Radical Brewing covers the use of junipers berries and brush in a beer. Ive always wanted to do it, but juniper is a very slow growing plant (hence why a lot of gin now a days doesnt actually have juniper in it).
Have a squiz in RB and it should give you some good ideas. and then once youve perfected the reccipe let us know
Anyone that still wants to get some jumper berries, 100g for approx 4 bucks avail from basfoods down victoria st in brunswick. Awesome for middle eastern gorceries too! wall to wall of pulses, spices and anything else you can think of!
I got some, here is my idea for this beer.
Rogue Juniper Ale
American Pale Ale
Type: All Grain
Date: 22/05/2010
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: Braden
Boil Size: 30.90 L
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Brew Pot (40L) and Frosty Cooler (38L)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00
Ingredients
4.50 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (3.0 SRM) Grain 84.91 %
0.40 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 7.55 %
0.30 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.66 %
0.10 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (17.3 SRM) Grain 1.89 %
40.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 26.0 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo [8.20 %] (20 min) Hops 16.3 IBU
30.00 gm Juniper (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Pacman (Wyeast Labs #1764) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.87 %
Bitterness: 42.3 IBU
Est Color: 8.7 SRM
Mash Profile
Single Infusion, Medium Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 14.83 L of water at 73.1 C 67.0 C
10 min Mash Out Add 7.75 L of water at 86.0 C 73.0 C