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Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-05T01:07:39+00:00

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Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:07 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-04T03:14:38+00:00

I started the topic full of cynical scepticism, but am now thinking about it as a layer of blending, especially after microwave oven type acceleration of traditional processes.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:14 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-04T02:20:28+00:00

It was your comment about re-pot distilling is where I was coming from.
Not disputing what came before.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:20 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-04T01:22:36+00:00

I really don't know.

Navy rum was 57%+? and produced in wooden stills?

Bacardi is a rum that is matured and then filtered back to clear/white (and most of us can replicate to a degree without long aging)

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:22 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-02T22:54:39+00:00

Not so sure on the last 14 words here, not disputing the comments before them.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:54 pm

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-02T00:06:30+00:00

I kinda found an odd answer to this after I posted.

Navy rum used to be made in wooden stills (really!) and bacardi is oaked after distillation then filtered at least, so there's a lot of room for re-pot distilling rums later in their development.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Fri Dec 02, 2016 12:06 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-12-01T21:34:28+00:00

You cannae improve upon perfection laddie!

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:34 pm

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-11-30T07:57:27+00:00

I once had a cunning plan that I would make more neutral than I needed, and after each new batch, keep all my leftover good drinking Neutral from my last batch and save it up in a cornie keg, then once it was full I was going to run it though my reflux still again, make cuts again and filter it again, to make a super pure premium version.

Unfortunately such a surplus has never existed, maybe one day.

Statistics: Posted by Anavrin — Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:57 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-11-29T03:13:49+00:00

Thanks. This concurs with my own thoughts. Just wanted to check I wasn't missing anything.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:13 am

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-11-27T23:47:35+00:00

IMHO, if you make good cuts after a second distillation, you will gain nothing from a further distillation, if chasing a neutral spirit.
I think Anavrin said the same thing using different words.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:47 pm

Re: re-distilling after cuts

2016-11-27T22:25:30+00:00

If you screw your cuts up you could redistil again, also I guess if you wanted to increase the ABV or wasn't happy with the cleaness of the hearts cut from a pot still you could also run it again.

Statistics: Posted by Anavrin — Sun Nov 27, 2016 10:25 pm

re-distilling after cuts

2016-11-27T19:38:46+00:00

Something another member mentioned has me pondering.

Distillation does not create anything.

Most of us double distill and make cuts after the second distillation.

What (if any) are the advantages of distilling again after cuts have been made?

(this primarily applies to a pot still without bubblers/thumper etc, I assume?)

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:38 pm