1 2many wrote:Ok another curve ball , what if we held the distillate at say 10-12 deg and aerated with warmer air eg: 35- 60 or what ever deg to help isolate the good bits from the bad bits. :-B
Yummyrum wrote:1 2many wrote:Ok another curve ball , what if we held the distillate at say 10-12 deg and aerated with warmer air eg: 35- 60 or what ever deg to help isolate the good bits from the bad bits. :-B
Recon you might need some kind of fridge setup to hold it at that temp,with all that hot air blowing through it,the distillate would heat up really quickly I'd imagine
xcvator wrote:Just wondering who is using this method now and are the results worth the effort, not that there is much effort, which I like coz I'm a lazy old bastard.
the Doctor wrote:xcvator wrote:Just wondering who is using this method now and are the results worth the effort, not that there is much effort, which I like coz I'm a lazy old bastard.
I have been distilling for thirty years, over that time i have heard every BS theory on how to age spirits....and most are exactly that B.S..... Aeration is one of the few inexpensive ways to expedite ageing that works.... We use it in the daily manufacture of our spirits. Aeration is the single biggest impact you can have to the ageing process beyond good oak...but there is a cost ...the angels share is greater...but a small price to pay.
Doc
xcvator wrote::handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Thanks Doc, I know what I'm going to be doing tomorrow afternoon :-D :-D
rumsponge wrote:Great thread,
I was wondering,.. if the purpose of aeration is simply to increase circulation, has anyone tried to use a magnetic stirr bar/stirrer setup instead ? One should be able to do this in a closed vessel, so I assume the angles share will be lower. Or is there more to aeration than just circulation?
xcvator wrote:I got my pump ok and made up some copper tube aerators , seems to running ok atm
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