StillSmart

well i distilled a wash and it came out at about 93ish% abv and i was pleased with that as it was crystal clear.... but after i added water, it went slightly hazy/milky and im sure i read on here somewhere that you have to add the water in a certain way but i cant find it..

iv now got a layer of what looks like "white fluff" in the bottom of the demi john but if i shake or disturb it, it turns the spirit cloudy again.....

btw, i cut it to 40% with tap water if that helps..

probably just calcium in the tap water coming out of suspension - single malts are often kept above 46% to stop this happening - commercial outfits mixing below this will chill filter the spirit to prevent sediment or cloudiness.

Use bottled spring if your water is hard, or keep it above 46%. If you have some high proof on hand, try mixing it in to see if it goes back into suspension.

I live in a hardwater area and I always use distilled water produced with my airstill. No problems at all with cloudy spirit

lyon.... i never had it with the airstill either !...

i only got it when i used the t500.....il try filtering to see if that helps.

al.

I doubt its got anything to do with the type of still - as none of the offending minerals should carry over into the distillate.

I would guess its more to do with temperature that the let down spirit is stored at - sometimes they come out of suspension, sometimes they don't - its a mystery.

I have really nice soft water, and I have had problems with sediment before. Now I store most things above 46% which I have read helps prevent sediment or clouding when mixing - haven't had any issues since then using my tap water to water spirit down.

Hi there think ive read somewhere that if you haven't washed your carbon through enough the minerals can come from there causing this problem

i suffer this problem of cloudy spirits, normally on tap water but mixed with spring water today and that went cloudy too for the first time? could this be a temperature thing? i too never had this problem with tap water on my airstill but have it on the t500, i shall be replacing the plastic pipe and tap with copper / stainless