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  1. Lots of good insight in this thread, and after further experiment I've changed my tune. Copperstill had a good point and got me thinking I've done further tests and can see do difference between adding the water to the alcohol or the alcohol to the water. I'm not sure what was happening before, but perhaps my temps between the water and alcohol were not the same. I'm not done looking into the issue, but at this point I'm thinking that I retract my earlier posts. Good to keep learning, it's one of the draws for me.
  2. Information was given to me by a longtime trusted member of another forum. I'm afraid I'm I'll prepared to discuss seponafication, but would gather from my limited experience (described a post above yours) that the opposite is happening which i'm speculating is causing the hazing. I certainly cannot discuss at a chemical level, but it works for me. This past weekend I had the time to do a side by side test. Same rum from a charred barrel, same distilled water, side by side same day. When I add the water to my rum it hazes within 10 minutes. When I add the rum to the water, zero hazing. I cant say I know much more than that.
  3. I had the same issue with clouding during dilution after barrel aging. Was informed to add the alcohol to the water vs other way around....instantly cured my issue which made me a believer. I've no clue of the science behind it, but for me at least it made all the difference. The longer story: My experience was this; after my first dilution and subsequent clouding I thought maybe my distilled water was impure. For the next batch I bought some new, different brand distilled water which gave the same result. For kicks I even tried a (small) batch with tap water again yielding the same result. Was then given the above advise from a trusted forum member and have never again experienced cloudiness after diluting. I've no clue if you'd see am impact dealing with ratios from 1,000 liters diluting with only a few liters of water...may very well not make a difference. For my barrels in question I was aging at a little higher than normal ABV (72%) so my amount of water being added was a decent amount. I guess at a minimum, for those experiencing clouding, it's worth giving it a try. Sure worked for me.
  4. The alcohol should always be added to the water when diluting (not the water to the alcohol), also as previously indicated both should be at the same temp. Very common for barrel aged alcohol to go cloudy if not diluted properly.
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