I then cut the shine down to my target ABV off 37% using distilled water, however after adding the water the shine has gone from perfectly clear to being slightly cloudy. I've used the same batch of distilled water for other dilutions recently and not had the same problem, so the water itself is not the issue. I was wondering if anybody had any theories as to what may have caused the cloudyness to appear after cutting with distilled water?
The intention is to place the honey shine onto charred american white oak sticks (I've cut and charred myself fro a large chunk of timber) in glass and then sweeten a little by adding a small amount of honey. However, before I took this step I would like to try and understand the clear to cloudy behaviour. Does anybody have any suggestions or theories as to what might cause the cloudyness? Is there a better approach to sweetening a honey shine? For example, I'm considering hooking up my doubler with honey diluted into the mix which should impart some of the sweetness.
I am considering running it through a carbon filter to see if it will clean up the cloudyness, however without knowing why it's cloudy I don't know if this would work, thus wanting to learn more before locking in my next steps
Thanks in advance for any replies.
