Cleaning "dud" spirits?

[brewnovice]

When experimenting, I have created a few bottles of neutral spirit, which I have flavored with some herbs etc, but I was not happy with the outcome, therefore I do not want to drink it. Is there a process whereby I can collect all this rubbish and re-distill or re-filter it to try and strip off the flavors and return it close to a neutral spirit again? I currently have some going through my pot still which I have never done before, and it is making a very high alcohol, with almost all the colour gone, but some of the flavors still remain. Any tips so as not to waste this precious liquid

I actually dont care if the answer is "tip it down the sink", but it is always good to avoid waste if possible.

Kev

[Dnderhead]

dilute and rerun,reflux if you have one, some flavors are hard to remove.or you could flavor with something that will
cover or complement the flavors you have.

[Ayay]

Hi brewnovice, you can re-run the mistakes again but a reflux will sort it out quicker than a pot. Then there is the activated carbon which will soak up the nasties along with the flavour. Sometimes activated carbon for a few days is more effective than the cost of a re-run in time and energy.

[sparky marky]

Flavoured with herbs.... Which ones?
I once came across a recipe for vodka pasta. It put vodka into a tomato based pasta sauce right before serving. I tried it and liked it ok. It made me feel cheeky and like I had a secret so I ate it with a grin.

It later occured to me that the "secret" was that I might be an alcoholic....


I think my point is that it might work in food?

[Bushman]

Another option is to add more neutral to the infused vodka. If you read up on infusion you will find that if you over infuse by adding to much or leaving it in your vessel to long you can dilute it by adding more neutral. If the flavor is just that intolerable then I would suggest one of the other suggestions mentioned

[aqua vitae]

I'd try to rerun it in a reflux column if you have one available. If there still is some taste left I'd filter it through activated carbon.

[WeeStiller]

Before rerunning, you could try carbon filtering first. Put the carbon in a coffee filter or two and very slowly pour on the liquor. If that doesn't clean it, you probably have to rerun it. I also cleaned up All Bran whisky that tasted to woody by freezing it, then thawing it - it was cloudy after thawing - and then pouring it through a coffee filter. I'm sipping a three week old All Bran whiskey right now, and it's not bad at all.

[Samohon]

Yeah, dilute and reflux slowly...
I remember I had a couple of bottles of over wooded ujssm, I just threw them into the feigns jar and run it with the next batch...

[Redfoot]

My first time making corn whisky didn't turn out so good. Even after letting it age a long spell. So i figured what the heck. I took a blow torch to a short length of white oak and turned it into charcoal. I gave it a good washing with the garden hose then let it dry in the sun. I soaked it in the whisky for a couple of months and. Waa laa! not bad.