RevolutionSpirits Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I've been developing my gin recipe using exclusively maceration (my R&D still doesn't have a gin basket), but I do have a basket for my production still and would like to use it for at least some of the ingredients. From what I've seen, vapor extraction seems to concentrate the botanicals significantly more than maceration, and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for what that ratio might look like. Have any of you scaled a recipe in this way? Or, without getting into anything proprietary, can any of you give me some insight into the general ratio of juniper to distillate that you're using in a basket as opposed to maceration? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelo Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Old thread, but we are just getting into Gin....Coming off the still at 180 I'm not really smelling a heavy juniper aroma. When I dilute it though the aroma begins to emerge, why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacchareligious Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Think of aroma as a chemical's lack of attraction to a liquid. Lots of aroma compounds have a high affinity for non-polar solvents, like ethanol. As such they are tightly retained in a spirit with very high proof. On the converse, many aromas are less soluble in water. And adding such can decrease their retention in the bulk liquid and allow them to enter the headspace for detection as an aroma compound. This is one reason why a spirit's proof is less than a trivial number. By changing the proof, one can adjust the balance of compounds that enter the headspace and thereby affect how it's perceived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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