Aging Sediment Tails?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:26 amSo i have about 4.2L or so of 67% single run neutral on some oak, bout 15g/L.
This is having essence put on it so its nothing to rave about but atm it has none, just neutral and oak. i had an extra 40g in there the first 2 days and then took it out as im not planing on doing this one for that long. just trying to get something i can drink before i go away at Christmas. only so much vodka you can drink :angry-banghead:
anyway i have it in the jar below (4.5L capacity) and it has the late heads jar (just before hearts started) and the first tails jar. i was greedy with the tails jar. the still had a leak and i had a small hearts cut.
i figured aging may help the tails and i use a paper tower on the seal and open it to air so the heads jar wont be a problem too as i plan on evaporating about 300-500ml and loose a few % so in the end not that greedy with heads.
so long story later im wondering what is on the bottom of my aging jar. there is a sediment i havent seen before even with my turdbo stuff. last time i aged on oak i was harsh on cuts, really harsh with no tails so im wondering if the sediment i see in my jar is the tails attaching to something from the oak and sinking to the bottom :think:
so the summary
4.2L @ 67% (from 2 x 25L reflux runs last Friday/Saturday)
late heads jar and early tails jar (150ml each)
15g/L oak i toasted myself
sediment on bottom of jar?
anyone out there know what this is? i plan on using a coffee filter and chill filtering anyway but would like to know what it is.
after i gave the bottle a little movement
Cheers
WTD
This is having essence put on it so its nothing to rave about but atm it has none, just neutral and oak. i had an extra 40g in there the first 2 days and then took it out as im not planing on doing this one for that long. just trying to get something i can drink before i go away at Christmas. only so much vodka you can drink :angry-banghead:
anyway i have it in the jar below (4.5L capacity) and it has the late heads jar (just before hearts started) and the first tails jar. i was greedy with the tails jar. the still had a leak and i had a small hearts cut.
i figured aging may help the tails and i use a paper tower on the seal and open it to air so the heads jar wont be a problem too as i plan on evaporating about 300-500ml and loose a few % so in the end not that greedy with heads.
so long story later im wondering what is on the bottom of my aging jar. there is a sediment i havent seen before even with my turdbo stuff. last time i aged on oak i was harsh on cuts, really harsh with no tails so im wondering if the sediment i see in my jar is the tails attaching to something from the oak and sinking to the bottom :think:
so the summary
4.2L @ 67% (from 2 x 25L reflux runs last Friday/Saturday)
late heads jar and early tails jar (150ml each)
15g/L oak i toasted myself
sediment on bottom of jar?
anyone out there know what this is? i plan on using a coffee filter and chill filtering anyway but would like to know what it is.
after i gave the bottle a little movement
Cheers
WTD