I was stripping a batch of wheated bourbon today and i ran out of 5l bottles so i switched to 2l. The 5l ones became homogenously cloudy by the end. This 2l bottle was from the first half of a run. Thought it was interesting so i figured id share. The darker specks appear to be oil or something like it. I may try the felt-in-funnel setup the next time i make this recipe.
With a gentle swirl it would wobble around and have the look of a disturbed halocline or thermocline.
Interesting stratification
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Re: Interesting stratification
What's the harm of just leaving the oils alone in the LWs? They aren't going to carry over in the spirit run. Is there a reason to justify the felt in the funnel other than the unappealing look of the oils in the low wines?
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Re: Interesting stratification
I have no problem with the oils themselves, just think itd make cleaning the bottle a little easier afterwards
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Likely.
I strip into 6 gallon SS stock pot, or 5 gallon corney kegs for this reason.
I strip into 6 gallon SS stock pot, or 5 gallon corney kegs for this reason.
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Re: Interesting stratification
Looking at the bottle in the photo, I’d suppose “cleanliness” of the bottle hasn’t been too much of a concern for you!Metalking00 wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 5:49 am I have no problem with the oils themselves, just think itd make cleaning the bottle a little easier afterwards
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Re: Interesting stratification
It was clean when i started.. maybe its my paws that are dirtying everything up!
Re: Interesting stratification
Metalking00 wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 5:13 am I was stripping a batch of wheated bourbon today and i ran out of 5l bottles so i switched to 2l. The 5l ones became homogenously cloudy by the end. This 2l bottle was from the first half of a run. Thought it was interesting so i figured id share.
Interesting or confusing ...
You started a batch and ran out of 5L so switched to 2L but the 5L were cloudy at the end and the 2L was from the first half ?
The timeline is confusing. Can you explain what you saw and when you saw it ?
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Re: Interesting stratification
I did 3 stripping runs. The first two went into 5L bottles. The third stripping run went into 3 2L bottles. This bottle is the first 2L bottle of the third strilping run.