Making Gin With A T500
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:24 am
Evening/Morning All
Gin is a big thing over here in the UK at the moment. I used to hate the bloody stuff, but that was until I started sampling products apart from Gordons. At the moment I'm using the Still Spirits flavourings. They are pretty good, especially if extra Juniper and lemon peel is added for a week to their version of dry gin.
I noticed that Still Spirits now sell a gin basket, one that is screwed on to the bottom of the T500 reflux still and then run without packing to push the flavour of the botanicals through. Over the last couple of years I have read so many groups, forums and different places that say a T500 should not be run without the packing in the column because of the plastic part covering the top.
Last week I bit the bullet and contacted Still Spirits to see if I could get some answers from the horses mouth. I asked them whether it was safe to run without packing and also asked what temperature to run the still at without the packing. The reply was pretty quick but not what I expected. All they did was thank me for the email and send me some instructions on how to use the gin basket.
So, you now have Still Spirits telling us to remove all the packing to make gin with the screw on basket and you have everybody else saying not to do it.
Should it be done, can it be done safely ???. If the answer is yes, what sort of temp should it be run at.
Cheers.
Gin is a big thing over here in the UK at the moment. I used to hate the bloody stuff, but that was until I started sampling products apart from Gordons. At the moment I'm using the Still Spirits flavourings. They are pretty good, especially if extra Juniper and lemon peel is added for a week to their version of dry gin.
I noticed that Still Spirits now sell a gin basket, one that is screwed on to the bottom of the T500 reflux still and then run without packing to push the flavour of the botanicals through. Over the last couple of years I have read so many groups, forums and different places that say a T500 should not be run without the packing in the column because of the plastic part covering the top.
Last week I bit the bullet and contacted Still Spirits to see if I could get some answers from the horses mouth. I asked them whether it was safe to run without packing and also asked what temperature to run the still at without the packing. The reply was pretty quick but not what I expected. All they did was thank me for the email and send me some instructions on how to use the gin basket.
So, you now have Still Spirits telling us to remove all the packing to make gin with the screw on basket and you have everybody else saying not to do it.
Should it be done, can it be done safely ???. If the answer is yes, what sort of temp should it be run at.
Cheers.