I want to make a jin basket.

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SaltyStaves wrote:
NZChris wrote: Cyclonic action throws heavy particles to the outer wall and they run back down with the reflux.
Good point. They may also scorch if the copper is hot enough.
How could that happen?
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If there is no reflux at the point they spatter the wall.
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Kareltje wrote: You could turn the riser into a gin basket by making a sieve or an iron gauze in the bottom of it.
iron gauze will rust quickly, copper or stainless steel will not.
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NZChris wrote:A lot of the flavors you want are oils and getting rid of them is a mistake.

Putting a tube in that lets vapor escape without passing through the botanicals makes no sense at all.

Most botanicals work very in the boiler, so packing everything into a gin basket isn't always the best option. I use three different still configurations for gin, the only one I run with all of the botanicals in the gin basket is a Carter Head.
Hey.
I realized that the basket of jeans should not be wide, so that the steam would move faster.
Show the picture (carter head)?
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SaltyStaves wrote:If there is no reflux at the point they spatter the wall.
I have no idea what you are talking about. There is no place on any gin still design that I know of where that could happen.
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NZChris wrote:
SaltyStaves wrote:If there is no reflux at the point they spatter the wall.
I have no idea what you are talking about. There is no place on any gin still design that I know of where that could happen.
You're no doubt right.
I heard it from some mouthpiece for Bombay Sapphire talking about why they place their botanicals where they do.

Of course I can no longer find it.
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cob wrote:
Kareltje wrote: You could turn the riser into a gin basket by making a sieve or an iron gauze in the bottom of it.
iron gauze will rust quickly, copper or stainless steel will not.
My bad: you are right.
And what is more: he found a better and more beautiful solution!
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Cheese,
Did you ever make a gin head/basket??
13.5g/50L keg boiler
copper pot still
modular 3" CCVM copper&stainless w/offset gin head
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