by hillzabilly » Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:49 pm
I use copper mesh packing and copper plates,anyone that does will know it gets dirty,and the dirtier a wash like rum the more residual crap gets left behind,yes I agree its not a visible thing of dirty vapour or visible solids moveing up,but the fact remains it gets there,what it is exactly is not the question for me.With neutral the less of it the better,but with rum and whiskey extra yeast and wash flavour comeing over is not a bad thing but a method ta add more flavour,exess yeast cells are said ta burst dureing boiling releasing unwanted flavour congeners for neutral.The citric acid solution that comes from a dirty packed section after a mucky wash is more blue with more crap reacting to the copper and reflux action,again what it is exactly is not my question but something I see and know .cheers hillzabilly ;-)
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hillzabilly on Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.