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  1. Sorry for the late reply. I provided the supplier with photos and also sent them a sample of the distillate. They told me there was nothing wrong with it. Clearly, there is a lot of something falling out of suspension at around 60%. Anyhow, I did fix it with a few passes through a 0.5 micron absolute filter. I was prepared for filtering it, I was just very surprised how much junk appeared in this product vs literally nothing appearing in my own house-made NGS. Lesson learned.
  2. I make a gin where the base spirit is distilled from wine from the grapes we grow here on our vineyard. It's not common, since there's more money in selling wine for the volume. But there's nothing that says you must use a grain based spirit for gin. My base spirit for this gin I wouldn't really classify as a typical neutral, since I don't go through a ton of trouble getting it close to what you can purchase as a base ethanol. But that works for me as it add something nice to my finished gin when it's distilled with the botanicals. In short, you have a lot of flexibility making gin. Just find what works for you.
  3. Thanks for the advice. I'll give that a go. I was just surprised that my own house-made GNS has never had this issue.
  4. Here's a couple of photos. They could be clearer, but I was worried about dropping my phone in the mixing tank.
  5. Hey all. If you purchased bulk GNS that was sold to you as already carbon filtered X times, would you reasonably assume that you would not have to do additional carbon filtration on it? I have some that went super cloudy right away adding distilled water, even after letting it sit for several days at 60%abv. There are also little patches of what look like perhaps fusel oils collected on the surface. I have not had this happen on GNS made in house. Just curious on your own experiences... whether I should just filter it myself again or if this was improperly made GNS. Thanks
  6. It's not exactly cheap to do, but my only suggestion would be to try to screen out some of that debris and send it out to a lab to figure out what it is.
  7. Is it at all possible that there's a closure failure happening here? I've seen a lot of weird things but this sort of debris in a clear spirit is totally new to me.
  8. I have a butterfly pea flower gin waiting in the wings for the FDA approval. Seems a bit unfair that we can't use it here, but it's allowed to be used in gins that are imported and sold here. But that is what it is.
  9. When I first applied for my DSP, I was originally declined because the TTB agent interpreted any parcel of land on which there was a residence as ineligible. I had to argue that my DSP would be on a piece of agricultural farm property of 60+ acres, and that the DSP would be located in an outbuilding 100 yards away from the residence. It was a heated discussion, since clearly farms almost always have a farmers house on the parcel of land and that is not unusual. In the end they demanded that I put a fence around my DSP in case someone from the residence...? I don't really know. In the end I was approved and everything is fine. But it seems like the TTB has discretion on a case by case basis to interpret the rules differently.
  10. I figured it could be about that long, but I can be patient with it. So far all the nurseries I've spoken to only carry "male" plants that put off pollen but no berries? I'll keep looking.
  11. Does anyone have a recommended juniper communis varietal that produces a good amount of berries? I'm thinking about putting in my own shrub/trees and wondering if anyone has any experience with choosing a good producer. Thanks
  12. I've had very good results using #3 15g barrel mill cooperage with a 100% malted barley whiskey, 12 months in. Sells very well and I personally really love how it turns out.
  13. Thanks for the input. Here's the final product. So far it's going over very well.
  14. It took me about 6 weeks to get my account setup with FedEx. It definitely wasn't quick. The entire process had to go through a rep, so keep contacting them regularly to see where you are with it. Good luck.
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