I've decided to winterize two additional condensed extracts just to see if I can replicate the results obtained with the reduced Opulence extract. All have already been freeze filtered once but that was before I reduced them by ~70%.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but I'm wondering if anyone might suggest a good online source of 1 micron filter paper and what diameter you've found best?
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but I'm wondering if anyone might suggest a good online source of 1 micron filter paper and what diameter you've found best?
@Str8vision ... I wonder if there's any value in skipping the first freeze filtering phase and going straight to the reduction phase, then freeze filtering? We may not lose as much concentrate as filtering losses?
So Hot extract > Coffee filter > reduce > freeze filter instead of
Hot extract > Coffee filter > freeze filter > reduce > freeze filter
I'd try it, but I'm all out of 190 PGA![]()
The lighter one on the left was evaporated before the freeze and the darker one on the right had the freeze before the evaporation.
Just the opposite of what I thought! Go figure ...
I wasn't expecting there to be any difference.
I have a large batch of cold processed Billy Bud approaching the six month mark, I'll do a side by side freeze filtering comparison on it after it reaches the six month mark.
12 hour hot extraction yields results almost as good as this 6 month cold soak, there's just not enough difference in flavor to justify such a long wait.
As a side note I would add that for C&D's "Billy Bud" a 12 hour hot extraction yields results almost as good as this 6 month cold soak, there's just not enough difference in flavor to justify such a long wait.
Yeah, I recently finished a 90-day room temp PGA extraction of Billy Budd and so far it's not much different than my heated 12-hour version. If anything it seems a little milder so I'm going to stick with the shorter heated method.