LaChascona Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Anyone have any information on distilling cucumber? Maceration or Vapor. Ratios? I am worried about the oils of the cucumber coagulating in the final product. Any ideas? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 IMHO - vacuum distillation of cucumber yields the truest aroma. The skin, flesh, and seed all have unique aroma. One of these is a negative, removing it improves the distillate aroma tremendously. I won’t tell you which. If that’s not an option, I’ve found maceration to yield a better profile than high temperature vapor distillation. For me, cucumber can take on a stewed profile, where you lose that crisp aroma of a fresh cut cucumber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaChascona Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Thanks Silk city. I know which is negative, hahaha What about long term problems with the oils from the cucumber becoming visible after awhile in the finished product. The small experiments that I have done never sat around long enough to see. Have you ever had of seen any issues with this? Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I’ve never had an issue with oils, but my use of cucumber is as a minor player. You could look to remove the seed and maybe even skin to reduce the potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZdrinking Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I know a distiller that used cucumber water in the proofing process to add the fresh flavors without getting the stewed characters that can come over in distillation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaChascona Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Thanks for the info EZ. Do you know if he had to do any filtration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZdrinking Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 minute ago, LaChascona said: Thanks for the info EZ. Do you know if he had to do any filtration? Sorry I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaChascona Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 no worries, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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