GINKING wrote:I put the botanicals in the pot with 1L of 95% neutral for 1 hour, then added 1.3 litres of water and then pot stilled it using my copper alembic 5L still.
GINKING wrote:I only macerated for 1 hour before staring the heat source. Next time I will macerate for 20 hours or so before distilling. I'll also change 1 thing. Not sure what though....
I don't think I had any pith as I zested the orange as the left over orange didn't look like the pith was exposed.
Do you think the lime (too much / not enough) maybe caused that bitter flavour?
I do remember the first 120mls that I didn't keep smelt nice and citrusy (maybe I should have kept it...I threw it out cause you always throw out the first bits).
The neutral was a very aggressive hearts cut - under this case do I need to throw anything out?
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