Hi all,
I'm new here :) first post. Been reading here for a while and learnt a lot.
I have a 5L copper alembic pot sill from Portugal.
I'm distilling red wine to finally make gin.
My brief process is:
1. distill 4L of red wine x 3 batches (make cuts to remove head & tails)
2. combine all the low wines and distill to clean up (make cuts to remove head & tails)
3. final botanical run (make cuts to remove head & tails) -,with final product being about 430ml @85% abv
The final gin is too sweet for my liking.
I only have a pot still. Is there any way to reduce the sweet flavour that I'm getting.
Will adding water to the 2nd and 3rd distillation runs assist in reducing the sweet flavour?
Will distilling white wine produce a less sweet product?
Thanks for your assistance in advance.