Dig Brinker wrote:I usually run similar volume, 25 litres at 30ish %. I only use 1 basket, I don’t change botanicals. BUT I normally run off close to 2 litres (heads and some neutral, after fores) before I add the basket. Gives great flavour into tails and usually get around 4.5 ish litres of 92% gin. Used cassia bark in my last gin as opposed to cinnamon, was definitely noticeable going into tails and has given this batch a less citrus tang with a more woody (for want of a better term) ending.
If you keep changing botanicals you get the juniper & citrus more pronounced, but if you don’t leave it in long enough you will miss out on the heavier herbs at the end.
Have your other runs been ok or not enough flavour?
Hi, I am looking to do this run strategy with the same volume and %abv as above with one basket and collecting cuts (for later blending) down to 30%abv. The amount of alcohol is about double what the original recipe of 25L TPW was, so I assume you double the amount of botanicals the recipe states? I have read the whole thread and it is not clear to me what the boiler fill should be for the amount of botanicals loaded. Most talk about final volume they collected or their initial ferment quantities. There is mention of 25 - 35 grams of botanicals per litre of finished product rule (at 45%abv recommended) The recipe does not state the weights of many of the ingredients. For the original recipe, with 50g of juniper and assuming all the other ingredients are another 50g then a double amount would be 200g which is about 6- 8L litres of final product at 45%abv. according to the above rule.
So a boiler charge of 25L at 30% is about 8L at 92%. Collect 2L as heads then 4.5L at 92% plus the remainder down to 30% that's maybe another 2 litres. This, after blending back some tails is going to be about 10L of final product. A bit more than the above rule but going deeper into tails maybe.
So my question is am I correct and I can use the double quantity of botanicals the recipe states for this boiler fill? Sorry about my lack of understanding but I just need the right information from those that know Gin and this recipe better than me.
Regards,
Peter C.