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Orris root

Orris root is a core gin botanical used in craft and home distilling, characterised by parma violets, earth, cold stewed tea, bitter. It plays fixative; binds volatile compounds; adds perfumed floral elegance. Most distilling recipes use 0.3 g/L of neutral as a sweet-spot starting dose; full dosing range and pairings below.

Dosing for gin (g/L of charge)

X/100 of juniper. Very potent. Better for lighter/floral styles.

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Recipes that use Orris root

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Using Orris root in Broover

Broover is the workflow app for craft and home distillers — track every wash, distillation run, and bottled lot from a single screen with full provenance from kettle to bottle. Clone any recipe in the library to your account, pre-fill your next botanical run, and trace the bottled lot back to this botanical and its dosing.