The long and storied history of distilled spirits.
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blind drunk
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by blind drunk » Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:30 pm
Thanks Euro, that was good. 1 year in stainless tanks before bottling, that was interesting. Are they hiring

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kiwistiller
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by kiwistiller » Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:31 pm
Thanks doc, nice to see you round

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condensificator
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by condensificator » Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:23 pm
very cool! i'll be trying to make some grappa soon, the elders have a bunch of wine grape crushings to share with me. i'll have to play these vids while i'm getting it going.
thanks!
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by Hutch- » Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:09 pm
One thing I don't get is if they're heating the pomace directly with steam, don't they get a lot of water mixed with the low wines. Unless I missed something those pressurized boilers used steam injection.
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EuroStiller
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by EuroStiller » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:58 pm
Hutch
They are both heating with steam and injecting steam. You did miss something because the video did not go into detail about discontinuous distillation. After the vapor leave the pot the pass through a rectification tower that remove everything but the ETOH. The methanol and low wines are saved for blending. After its use in grappa making, the technology was later used in the the prodution of super premimum vodkas and netural spirits where the spirit goes through multiple rectification towers, each removing a specific impurity. Hope this answers your question.
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