To date a lot of development work has been done using 700ml of vodka @ 37.5% abv in our pilot still. We are now shifting over to using GNS reduced with water so the charge will be 1 litre at 60% abv.
Given the increase in total volume of charge and increase of alcohol I will be looking to increase the quantity of botanicals.
Question is, should the botanical weight increase be in proportion to increase in total charge or increase in volume of alcohol only. My gut feeling is the latter as it is the alcohol we're ultimately re-condensing with all congeners.
Anyone have experience of this transition upwards in volume and abv. Feedback greatly appreciated.
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