I Distilled Hibiscus Flowers . . . Delicious!

It turns out distilled Hibiscus is dam tasty! Its more on the subtle side when compared to distilled rose. But I guess it will be a great ingredient to pair with other botanicals!

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[captaincatastrophe]

As an infrequent viewer, i appreciate that you repeat the same things again and again. It's like getting a quick refresher every time and it makes me feel included.

[MinersMoonshine]

I use dried red hibiscus flowers for when I make my wife’s pink gin with a bit of red dye as after a while the hibiscus colouring goes a yellow colour so the drop of red food dye hides that but you have the nice flavour of the hibiscus flowers very nice drop

[ausbjmcd]

A kinda serious, but fun suggestion for a video series. You've done mint, roses and hibiscus now, so a series where individual botanicals would make a great library for the community.

[jakeartese]

Awesome video jimmy thank you for digging deeper into this discussion it definitely helps with figuring out where I and I’m sure many other open minded fans stand on this topic 👍

[CaptainPlanet]

If you can find elderflower, it makes one of the best tasing spirits imo.

[aribland]

If you want some recommendations for other flowers to try. Idd say marigold would be cool. Also dandelions would be fun. Even Linden this could be a fun series in itself.

[russellzauner]

You can get hibiscus as loose leaf dried tea and it's pretty potent - that would be cool to try.
Maybe any of a number of herbal teas would distill up nicely.

[davidwilliams]

I’ve been making a botanical rum (using a panela-based rum) for a couple years with hibiscus. I’ve given it as a Christmas gift to a few friends and it’s always gotten rave reviews.

Hibiscus is the main flavor ingredient (I have a few different varieties growing in the yard, but I don’t have Rose of Sharon because they’re poisonous to cats). I also add orange peel, lemongrass, elderflower, rose hips, and a tiny bit of cinnamon.

[beneaththeveil]

Growing up, my mother always kept a prolific garden and was known for her green thumb. I thought for a long time I didn't inherit that gene, until I hit my early 30s. Now, I'm voraciously learning, growing and using every herb and flower I can get my hands on for various teas and alcohols ever since I picked up brewing and distilling. I look forward to explaining that I saw a guy down south use Hibiscus in a distillation when I start enquiring about harvesting the Hibiscus she's growing on her berm.

[guitfidle]

There's a popular Mexican drink called jamaica (pronounced different than the country). It's basically a sweetened hibiscus tea made with red flowers, has a bright red color to it. It actually tastes a LOT like a fruit punch, quite tasty! The red flowers have more flavor than the white ones. We have a large enough Hispanic population around here our local grocery store has dried flowers in their bulk section. They hardly weigh anything, so they are super cheap. I had a bush in my backyard, but it got killed by the massive heatwave we had a couple years ago 😥😥

[saniwada]

in northern Nigeria our traditional tea is called Zobo and we brew it using dried hibiscus leaves and calyx's, ginger, sugar, and oranges. Once the tea is brewed, we add equal parts pineapple juice. you may get better results with dried hibiscus. The species of Hibiscus we use is Roselle (Hibiscus Sabdariffa)

[MattCha]

I have seen hibiscus used in several gin recipes, Corsair artisan in Nashville TN uses dried red hibiscus to make red absinthe 😊

[jestahlament]

I just made a blackcurrent gin infused with blue lotus. Turned out great! I used your famous gin recipe.

[smarouchoc]

We had those in our old yard for years!!! I had no idea those were hibiscus!! Now I want to plant some at the current

[rowdyrowsdower]

Gotta ferment the hibiscus flower tea with sugar. Make the tea first, remove the flowers and ferment. Once fermented it makes almost a merlot flavor. Ive not dhaf it distilled but its on my list.

[Tankblow]

I dig hibiscus. I grew up in Austin TX, one of my favorite places to eat serves a hibiscus lemonade. I brew an American wheat beer that I add hibiscus to and use motueke hops. Super good

[mikelauramcguire]

When you make dandilion wine you take all the green off the flowers and make your tea. Then add honey to ferment. I thought about doing it with other botanical teas. It just missing the distilling due to legal reasons in the US.

[rogerphillips]

Interesting, i got a couple of kg of dried red herbiscus used for making tea, i may chuck some in my next run of plain gin i distill, thanks Jess. For doing this vid.

[Feariece]

I would only make a suggestion of drying out the hibiscus petals 🌺 first next run you do. Other than that, amazing video bro!!! Kudos and props 👏 👊

[MitchWilson-er]

I've used wisteria and azalea flowers for wines...both were delicious after racking for a month but before sitting the wisteria tasted like you kissed an old church lady on the neck...a very vintage perfume like profile.