Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Did another run a few days ago and took cuts as I did last time. This time I aired the jars for 48 hours instead of 24 hours. Wow what a difference. I had a much harder time picking the good from the bad because it all smelt so much better (or my nose was playing up :? ) There seemed to be a huge difference after I filtered it too. It tasted and smelt much much cleaner :D
If any other newbies useing turbo yeasts havnt tried this give it a go!
My first tomatoe wash is racked and settling.....cant wait to run it and get an even better result.
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Yep I agree on the 48hrs air time, makes a huge improvement :)

I'm wondering now after airing for 48 hours if it wouldn't be better to actually do the smelling and tasting of the cuts after 24 hours. In other words make a decision about what to keep and what not to keep while the difference is more noticeable. Then let it all air another 24 hours or more?????
Another question that springs to mind is .....if I let my feints air more , will I have a better smelling and tasting jar of feints to rerun which will produce a better quality of neutral than if I didn't air them???
Any ideas on the above questions people???????
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I still do my cuts after the 48hrs, shake the jar and sniff.

Most of my feints get watered back to about 35 or 40% and re run, never tried airing them but might give it a crack.

Cheers.

i was thinking of running a little aquarium air pump to bubble in air for 24 or so hrs just to turn the spirit over in the bottle / jar

use a bit of 1/4 copper pipe to get air to bottom so no plastic involved....
also wondered on how it might affect aging ? oak down some neutral then "air" it for a week ?

i have to buy the pump but.... lol

I have to admit I have never oaked neutral before........... The air pump would make a difference I recon (not that I have anything to back it up)

maheel wrote:i was thinking of running a little aquarium air pump to bubble in air for 24 or so hrs just to turn the spirit over in the bottle / jar l

Ive been thinking along the same lines Maheel....Im thinking that evaporation might be a problem with that much airflow though :( I guess like alot of things in life...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Let us know how it goes if you go ahead with the idea.
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I think there would be more to gain by running a fan gently across the top of your airing vessels, rather than pumping air into it.

Cheers.

airing spirit, i seemd to have stumbled across this but agree with it, i got my self a 750 ml decanter bottle from the brew shop poured in some neutral spirit some tennesee bourbon ecsence and even thru in a couple of whisky chips for good measure, this was out of my very first run .thing is the bung kept popping off i tohught its just a shitty seal, this went on for aobut a week, the spirit was a bit bitety but after it settled down and stopped blowing the bung i noticed a deffinate change to the spirit it had mellowed somewhat and lost a lot of the bite. i have now continued this on purpose by cracking open my demijohns every day after giving them a good shake up closing the lid and repeating.

Hey handzon so, assuming you have done this for a while now, how long do you keep opening the demijohns and shaking the contents before it

doesn't seem to matter anymore

? I know that even leaving the bottled stuff for 2 weeks b4 'tasting' ;) is a huge difference but haven't popped the lid everyday in between.

Im a bit lost here as to why the top would be popping??????? :? :? :? :? :? :? :?
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If evaporation IS an issue with Having a fan blow across it/using a fish pump, would it leave a lower ABV due to the alcohol evaporating first?

If you have high ABV you will loose more alcohol first, if you have 40% alcohol it'll be the same as the water loss i.e it will stay at 40% as it looses water and alcohol at the same rate.

If your airing for a day or two it's not going to effect you to much (temp etc will have an effect) If you are concerned you could put a coffee filter over the top of the jar and you'll be right ;)

Was sipping some of my vodka tonight and got to thinking how clean it is.

$6 a litre!!

Beat that Dan Murphy's :))

Made me realise just how crucial due process is to achieve a quality product, in particular airing your take.

Airing makes such a difference to your final product. 48/72 hours really helps to allow any of the fusel alcohol to evaporate.

I love this hobby :-D

left my cut jars under the AC once.....next day they were near empty...Angels had a pissup that night.,..

I'm with Woodsy, at 6 bucks a litre... this is how i see it. We all seem to worry about the 'Angels', well i dont. I may sound dumb or a bit indulgent, but as i am still learning, i am prepared to sacrifice some product. In saying this, i decant hearts into 750ml wine bottles and store them with the lid off. Every week or so i wander past and give them a random sniff and have found that even after a few months, uncovered, i lose a very small amount to evaporation but the smell is almost non existent. Congeners be gone. Even at an un diluted ABV my losses appear insignificant compared to the improvement in quality. I really dont drink that much so the stockpile is ever increasing, a bottle here or there is no biggie at six bucks.So, i am convinced that there is a real advantage in long term airing.

Woodsy71 wrote:Was sipping some of my vodka tonight and got to thinking how clean it is.

$6 a litre!!

Beat that Dan Murphy's :))

Made me realise just how crucial due process is to achieve a quality product, in particular airing your take.

Airing makes such a difference to your final product. 48/72 hours really helps to allow any of the fusel alcohol to evaporate.

I love this hobby :-D

Can't remember the last time I went to Dans to buy a bottle of booze! :happy-partydance: