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Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-11T18:05:28+00:00

Please do - gin seems to be something that the AirStill is very good at, and it's a firm favourite in this house!

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Wed May 11, 2016 6:05 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-11T14:39:26+00:00

Just find that if I use to much
Juniper it gives me a harsh taste.
Also think, like others that if
you shut off at higher A.B.V. that
helps. Anyway we want quality not
quantity etc.
Hampk have a lovely Plymouth Gin
recipe which I will post later

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Wed May 11, 2016 2:39 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-11T12:28:10+00:00

Oh, that's significantly less juniper than I've been using.. that might explain a great deal. Thanks for that one Gaza - I shall be trying that out shortly.

Cheers

Hampk

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Wed May 11, 2016 12:28 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T15:43:04+00:00

Good idea. Might be worth putting sputnik in the title to avoid any confusion.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 10, 2016 3:43 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T14:45:06+00:00

Will post this and a favorite
of mine(Plymouth) on the recipe
page.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Tue May 10, 2016 2:45 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T13:59:23+00:00

Mash my tea gin recipe

10g Juniper
4g coriander seed
1 only Cardamon pod
3 only cuberb peppers
pinch Orris root
Lrg pinch Angelica
1/4 tsp Almond Extract
1 opened teabag.

Lightly crush all seeds
1.5 ltrs 45% neutral
1 ltr tap water
Use Sputnik & discard 1st 15ml
Collect down to 45%
Dilute to 45% with good bottled water
Drink !!!
Haven't suffered from louching so far.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Tue May 10, 2016 1:59 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T10:05:24+00:00

That's a great justification for buying a column! Sadly I've only contaminated 1 litre of neutral, so SWMBO is't going to sign off on it I fear.

I'm going to try discarding a little more than the 10ml I was slinging at the start of the run, and cut off sooner as well. And I'm also going to leave out anything that might add extra oils (citrus etc) until I have the juniper under control!

Cheers

Hampk

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Tue May 10, 2016 10:05 am

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T09:17:36+00:00

I was trying to establish if they are from Juniper or the citrus. I think we have the answer.

The idea was to freeze hard, invert and then re-distill the drainings ... but it sounds like thats not gonna work either.

So are we back to gin scented washer fluid (or buy a column)

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 10, 2016 9:17 am

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T08:42:24+00:00

My tea gin experiments have so far revolved around the three basic gin staples (juniper, coriander and angelica root) and varying quantities of different types of tea extracted from tea bags! I still get louching though, so I think my issues probably stem from the juniper.

Mash, I tried freeze-jacking the stuff I made over the weekend. I diluted it right down to about 20%, froze it for 24 hours, and inverted as you suggested. The resultant liquid (roughly 500ml) looks even more louched than before, although I had to leave things to get to work, so couldn't measure ABV etc.

I suspect that I have actually concentrated the oils in the alcohol, rather than stripped them out, although without knowing what ABV I've got out, that's only a theory.

Cheers

Hampk

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Tue May 10, 2016 8:42 am

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T06:52:31+00:00

That's a good observation. Whats your tea gin recipe?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 10, 2016 6:52 am

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-09T20:42:37+00:00

These oils are they coming from the
fruit content or the berries.
The only reason I say this it doesn't
happen with tea gin, no fruit in that

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Mon May 09, 2016 8:42 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-10T06:50:34+00:00

I think it might work. Dilute it down and see if the water will hold a bit of the flavour.
2 litre pop bottle I think.
Invert when frozen. Redistill.

If not, is gin scented screen was soo bad
"No officer it's the screen wash."

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Mon May 09, 2016 5:22 am

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-08T22:03:05+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I do chuck the first 10ml, but shape try upping this a bit to see if that improves things.

Let me know how your freeze-cleanup experiment goes, Mash, though I suspect ther is no easy way to clean the stuff back up again. Definitely less cumin next time - much less!

Cheers

Hampk

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Sun May 08, 2016 10:03 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-08T15:40:12+00:00

I upped it to 50% and that 'seemed' to cure it.

I think the oils in the first bit is key - but I don't like the idea of removing that flavour....and the original heads had been removed in the spirit run.

After all these experiments, I found cleaning up the spirit again a challenge. Carbon filtering gets say 3/4 of the botanicals flavours out, but back to neutral no way. I am going to test diluting it to 20% and then freezing it out.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Sun May 08, 2016 3:40 pm

Re: Sputnik Gin - Louching

2016-05-08T14:39:00+00:00

If its any help I shut off at 45%.

Statistics: Posted by gaza the instructor — Sun May 08, 2016 2:39 pm