Gin filtration

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Gin filtration

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Hey gang.

Are you filtering your gin prior to bottling? Or do you feel that takes away too much of the flavour?

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Definitely NOT carbon filtering. Too much a flavor killer.
I have a fine mesh (or you can use a coffee filter) to filter the botanicals/particles out.
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Why would you need to filter your gin?

Assuming you started with a clean neutral, there should be nothing you'd want to remove. If you're getting louching, add more neutral at bottling proof until it clears.
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How the hell are you guys making your gin that you need to filter it.?
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Saltbush Bill wrote:How the hell are you guys making your gin that you need to filter it.?
Odin's Gin. The botanicals go right into the neutral for 2 weeks maceration.
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Depending on your setup and recipe you may not even need to strain the botanical before running them.

"...Prior to bottling" would suggest that it's already been run; The final gin distillate should require no filtering.
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If you gin is cloudy at 40% take some neutral and up the % I normally do 43% for gin.. but 46% for most other bottling so will go upto there.

If a lot of the oil come over things can be cloudy. Just up the % a little till it goes away. Its a good thing that means you go the flavor your after.

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Time will also clear cloudiness.
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Saltbush Bill wrote:Time will also clear cloudiness.
Wish I knew that 2 years ago, I made a gin and had to keep it a 60% strength so it wouldn't cloud up
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After macerating I sieve the botanicals. Put part of them in tea eggs in the boiler and part in the ginbox.
After distilling I just store the gin at 80 or 85 %ABV and dilute to 43 %. I do not mind louching, as I consider it a sign of enough taste.
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