Dilution of spirits

[workpress]

HI all

I have a question. When I dilute my spirits down to 40% with distilled water the final product has a slight musty taste to it.
My distilled water is fresh and I am just wondering if I am doing something wrong...( I add the water to the spirit)
I am diluting sweet feed whisky and a corn likker of sorts.


Any advice would be helpful

Thank you

Workpress

[rad14701]

Tails... One jar less at the tails end of the blend should fix that... Its hard to not blend that one extra jar, but look what happens...

[Truckinbutch]

I'd have to agree with Rad . Just posted on a recent thread where SRD and I dipped too deep into tails and flavored the result . Blending is a hard won art that has to be practiced often to stay good at it .

[workpress]

thank you for the quick reply rad,

To fix this I can just re distill and make better cuts then eh. And save the tails for the next run then.

NB I just ran a 1 gal jug of your first generation Gerber recipe and it went really well I ended up with 500ml that is ageing on charred oak. However my ferment lasted 3 weeks as it is cool in my shop.

Thank you

Workpress

[HDNB]

reverse osmosis water is something you may want to try too. has a much nicer mouthfeel.

[dieselduo]

reverse osmosis water is something you may want to try too. has a much nicer mouthfeel.

R O is much better than distilled imho too

[T-Pee]

The best thing you can do is set it aside for six months then come back to it. Bet you get a pleasant surprise when you do.
A small amount of tails have a way of changing into something tasty with a bit of aging. Hell, I don't drink anything younger than six months anyway.

tp

[aceswired]

I did the same on my first rum run. Went a jar (or two) too deep. It's going at the back of the cabinet for a couple of years. If it's still no good then, I'll redistill.

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