Dr Dr An Anne Br Brock ock Bombay Sapphire
Dark satanic stills? What today are the ‘stills traditionally used for gin? How does your still design affect your gin? Dr Anne Brock
London gin is distilled gin which meets the following requirements: London gin is a type of distilled gin: (i) it is produced exclusively from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with a maximum methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100% vol. (i) obtained exclusively from ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin, with a maximum methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100% vol. alcohol, alcohol, the flavour of which is imparted exclusively through the distillation of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin in the presence of all the RE - DIS whose flavour is introduced exclusively through the RE ISTIL TILLATIO TION IN IN TR TRADITIO ITIONA NAL STIL TILLS OF OF ET ETHY HYL ALCOH OHOL OL in the presence of all natural plant materials used; the natural plant materials used, (ii) the resulting distillate contains at least 70% alcohol by vol.; (ii) the resultant distillate of which contains at least 70% alcohol by vol., (iii) any further ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin that is added shall comply with the requirements laid down in Article 5 but with a maximum (iii) where any further ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin is added it must be consistent with the characteristics listed in Annex I(1), but with a methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100% vol. alcohol; maximum methanol content of 5 grams per hectolitre of 100% vol. alcohol, (iv) it is not coloured; (iv) which does not contain added sweetening exceeding 0.1 gram of sugars per litre of the final product nor colorants, (v) it is not sweetened in excess of 0.1 grams of sweetening products per litre of the final product, expressed as invert sugar; (v) which does not contain any other added ingredients other than water (vi) it does not contain any other ingredients than the ingredients referred to in points (i), (iii) and (v), and water. The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of London gin shall be 37.5% The minimum alcoholic strength by volume of London gin shall be 37.5%. The term London gin may be supplemented by the term "dry" The term ‘ London gin ’ may be supplemented by or incorporate the term ‘ dry ’.
Stainless steel Copper Glass THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY A measure of a materials ability to conduct heat [unit = watts per Kelvin-metre] copper [386 W/mK] > steel [14 W/mK] > glass [1 W/mK]
Direct heat Indirect heat No heat vacuum open electrical water steam flame element jacket jacket
Lyne arm Condenser Worm tub Shell & tube Pictures: http://masterclass.boxwhisky.se/sv
Flex-infusion Steep & boil Vapour infusion botanicals botanicals botanicals botanicals botanical s botanicals • Racking: botanicals are in the still above the • Botanicals are placed • Most flexible approach to liquid line into the GNS/water mix botanical flavour extraction • Maceration possible to • Vapour basket: botanicals are held in the maximise flavour vapour route before the condenser • Multi-choice methods to extraction be tailored to the • Great for more delicate botanicals and • Need to clean the still! botanical recipe flavours
Thanks to: David T Smith Trevor Smith Sam Carter Dr Lee Courtney
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