Rhubarb Ginger Gin
A delicious summer beverage that even gin-haters enjoy.
Equipment
- 1 Glass Jar Ideally a gallon / four litre size.
- 2-3 Glass Bottles For bottling. (See notes.)
Ingredients
- 1.75 litres Gin (See notes.)
- 1 kg Rhubarb, cleaned and chopped
- 1 Ginger, about the size of your hand, chopped (See notes.)
- 400 g sugar
Instructions
- In a large glass jar, combine gin, rhubarb, ginger, and sugar. Cover with a lid and let sit out of direct sunlight for four weeks. Stir with a clean spoon or shake jar occasionally to help the sugar dissolve (but it will do this on its own over time if you forget).
- After four weeks, strain and bottle.
Notes
This was a recipe that I found online and then just sort of eyeballed and adapted to my tastes. As such, it's sort of a loosey-goosey recipe that can be adjusted as needed.
The glass bottles needed for bottling the gin at the end—you can re-use the original bottle the gin came in, but you will need a second bottle. The juice extracted from the rhubarb adds volume and you will end up with more than you put in.
I buy a 1750 ml bottle of gin for this, but if they don't have it in stock I'll buy two 750 ml bottles (which totals 1500 ml gin), but I don't adjust the rest of the ingredients. I always buy the cheapest gin I can find because the flavour of rhubarb and ginger completely overtakes the gin.
The rhubarb can be fresh or frozen. I harvest all our rhubarb in the summer, wash it, chop it, and freeze it, and make this drink year-round.
The amount of ginger in this drink is completely arbitrary, but don't be intimidated by the amount. The original recipe I found called four four coin-sized slices. That would barely result in any ginger flavour. A piece the size of my hand results in a nice gingery flavour, without the sharp bite of ginger.
If you're a ginger-hater or allergic to it, you can leave it out, but without the ginger this can taste a little overly-sweet sometimes.
Rhubarb ginger gin can be drunk as-is, or served with a splash of lemon juice, or mixed with Coke.