478]

Birminghm gin, nice!

[@johnmorphy5435]

It's likely supposed to be Poitín rather than a vodka base given it's potatoes and they were originally related to Irish travellers in the show Poitín being Irish moonshine

[@ausbjmcd]

Lighting up in a distiller's shed... I was half expecting the place to blow up

[@dirtfarmer4885]

Thanks man

[@walkered]

Ask and you shall receive! Yeah more gin!

[@SteveRix420]

Waiting on my 3 plate column to get here, then I can make some vodka.....that will eventually make some gin with. I like the "Arthur's contribution," 😂 I think that might keep me up enough to run through the tails!!

[@henryeccleston7381]

A good reason to use potatoes for your mash when making illegal liquor is that a bunch of relatively poor people buying a few extra pounds of potatoes won’t raise eyebrows immediately, while any spike in malted grain anywhere will instantly draw attention. It’s hard to trace, easy to store, and simple enough to make work.

[@silvaorgold]

You're too funny that was a great video though absolutely enjoyed it

[@Andre2199CE]

💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 a rocking great video 🥃🥃🥃 the holidays are coming up. I am about to go out to my shed and make some of this gin.🥃🥃🥃❤️

[@silveraven1]

Looks like your using the Brewzilla Gen4 again. I know you don’t usually do product reviews but too bad you don’t use the distilling tower you can buy for it. That would be interesting. As well we could see if it will indeed distill on grain. A very affordable unit for home distillers. Thanks again Jesse!

[@stefanleijon9637]

Great video mate :) A tip that might sound a bit weird, but one thing that is really great to attach labels to your bottles is milk. Sticks really well and comes off without pain as well :)

[@freedomtowander]

I bought a still spirits turbo air still and the safety temp switch melted. I bypassed the shut off and burned my machine down. Please only use as directed these require constant supervision to ensure safety. Don’t leave it like I did.

[@rellsw02]

That last bit was the juniper in the gin. Good laugh with some education in the process

[@justinyates1154]

Ah gin, Now we're talking. I've always been a fan of the pine, citrus, and botanical flavors.

[@madjaffa]

Makes me wanna watch peaky blinders. 😂

[@nakitabanana]

The cigarette! Haha. This was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@StillIt]

Someone watched till the very end hahaha

[@Q_The_Rabbit]

Got snowed in & watched from start to Season 6 Ep 2 before the pass opened again in the hotel.

[@MultiTut69]

Just purchased two bad motivator barrels this morning. I wonder if gin would be good in one of these barrels?

[@darrensim295]

Out of curiosity, what do you do with the foreshot/heads/tails? Do you make your own hand santiser/house cleaning liquids?

[@bryanromey8168]

Awesome video. Next video should be Grand Marnier? 😀

[@fugu4163]

The real peaky blinders occured in the 1870s but the book and tv show are in the 1920s Seems like really nice gin but i should probably prefer it without the added sugar

[@msjtaylor]

Am I trippin or was the "extra" ingredient Rick James's favorite candy lmao

[@07KnightRider11]

Curious thought, what would happen if you cooked your potatoes souve as to not dilute them with water as much for the mash 🤔 Would get more starch and a bigger yield 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@user-to5nd5nc8h]

One of the only videos with peaky blinders in the name that isn't cringe

[@hanspetervollhorst1]

love that huge (whiskey?) cup in the intro