StillSmart

. Whilst I too often add a slice or two of lemon or lime to a G&T, I do like the Gin itself to carry the astringency of citrus overtones.

Me too.
You need to discover dried bitter orange peel ! Wow

I think the part of this post that threw me was the, stop at 60%.
I don't recall that post.
I stop around 30% and recycle anything that I don't like after a Gin run.

Robert

I only stop at 60% cause i only want the best.
If I collected down to 30% I would only throw that bit anyway.
As only doing 3 ltrs the difference between 60
and 39% will only be 300mls or so

@ Toper
I just set myself a figure of 60% as
approx. Its normally 55% B4 its switched
off. Alcohol behaves the same whether strip,
spirit or finished , the strength dwindles
so does the quality.Besides on 3ltrs we're
only talking 300mls or so.

Thanks for that Gaz'.

In much the same way as when I do my whisky, I have 4 x 23 litres of wash on the go. These, after stripping and spirit runs will hopefully produce sufficient for a number of gin runs. Whilst the 300ml on a single run seems small, that figure climbs significantly as a loss of high proof product across a number of runs.

Given the high quality neutral that many here produce, I had thought (hoped) that a lower cut off point might possibly have been used.

This is meant in no way as a criticism, indeed it was your posting which finally motivated me to attempt a Gin. I was just surprised at the cut off point, so raised the question.

@ Toper
From memory last run, 2ltrs neutral @40%
and 1ltr water.
Shut off @ 58%, gave me 816mls @71%.
Added 600ml Bottled best water.
Total just over 2 bottles of 42%
high quality Gin.
42% reduces the chance of the gin going
cloudy.(louching)
So not a bad score really, 2ltrs in,
1.4ltrs good Gin out


P.S. I love my Gin

Your numbers are making my head bleed, but you have a result.
Exellent.

Robert.

Dont worry Easydrinker, we will get
the nurse in my dreams round to stick
a plaster on your head.
You might like her

Interesting thread. If I'm making a London Dry gin then I always cut it off at 60% because to call it a London Dry Gin the final product before being watered down needs to be 70%+. Everything else I cut off at 45%

Not necessarily its up to you. I only want the best taste
in my Gin, so IMO cutting off at 55-60 does just that.
Some will say wasteful but wasting what 100mls or so.

gaza the instructor wrote:Not necessarily its up to you. I only want the best taste
in my Gin, so IMO cutting off at 55-60 does just that.
Some will say wasteful but wasting what 100mls or so.

Sure, we can all do what we want, that's the beauty of making our own booze, but everything I've read says that technically to call it a London Dry that's the process it has to go through.