@Unsensibel rose hip adds a pleasant sweetness, it does take a fairly significant amount through the vapor path. I've yet to try infusion. Cilantro seems to be popular (little goes a long way) and I personally want to give spruce a try
For maceration or vapour?
Fine'ish for in the boiler but I'd go for coarse in the column, more of a shred.
You want to increase surface area for good vapour contact but open enough so you don't plug. Panko? JMO
Coriander a smash fine with a big ol' mallet haha. I actually don't do anything to the Juniper. Fresh herbs I scrunch to break the capillaries. Fresh fruit flesh/peel I just cut what I need and add it to the basket last out of habit.
@CothermanDistilling said:
I wanna see you biceps after using a hammer on a couple quart sized containers of coriander ;-)
I brew a coriander Märzen. I've found that a baker's rolling pin does a good job of getting the desired coriander crack. Put the seeds between two layers of cling wrap and let'r rip.
My roller mill over-does it.
I grow my own coriander (seeds)/cilantro (leaves). Extremely easy to grow.
I have also used this coffee grinder, but it moves too fast and if there is the slightest bit of 'gumminess' to the botanical, it will foul the burrs... and you have to run the cleaning pellets through it before using it for coffee again... the hand grinder does not have this problem, and the burrs are coarse and easy to clean.
Always thought the problem with those blade grinders was heat ... and the fact that they completely obliterate the botanical. Even a short pulse will create a significant volume of fine particles. Also, the level of crush is nearly impossible to repeat, unlike burr or rollers.
I didn't say it was the best thing ever. :P
My stillage is certainly brown when I'm done, probably a mix of coriander powder and cinnamon extract. Coriander is the only thing that gets any powder, though.
I am going to try it on 45% malt barley low wines tomorrow night, and then do an identical low wine run through 2 or 3 8" CD plates with an RC on just enough to keep the plates going...
this is for R&D mainly, but my UniKeggle is modular with the 8" TC on it...
With just a straight 2" tube to the condenser, output at the parrot with 1 element is 100ml/min, 2 elements is 300ml/min, and 3 elements is 500ml/min. If you chart a line, I am creating approximately 200, 400, 600ml/min and passively refluxing ~100ml/min..
I will chart 1,2,3 elements on with this and see how much more it refluxes... as a bonus, it will knock down some foam... and have me doing 'Monty Python' quotes while distilling...
as fast as you condenser can take it, my 4"x1m can handle 3 elements, 16.5kw on the ragged edge, that is a bit over 30L/hr and I do not have any packing in the condenser... so 6 hours of run time
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@Unsensibel rose hip adds a pleasant sweetness, it does take a fairly significant amount through the vapor path. I've yet to try infusion. Cilantro seems to be popular (little goes a long way) and I personally want to give spruce a try
Please can I ask a stupid question...... How fine are you grinding your botanicals .... Juniper especially.
For maceration or vapour?
Fine'ish for in the boiler but I'd go for coarse in the column, more of a shred.
You want to increase surface area for good vapour contact but open enough so you don't plug. Panko? JMO
Vapour. In the past I have only bruised botanicals before inserting into the basket.
Coriander a smash fine with a big ol' mallet haha. I actually don't do anything to the Juniper. Fresh herbs I scrunch to break the capillaries. Fresh fruit flesh/peel I just cut what I need and add it to the basket last out of habit.
A full glass and an empty schedule. Why not?
I tried juniper with the skin unbroken, the berries had most of their flavor after inside being in 2 hours of vapor path...
For Juniper, I use a crankandstein 220c (feed and seed mill)
For barley and corriander, I bought one of their first 3-roller mills, a 320D, back in 2004, and it still works like new...
I have the gap if the juniper mill set at double the malt mill, I beleive they are at 0.080" and 0.040"
I wanna see you biceps after using a hammer on a couple quart sized containers of coriander ;-)
I brew a coriander Märzen. I've found that a baker's rolling pin does a good job of getting the desired coriander crack. Put the seeds between two layers of cling wrap and let'r rip.
My roller mill over-does it.
I grow my own coriander (seeds)/cilantro (leaves). Extremely easy to grow.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
again, 2 liters of them even with a rolling pin is a nightmare... been there, they go everywhere!
I have homegrown for personal use, but when you need 10lb a few times a year mountain rose it is!
Wow! You are amazing!
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I have also used this coffee grinder, but it moves too fast and if there is the slightest bit of 'gumminess' to the botanical, it will foul the burrs... and you have to run the cleaning pellets through it before using it for coffee again... the hand grinder does not have this problem, and the burrs are coarse and easy to clean.
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I'm more like I am now than I was before.
We smash the juniper with a hammer in a heavy duty plastic bag. Takes a few fills and dumps to grind the hard stuff with this thing, but it manages.
Always thought the problem with those blade grinders was heat ... and the fact that they completely obliterate the botanical. Even a short pulse will create a significant volume of fine particles. Also, the level of crush is nearly impossible to repeat, unlike burr or rollers.
I agree.
I didn't say it was the best thing ever. :P My stillage is certainly brown when I'm done, probably a mix of coriander powder and cinnamon extract. Coriander is the only thing that gets any powder, though.
@Smaug - another use for my unikeggle.....
I am going to try it on 45% malt barley low wines tomorrow night, and then do an identical low wine run through 2 or 3 8" CD plates with an RC on just enough to keep the plates going...
Ned or Neptr?
Kegspansion chamber?
Dark Helmet!
LMFAO!
Kegenstein?
Oversized GB?
this is for R&D mainly, but my UniKeggle is modular with the 8" TC on it...
With just a straight 2" tube to the condenser, output at the parrot with 1 element is 100ml/min, 2 elements is 300ml/min, and 3 elements is 500ml/min. If you chart a line, I am creating approximately 200, 400, 600ml/min and passively refluxing ~100ml/min..
I will chart 1,2,3 elements on with this and see how much more it refluxes... as a bonus, it will knock down some foam... and have me doing 'Monty Python' quotes while distilling...
Not oversized when you realize that 380L of 40% nuetral would take near 20lb of juniper
:-O
Not a gin basket, a gin penthouse
gin shack ;-)
@HurdleCreek's gin basket is a 50l conical.
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How long does that take to run?
as fast as you condenser can take it, my 4"x1m can handle 3 elements, 16.5kw on the ragged edge, that is a bit over 30L/hr and I do not have any packing in the condenser... so 6 hours of run time