■ 🕑 53. Spirit run results
│ Pretty happy with the yields I got from $14 worth of sugar and trivial
│ amounts of bran, tomato, and yeast. Water and electric are cheap so I'm
│ not factoring them in to the total price.
│
│ > Phase 1
│ 60 L of sugar wine (12kg sugar)
│
│ Distilling these in 20L batches gave me..
│
│ > Phase 2
│ 20 L of 35% low wines
│
│ Distilled slow, collected in small jars gave me...
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│ > Phase 3
│ ~7 liters boiled out
│ ~4 liters of heads and tails to save for a rainy day
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│ ~3 liters "hearts" (all with consistent ABV, 70%)
│ ~6 liters 40% spirit, dilute with water
│ ~8x 750ml bottles of 40% spirit, will be turned into gin
│
└─■ 🕑 54.
I wanted to make a ton of gin but I forgot to do inventory on my
juniper berry stash.
Using this recipe, per liter :
- 15g crushed juniper
- 5g crushed coriander
- 1/4 lemon peel
- 1/4 lime peel
- pinch various spices
I steeped 2.5L of "gin" overnight, then took out the citrus peels and
threw it all in the boiler. Heating up now but I'm looking forward to
this.