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‎Attempt#2

Per Jessen at 20:28, 25 October 2020

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	'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3. This was my first run with the nex reflux cooler - I wonder if this nice high volume output and the steep drop is due to that.		'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3. This was my first run with the nex reflux cooler - I wonder if this nice high volume output and the steep drop is due to that.
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−	~~===August 2021===~~
−	Being about halfway through distilling the 2020 mashes, the 25 litre glass bottles are filling up. Two full, a third going. Originally I wanted to keep the output from the same fruit separate, and then make a second run, but I screwed it up and accidentally mixed the outputs. I had hoped to have "clean" schnaps from Schneider, Golden, Boskoop etc.
−
−	~~Well, I don't. Not this time anyway. So instead I'll be making gin. I have studied the topic a little, watched some videos etc.~~
−	~~There are two-three ways of adding flavour -~~
−
−	~~vapour infusion / gin basket.~~
−
−	~~macerated botanicals~~
−
−	~~combined, macerate the 'hard', infuse with the soft (fruit, peels etc).~~
−
−	~~I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.~~
−
−	~~One recipe I came across on my internet ravels - "Odin's Easy Gin":~~
−
−	~~Per 1000ml of 45% ethanol:~~
−	~~14g juniper, 3g coriander, peel of one tangerine orange.~~
−
−	~~Macerate/soak for two weeks, filter out solids, then distill. (with immersion heater)~~
−	~~Macerate/soak for 24 hours, then distill. (indirect heating).~~
−
−	~~'''New still''' I want to build a new, but smaller still for working on flavours. If I make ten 1000ml mixes, it has to be easy to process them.~~
−	I think a 3litre pot will be a good option - 1000ml of mash, 1000ml water. I have two straight Liebig coolers, the 29/32 ought to work. Adding a gin basket might not be so easy though - unless I use one of the pasta cookers I have. Might be something to experiment with.
−
−	~~I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.~~
−
−	'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of low-grade ethanol at 30% and 35%, respectively. I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.
−	~~For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add some of the methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water. Total volume about 25 litres, should make~~
−	decent material for three-four runs. Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go. 5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres. In principle, the methylalcohol should come right back out, but when I did

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 I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.
-'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at 35% and nn %, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.
+'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of low-grade ethanol at 30% and 35%, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.
-For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add 2 litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25 litres, should make
+For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add some of the methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25 litres, should make
-decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.
+decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.  In principle, the methylalcohol should come right back out, but when I did

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 I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.
-'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at x and y %, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating for years.
+'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at 35% and nn %, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating over the years.
-For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add 2 litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25litres, should make
+For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add 2 litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25 litres, should make
 decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.

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 I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.
-'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at x and y %, respectively.  I also have two 5litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been evaporating for years.
+'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at x and y %, respectively.  I also have two 5 litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been slowly evaporating for years.
-For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12litres of the ethanol, add 2litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25litres, should make
+For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12 litres of the ethanol, add 2 litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water.  Total volume about 25litres, should make
-decent material for three-four runs.
+decent material for three-four runs.  Maybe wait to finish the 2021 distillations, there are five 100 litre vats still to go.  5 x 3 x 1.5 = 22.5 litres.

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	I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.		I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.
		+
		+	'''Clean ethanol for making gin''' I currently have 2 x 25 litres of ethanol at x and y %, respectively. I also have two 5litre bottles of methylalcohol, that has been evaporating for years.
		+	For producing a clean higher volume ethanol, I intend to take 12litres of the ethanol, add 2litres of methylalcohol and maybe 10 litres of water. Total volume about 25litres, should make
		+	decent material for three-four runs.

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	'''New still''' I want to build a new, but smaller still for working on flavours. If I make ten 1000ml mixes, it has to be easy to process them.		'''New still''' I want to build a new, but smaller still for working on flavours. If I make ten 1000ml mixes, it has to be easy to process them.
−	I think a 3litre pot will be a good option - 1000ml of mash, 1000ml water. I have two Liebig coolers, ~~that~~ ought to work. Adding a gin basket might not be so ~~eays~~ though - unless I use one of the pasta cookers I have. Might be something to experiment with.	+	I think a 3litre pot will be a good option - 1000ml of mash, 1000ml water. I have two straight Liebig coolers, the 29/32 ought to work. Adding a gin basket might not be so easy though - unless I use one of the pasta cookers I have. Might be something to experiment with.
		+
		+	I guess I'll need to use 12mm copper tubing, otherwise I have difficulty getting the fittings.

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	I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.		I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.
		+
		+	One recipe I came across on my internet ravels - "Odin's Easy Gin":
		+
		+	Per 1000ml of 45% ethanol:
		+	14g juniper, 3g coriander, peel of one tangerine orange.
		+
		+	Macerate/soak for two weeks, filter out solids, then distill. (with immersion heater)
		+	Macerate/soak for 24 hours, then distill. (indirect heating).
		+
		+	'''New still''' I want to build a new, but smaller still for working on flavours. If I make ten 1000ml mixes, it has to be easy to process them.
		+	I think a 3litre pot will be a good option - 1000ml of mash, 1000ml water. I have two Liebig coolers, that ought to work. Adding a gin basket might not be so eays though - unless I use one of the pasta cookers I have. Might be something to experiment with.

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	'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3. This was my first run with the nex reflux cooler - I wonder if this nice high volume output and the steep drop is due to that.		'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3. This was my first run with the nex reflux cooler - I wonder if this nice high volume output and the steep drop is due to that.
		+
		+	===August 2021===
		+	Being about halfway through distilling the 2020 mashes, the 25 litre glass bottles are filling up. Two full, a third going. Originally I wanted to keep the output from the same fruit separate, and then make a second run, but I screwed it up and accidentally mixed the outputs. I had hoped to have "clean" schnaps from Schneider, Golden, Boskoop etc.
		+
		+	Well, I don't. Not this time anyway. So instead I'll be making gin. I have studied the topic a little, watched some videos etc.
		+	There are two-three ways of adding flavour -
		+
		+	vapour infusion / gin basket.
		+
		+	macerated botanicals
		+
		+	combined, macerate the 'hard', infuse with the soft (fruit, peels etc).
		+
		+	I have also seen someone mention that keeping the macerated mix at 70C over night made for more intense flavours.

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	'''2020/09/05''' Have distilled bottle#1, after having stewed for four months. The juniper berries all sank to the bottom. I added 10litres of water (approx). Yield was 4 litres at a total of 70 (to be determined), plus 400ml at 60 - the latter did not have a particularly strong juniper flavour. About 2litres of <30% to go back into bottle#3.		'''2020/09/05''' Have distilled bottle#1, after having stewed for four months. The juniper berries all sank to the bottom. I added 10litres of water (approx). Yield was 4 litres at a total of 70 (to be determined), plus 400ml at 60 - the latter did not have a particularly strong juniper flavour. About 2litres of <30% to go back into bottle#3.

−	'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3.	+	'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3. This was my first run with the nex reflux cooler - I wonder if this nice high volume output and the steep drop is due to that.

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	'''2020/09/05''' Have distilled bottle#1, after having stewed for four months. The juniper berries all sank to the bottom. I added 10litres of water (approx). Yield was 4 litres at a total of 70 (to be determined), plus 400ml at 60 - the latter did not have a particularly strong juniper flavour. About 2litres of <30% to go back into bottle#3.		'''2020/09/05''' Have distilled bottle#1, after having stewed for four months. The juniper berries all sank to the bottom. I added 10litres of water (approx). Yield was 4 litres at a total of 70 (to be determined), plus 400ml at 60 - the latter did not have a particularly strong juniper flavour. About 2litres of <30% to go back into bottle#3.
		+
		+	'''2020/10/25''' Have distilled bottle#2, having stewed since June, so also about four months. I added 6-7-8 litres of water. Yield about 2.8 litres at 80%, then output dropped straight back to 30. Maybe one litre for bottle#3.