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I'm seeking a general consensus on what ABV the hearts cut is for Brandy.
After reading a few docs and searching the WWW, the info points to everything from 50-80 ABV, 55-75, 60-85, 67-82 and 74-83%ABV.
I've recently fermented a few hundred litres (~80 US gallons) of Shiraz concentrate wine. Stripped this quickly in 45L (12 Gallons) lots, and discarding the first 150-200ml - 6oz. (I won't be tossing this amount in future strip runs).
The spirit run consisted of 45L (12 Gal) using SD 2x 4" sight glasses & 2" TC pipe.
Power level was between 1700W for heads & tails & 1900W for hearts.
250ml /8.5oz Fores were taken of at 83%ABV.
1.2L /0.3 Gal Heads were run slowly & ranged from 81%-79%
Roughly 12L / 3.2Gal of 79%-67% ABV tastes quite good. The higher ABV here is floral and similar to Napolean Brandy, while the lower abv has dominant fruity flavours.
From 64%-57% ABV there is a very slight taste of tails, but the tast is still very nice.
2.25L 0.6gal (56% to 27%) were collected as tails.
All jars were aired for 2x days, but going on taste alone roughly 8% is fores/Heads, 73% is hearts and 19.4% tails.
This seems like a large cut for hearts?
What are your thoughts?
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Duh - I should have read back through my thread Using Shiraz Grape Concentrate, as it's already been answered... 8-}
How did the wine taste?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6eY9VUIgI
Wine is good to cook with, and ok if you are thirsty, but then again I'm not a wine drinker :))
The
PortFortified Shiraz has turned out better than expected though @Law_of_Ohms.I love to cook with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food. :D
I can vouch for the port. my bottle is put away to mature a little, but it is very promising.
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Who do I need to sleep with to get a bottle of shraort?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6eY9VUIgI
:)>-
@punkin I'm sure I can spare another bottle in a few years time....
@Law_Of_Ohms PM sent
Careful Philter. It's not that he wants a bottle of wine, it's just an excuse to sleep with you. :))
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lol He'll have to grab a ticket & stand in line then. He is number 46724, and I'm still dealing with No.1 atm =))
you have been busy Philter hows things going
Very well for atm than thanks Coops :D
I'm still trying to get the FSW right, and waiting for it to be tasted by the head and assistant distillers of one of the local distilleries. Not being a whiskey drinker (yet), I'm not sure if it's ready for the barrel, or re-distilled.
I've sent a few samples of Port off to some friendly tasters and, so far so good. It's great to get good and bad feedback on something like this, as everyone has different palates.
I scored myself another 275L of Shiraz Concentrate to play with, but there is only so much Brandy and mediocre wine to make......
PM me your address @Cooperville, and I'll send you a sample