tipk99 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Has anyone ever added NGS to their fermented mash before distilling to boost yield? Other than for "purist" reasons, is there a reason not to do this? For example... ferment grains to yield a 8-9% ABV wash - add NGS to boost to 30% or even 40% (like an artificial stripping run) then distill to get final product. Just curious how well it did or didn't work... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffw Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I guess it just depends what you are trying to make...vodka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipk99 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yes, for Vodka... For example - I want to make a 100% ferment my own, distill my own, higher end vodka... but I'm considering also making a middle of the road product too. So I could take some of my fermentation, add some NGS to increase yield and distill it once. Doing this rather than distilling my fermentation, and also running NGS through the still and making cuts, and then blending after the fact. Seems like that would be 2 distillations, where blending pre distillation would result in one - killing two birds with one stone. Just curious if anyone else has done it like this, and if my thinking is particularly faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natrat Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I haven't done this, but every time I talk to UltraPure, they try to talk me into it But I don't see a problem. When I run some kinds of spirits, I will add my low wines from stripping back into my last fermented mash and do a spirit run. Sort of a hybrid thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipk99 Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 Thanks Natrat, I take it UltraPure is a maker of NGS? Do they have a good or bad reputation? If you are into the NGS thing that is... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 tipk99, Did you try it? If you did how did things turn out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendodistilling Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The main reason against it would simply be economics, you buy it as a finished product, so why redistill something so clean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendodistilling Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You would just increase the time you have to collect hearts and honestly unless you have a large column then the product may come out less clean than it started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fldme Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Things like this is why back years ago, Colonel EH Taylor, who was a big proponent of it pushed for and got passed the bottled in bond act. It may take something like that again to reign in all of the shortcuts that are utterly rubbish. If you have to add gns to a run to make it run better, then you need to learn how to ferment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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