Water for reducing percentage...

[captainfog]

Has anyone considered using their stills "down time" to produce their own distilled water?
That would work.
And no-one to blame but the distiller.

Robert.

Yes, Before doing a gin run I always distil some water to use for reducing the ABV.

[Easydrinker]

Good man.
That is what I mean.

Robert.

[captainfog]

Good man.
That is what I mean.

Robert.

Worth mentioning that I normally throw the first 200ml of water away just in case it contains any off flavours picked up from the tubes of my airstill. If i've not done a water run for a while the initial drops can sometimes have a feint off smell, so I think it's good to do this regularly anyway as a way of keeping the still clean.

[Mash]

Good point.

[captainfog]

Doing a water run now, actually! Another thing I've found is that the water doesn't keep. Longer than 2 or 3 weeks and it'll start to smell stagnant. I've tried keeping it in kilner flip top bottles, plastic screw top bottles but the results are always the same, so now I just do a new water run before every batch of gin runs. Will make enough today to use over the coming week (I've got about 8 litres of neutral ready to go).

[Mash]

I think mine might need a vinegar run first to clean it up.

[gaza the instructor]

Think I might try that on the wife Mash.