Carol wrote:My current gin experiments involve creating a strongly flavoured gin extract ( see recipe for Zymurgy Bob's gin extract on this forum). I use the little air still to distill the macerated liquid....So while you are working out what you need you could experiment with the air still and your locally foraged botanicals to get an idea of flavours etc.
Carol wrote:Then I run the lot through the air still and I get a very strong gin extract.
Carol wrote:Do you have an alcometer? When you run the air still you can check the ABV so you can decide when to stop. Is that what you were doing before?
Carol wrote:There is a very good article on running an airstill to get the best result - it is time consuming as it involces double distilling but if you are on a tight budget it makes a big difference in the quality of the product.. Have you read that ? Search on this site will find it for you.
Carol wrote:If i am doing gin extract I just let it do its thing without worrying too much about how many drops etc.
Carol wrote:WBAB would be fine - I use a Tomato paste wash because i have a boka and pot and just use the little air still when I am playing with botanicals. That is not a good idea if you only have an air still.
iOnaBender wrote:Welcome vandaemon, you have certainly come to right place for information and friendly advice
Carol wrote:What did you do in your previous run with the air still?
Carol wrote:If you still have some of that "neutral" maybe you could try the double distilling method in the air still article and see how it turns out.
Wellsy wrote:.... I put the out put into 100 mil jars and did cuts from there. The result was quite passable. Give it a whirl mate you have nothing to loose
Wellsy wrote:I borrowed another forum members airstill as he was having issues with it.
I distilled 4 x 4 litre washes (wheat bix All Bran ) then diluted back to 40% and distilled again.
The second distillation took a lot longer than the previous ones, I put the out put into 100 mil jars and did cuts from there.
The result was quite passable. Give it a whirl mate you have nothing to loose
southern45 wrote:Wellsy wrote:The result was quite passable. Give it a whirl mate you have nothing to loose
This is how I used to run my AirStill also, fairly time consuming but it does give a good enough neutral at the end of it.
Carol wrote:Do you have an alcometer? When you run the air still you can check the ABV so you can decide when to stop.
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