Making Gin in a Still with a Thumper Keg | In The Welsh Wind Distillery
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- This time at In the Welsh Wind Distillery, I'll be showing you how we make most of the gins for our customers. We use the multi-shot gin distillation method, which means we make a super concentrated botanical distillate which is then cut back with neutral grain spirit and deionised water to bring the gin down to the correct alcohol concentration, and up to the correct liquid volume. I'll be working with Meredith, a 50L copper pot still with a thumper keg. So let's get distilling.
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I'm Miss Brewbird, a Canadian girl training to be a distiller in Wales. I'm also tinkled pink that you've found your way here. If you are interested in learning more about the drinks industry this is the channel for you. Hit that subscribe button for more videos about distilling, spirits, and distillery life. Cheers!
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Very interesting!
Absolutely fascinating. Thanks. As someone who rather likes an occasional gin and tonic (especially in summer!) this was so interesting to watch.
Glad you liked it, I was scared the video would be too boring and technical.😊
hey from Nova Scotia, another great vid I enjoy seeing all of the ways a seemingly boutique distillery uses their equipment.
And I love playing with all the different distilling equipment. Thanks for watching =)
Love it.......💯
Another great video. Love it. Looks the process is easy with simple ingredients. One day might try to distill my own gin. More technical info. please.
I completely agree
Great videos! Please keep them coming! Any chance you can further explain the filtration process prior to bottling? Thanks for publishing these!
I've never thought about doing a video just on the filtration, bottling, and labeling process. I'll put that on my list of videos to do. We have a bottling device where you put in a kind of cone shaped filter. The pores on the filter come in different sizes, depending on the size of the particles you want to filter out. It will be easier to explain when I make a video and you can see it.
Hey loved the video . Ive made my own still and am still on a massive learning curve .im wondering what NGS is could you please explain it to me . Thanks
NGS is neutral grain spirit. The alcohol is produced from fermenting grains such as corn, wheat, rye, and rice. It is then distilled in multi-column stills to get it to a very high alcohol percentage of 96.5%abv. It has no distinct flavour, hence being called neutral. It is used usually to make gin, when distilleries don't want to go to the hassle of fermenting their own alcohol.
Great video! Love the content and your style. Thumbs up!
Thanks I appreciate it!
Hi!!! Cool video! How much time do you spend getting 18L of concentrate?
Interesting vid! Where did you purchase Meredith from and what is your multi-shot ratio?
She's from "the craft distilling business" company. The ratio of NGS to the concentrate varies a lot. What is really important is the amount of botanicals in the recipe, as that determines how concentrated the flavour concentrate is, and how much NGS will be added to it.
@@MissBrewbird sorry, regarding ratio - I meant what is the ratio you use for your botanicals..? Have you simply tripled all your botanicals? How did you calculate the botanicals on a multi-shot run in comparison to a single shot run of the same recipe?
The botanicals are scaled up linearly. So a recipe is written for 1L of gin, then if we want to make say 100L, we just times the botanical amounts by 100. However the volume of concentrate collected is always the same. I think I say 20L in the video. Then we add whatever volume of 96% NGS and water is needed to bring it up to 100L at 40%abv.
Hi Brewbird! I have a question. If you fill the boiler with 50 liters at 40% abv, that means you put 20 liters of alcohol (ball park numbers). If you collect 18 liters of destillate… you only waste 2 liters of alcohol in tails? That a pretty efficient and impressive!
Hey Juan, sorry for the late reply. That 20 liters is 100% ethanol, whereas the 18 litres I collected was not 100% ethanol, so not that efficient, unfortunately.
@@MissBrewbird hi! What is the total body strength of gin concentrate after distillation?
Мне тоже видио понравилось, спасибо большое, но я могу только читаю комментарии в переводе гугла. Можно кратко описать засыпь? какие вы положили ингредиенты и количество спирта. Спасибо
I don't really remember the botanicals exactly, it was so long ago. I think I put in juniper berries, coriander seeds, lemon ribbons, orris root, seaweed tincture, and some other things.
Of the 50 liters at 40% abv, how much are heads, hearts and tails at the end? because I am doing it with a 3 liter pot and it is very cloudy.
Hi!!! Congrats!! I absolutely love your videos! I was just wondering, at the end of the video you point that your co-worker will filter the gin up, but in wouldn't that take away flavors and aromas? I'm confused, i supposed to filter my gin after i finish distilling it? The info i get on the web says NOT! Help
Filtering can take away flavours and aromas, BUT it depends on the size of the filter pores. We filter to get rid of any small floating particles that might have gotten into the gin during production, so the pore size is quite big. Most gin distilleries will do this to make sure the liquid looks good for the consumer.
@@MissBrewbird Thx! You are the Best! Now i definitly have a total crush on You! Love from Argentina!
Not what I expected :(. Was really hoping for a non-neutral base and the herbs in the thumper, now you are just making an infusion.
Sorry to disappoint. The video is an accurate representation of how gins are made at this distillery though.
@@MissBrewbird yes, cheap gins. but if you have a thumper keg, try it, with a beer distillation. you may be surprised.
Hi Brewbird, thanks a lot. What do you think about the results of one-shot or multishot gin? is the result similar in flavor/taste? Warm regards!
Depends on who you ask, some people will say there is no difference. If you drink NGS by itself, it is quite harsh, so I think the single shot method will produce a more smooth taste overall.
@@MissBrewbird Thanks, I was expecting that. I guess the best option is to try it myself :) Best!
What proportions of NGS to RO water are you using to cut? Why would one use NGS to cut in the first place? Thanks!
I calculate the amounts based on the final product specifications. So if the final gin volume is 200L at 45%abv, then I'd do: %abv of concentrate (volume of concentrate) + 96%abv NGS (volume of NGS) = 45%abv (200L), and then calculate to determine the volume of NGS to add. Then it is just 200L - volume of NGS - volume of concentrate = volume DI water to add. It is more cost effective to distill a concentrate and then cut it back with NGS and water afterwards to get to the right %abv and volume. Hope that answers your questions.
Or in layman’s terms. The final distillate is super concentrated flavour. Think soda guns in McDonald’s. They mix cola syrup and soda water to make your coke. Can you imagine asking for a vodka and coke in the local pub and they only gave you syrup with a shot of vodka?
If you only add water to get it drinkable, it would be under proof. So you need to add NGS to bring the alcohol content back up as gin needs to be bottled @ 37.5% ABV to call it gin
@@tonyoliver4920 you haven't tried gin concentrate diluted to 47 ethanol content. This option is much tastier
Mind sharing who made your still? I'm interested in something very similar
The craft distilling business
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Can you tell me where you guys get the tea bags you are using please
Hey Stephan, I don't remember the name of the company. They were purchased online, maybe just google "large reusable tea/mesh/cotton bags"
@@MissBrewbird thanks, by the way, do you know anything about ultrasonic maceration and vacuum distillation??
Thanks Stephan from canada
Sorry I don't have any experience with those two techniques.
Do you mean 50 gallons?
50 litres
hey from germany.......... I don't like GIN! not just because of it's taste, more likly it's the easiest and cheapest way start a still! Wake me up when you produce sloe brandy or single malt whisky. ;) :) if we talk about distilling as a craftmanship, we definatly don't talk about gin!
Hi! I do have some videos about making single malt whisky already. Here is one of them: czcams.com/video/YSdJ6WjWe6g/video.html
I also have some rum making videos too.