reflux vs. pot revisited.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:49 am
Well..
Up to my 5th generation UJSM (run 2 fermentations and alternate them), and FINALLY made the decision to stop using a de-tuned reflux and try a straight up pot distillation.
I still have to wait a while for my last batch to finish aging in the barrel to really see how well it went after aging, but I can already smell and taste a significant difference in the distillate (after heads it started coming off at 70% and dropped to 60% before I decided the taste had... bad bits.. and switched to collecting tails)
From reading posts from other pot distillers I get the impression I should keep the result and re-run once I have more, but to be honest, I'm tempted to age a couple of litres as is, because the % is "right", and the taste seems significantly stronger than my previous UJSM runs already.
I guess I'm just worried that a second distillation will strip the taste away.
Up to my 5th generation UJSM (run 2 fermentations and alternate them), and FINALLY made the decision to stop using a de-tuned reflux and try a straight up pot distillation.
I still have to wait a while for my last batch to finish aging in the barrel to really see how well it went after aging, but I can already smell and taste a significant difference in the distillate (after heads it started coming off at 70% and dropped to 60% before I decided the taste had... bad bits.. and switched to collecting tails)
From reading posts from other pot distillers I get the impression I should keep the result and re-run once I have more, but to be honest, I'm tempted to age a couple of litres as is, because the % is "right", and the taste seems significantly stronger than my previous UJSM runs already.
I guess I'm just worried that a second distillation will strip the taste away.