Poindexter
Well-Known Member
Once upon a time I read somewhere that heting honey to over 180°F drives off the delicate flavors, so I have stuck in my craw that I could hold a honey and water mixture at 140°F for i think 40 minutes to kill off the nasties before I pitch my yeast.
But I am striking out on finding it.
What I have is about three liters of creek water I nabbed out of Whiskey Creek on Star Hill Farm in Loretto, KY a couple weeks ago. It is probably at or near the saturation point for CaCO3 at STP. I have filtered it twice through coffee filters, no spiders or visible algae the second time through, but I want to do some kind of heated rest to make sure I have at least most of the nasties killed off.
I don't want to boil it because I know that will precipitate a bunch of the calcium and I suspect it is the calcium that makes the nose in my snifter blossom.
Once I get it it clean I would like to do some testing with RO and LHBS CaCO3
to see if I can get close. I ran out of creek water from my trip to Scotland many years ago.
My basic recipe is one snifter of good whisk(e)y with two drops of water -from the distillers own water source where possible- to bring out the nose.
TIA4Y2c, if I find it I'll stick it in the wiki.
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But I am striking out on finding it.
What I have is about three liters of creek water I nabbed out of Whiskey Creek on Star Hill Farm in Loretto, KY a couple weeks ago. It is probably at or near the saturation point for CaCO3 at STP. I have filtered it twice through coffee filters, no spiders or visible algae the second time through, but I want to do some kind of heated rest to make sure I have at least most of the nasties killed off.
I don't want to boil it because I know that will precipitate a bunch of the calcium and I suspect it is the calcium that makes the nose in my snifter blossom.
Once I get it it clean I would like to do some testing with RO and LHBS CaCO3
to see if I can get close. I ran out of creek water from my trip to Scotland many years ago.
My basic recipe is one snifter of good whisk(e)y with two drops of water -from the distillers own water source where possible- to bring out the nose.
TIA4Y2c, if I find it I'll stick it in the wiki.
P