help needed distilling 2nd run with gin basket and airstill
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:40 pm
Hi guys
i have a 4litre airstil and happy to ferment wash and run through still , however i just bought a botanical basket and did a run .
instructions are - take your 40% add approx 1litre to still then dilute back to 4litres which i did just fine .
i have then collected my cuts in small jars
50ml foreshots @ approx 41%
2. 100ml heads - 38%
3.100ml - 36%
4. 100ml 32%
5- 100ml 28%
6 - 100ml 23%
7- 100ml 15%
8- 100ml 12%
9 100ml 9%
10 100ml 6%
if continue to run just gets weaker and weaker until water comes out and sill is dry .
or something like this
gin is usually about 37%-40% and i dont see how i can get any quantity of gin with any of this unless i only keep 2-3 makes me 200ml only , and if i mix 1 throught to 7 then would make me approx 24-25% only ,
question what am i doing wrong here how to make my gin with the airstill and get approx 700ml - 1lire of gin , i have my filtered neutral spirit at 40% so can someone give me a simple step by step how to get my gin from this .
thanks Mark
i have a 4litre airstil and happy to ferment wash and run through still , however i just bought a botanical basket and did a run .
instructions are - take your 40% add approx 1litre to still then dilute back to 4litres which i did just fine .
i have then collected my cuts in small jars
50ml foreshots @ approx 41%
2. 100ml heads - 38%
3.100ml - 36%
4. 100ml 32%
5- 100ml 28%
6 - 100ml 23%
7- 100ml 15%
8- 100ml 12%
9 100ml 9%
10 100ml 6%
if continue to run just gets weaker and weaker until water comes out and sill is dry .
or something like this
gin is usually about 37%-40% and i dont see how i can get any quantity of gin with any of this unless i only keep 2-3 makes me 200ml only , and if i mix 1 throught to 7 then would make me approx 24-25% only ,
question what am i doing wrong here how to make my gin with the airstill and get approx 700ml - 1lire of gin , i have my filtered neutral spirit at 40% so can someone give me a simple step by step how to get my gin from this .
thanks Mark