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What do you thinks gives various distilled spirits there various flavours. Otherewise, you would just use the cheapest sugar to ferment. Also oils and tannins c
by anfilt 7y ago
What do you thinks gives various distilled spirits there various flavours. Otherewise, you would just use the cheapest sugar to ferment. Also oils and tannins can get distilled too with the alcohol.
Its why distilling has what they call different cuts. That depend on temperature and where in the distillation you are in. A vodka would have very little while a brandy will include cuts that have traces of things for flavour.
- totony 7y agoThis [0] does not suggest that anything but ethanol/water and potentially some other volatile compounds are in the distillate. I'm not familiar with brewing and flavoring distilled spirits, but quite familiar with distillation and doubt that even oil would be in the distillate. [1] suggests that tannins are present in the distillate, but I have not found a tannin that is volatile and [2] names one that isn't in beer Flavor seems to be added after distillation from what i can see (and is potentially influenced by the volatile impurities) [0] https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ https://www.compoundchem.com/2016/06/08/vodka/ [1] https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/ https://vinepair.com/spirits-101/how-distilling-works/