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Add additional vodka if the flavor is too strong.Sign up for The Growler's mailing list to receive the latest news in food, drink, and culture, and special events you won't want to miss.Cultivating the craft lifestyle through storytelling that inspires progress in the communities of food, drink, arts, and the outdoors.The bottle in question was some type of clear spirit, …Bartenders everywhere know that people hate vermouth. Either way, it’s only a matter of sealing your wood, sticking some grippers to the bottom, and attaching a pair of handles if desired. Since bottles were too tall to fit under the spigot in a kitchen sink, at-home moonshiners used the bathtub instead.Even though the term “Bathtub Gin” has a stigma of bad taste and poor quality, the process of steeping botanicals directly in the spirit allows you to create a product more commonly known as compound gin—which is a great opportunity to try out different infusions.Despite Egbert having professional distilling equipment, he still enjoys making compound gin because it’s an opportunity for him to test out new formulas for production. A few to consider:Add each botanical to separate mason jars and cover with vodka. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker. “We tried to make it as close to the experience that you would have had in that era,” says Ralena Young, beverage director at Volstead House. It is like taking a bath in champagne, only without the show tunes and chorus boys. “But part of the fun is being able to omit certain flavors while adding others.”Popular botanicals for compound gin include cardamom, peppercorns, fruit peels, cinnamon, and coriander.“If you use an Everclear or something, it’s going to end up tasting like rubbing alcohol,” Egbert says. A clearer gin can be achieved by running it through a water filter, but this could also remove some of the flavor.Other botanicals can be incorporated into Bathtub Gin depending on what flavors you like. Volstead House, a Prohibition-themed restaurant in Eagan, has been making its own Bathtub Gin for the past three years for an annual event. One thing to note is that it won’t look like commercial gin when it’s finished. Step 1 Lay out the size and shape of the tub and build a frame of 2-by-4s. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/2d\/Make-a-Bathtub-Tray-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Make-a-Bathtub-Tray-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/2\/2d\/Make-a-Bathtub-Tray-Step-1.jpg\/aid8276660-v4-728px-Make-a-Bathtub-Tray-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"