by rb20Siliva69 » Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:32 pm
Hi there, I have only recently been on forums, but have been making spirit using a Pura distilling still for about three years. Before I realised forums exisited I have tried many different things to try get my spirit to be better; while I have been using turbo's for all of these years, I think the sugar is a huge part of making a good spirit ( bare with me this not only applies to turbo's).
So one of the best things I did was mess with different surgars: 1 icing 2 raw 3 white 4 dextrose and 5 caster. All washes have been using Samuel Willard's 24 hr yeast and 8kg sugar.
Now their was massive results between all of them, but being one to keep cost down wanted the best for the least money. What I have found: dextrose very expensive and for that gains not worth it, icing once again expensive but decent results, raw and white end up with way more fully aroma and taste etc, being the cheapest I think they are not worth it. Caster on the other hand ended with a very clean spirit, even in comparison to dextrose except heaps cheaper. Now I realise most you will go "but your using a turbo"! But using a turbo is my common denominator between all of these tests and caster stands out from the rest. It seems the less refined the sugar the more fuelly aroma and taste. I'm am also testing this with a TPW a mate of mine who has the same still set up, has done a TPW using white; and I using caster so will let you know results but I think there will be a difference. I will not do a strip run using my pot, just straight though the reflux.