Still configurations - packed section, Gin basket
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:48 am
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your advice here, it's been invaluable while building my rig which I'll be kicking into gear as soon as I get some time!
With all the reading I've been doing I seem to have got myself a little confused. I'm initially wanting to produce the best neutral I can which will then be either aged in glass, some soaked on bourbon chips and some to age in my barrel. I'll also be building a Gin basket to try out some of the recipes here, plus a 4" packed section roughly 500mm long.
I'll have a go at some of the Rum and Whisky recipes later on after managing a decent neutral.
This is where I'm a bit stuck. Could I just clarify some things please and tell me if I'm on the right track.
- to make a great neutral, do a number of stripping runs (cutting foreshots) then a spirit run with these hearts keeping the heads and tails for a feints run?
- should the packed section be in place between the top plate module and the RC for stripping?
- for Gin, do I simply use the quality hearts neutral at 35-40%, 4 plates with no packed section running into the Gin basket and no cutting on this?
I'm learning all the time thanks to this site and need to get my head around temps and how vapour acts within the still with different configurations, hence this post.
Cheers,
Chocko.
Thanks for all your advice here, it's been invaluable while building my rig which I'll be kicking into gear as soon as I get some time!
With all the reading I've been doing I seem to have got myself a little confused. I'm initially wanting to produce the best neutral I can which will then be either aged in glass, some soaked on bourbon chips and some to age in my barrel. I'll also be building a Gin basket to try out some of the recipes here, plus a 4" packed section roughly 500mm long.
I'll have a go at some of the Rum and Whisky recipes later on after managing a decent neutral.
This is where I'm a bit stuck. Could I just clarify some things please and tell me if I'm on the right track.
- to make a great neutral, do a number of stripping runs (cutting foreshots) then a spirit run with these hearts keeping the heads and tails for a feints run?
- should the packed section be in place between the top plate module and the RC for stripping?
- for Gin, do I simply use the quality hearts neutral at 35-40%, 4 plates with no packed section running into the Gin basket and no cutting on this?
I'm learning all the time thanks to this site and need to get my head around temps and how vapour acts within the still with different configurations, hence this post.
Cheers,
Chocko.