double distilled

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double distilled

Postby Timmsy » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:20 pm

Hay guys I have 15 to 20ltrs of 45% to 50% neutral and will it be of any benefit to dump this back in the T500 and re run it? Will this clean it up further and will it result in the amount of grog?
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Re: double distilled

Postby Zak Griffin » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:52 pm

It certainly can't hurt... Water it down to 40% and chuck it back through... Make your cuts tight and you should have the cleanest neutral you've ever tasted...

You'll lose a bit of alcohol every time you distill it, but what you have will be cleaner...
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Re: double distilled

Postby backyard brewdog » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:14 pm

If you run it through again it'll be alot cleaner and you'll only have slightly less spirit @ 40%
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Re: double distilled

Postby SBB » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:21 pm

Without making cuts you can distill ten times and it wont make a lot of difference, make good cuts on each run and it will make a world of difference. You will also be leaving any remnants of tails in whats left in the boiler on each run. Some of the reading Ive done indicates watering down to even less than 40% is a good thing when re running neutral washes. The theory is that a lot of the tails on each run stays in the boiler with the water.
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