-listen to robert, matt ,, he is like the oracle very wise tasmanian oak is a form of myrtle and no aussie wood is suitable to the best of my knowledge for 2x...
Cool I'll go and see if I can find it at homedistiller. I don't know if the oak around here is american white oak but I know its not native would be pretty...
Don't forget that in making barrels the oak planks are seasoned for a long time - many of the harsher compounds are lost. Using tree branches will give you a...
See msg 39807. There are 3 Bitters in 'Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Formulas, Processes and Trade Secrets', Hiscox G. D., 1912. One is a generic recipe,...
... How critical do ya reckon it is to have ... g'day, As has been already mentioned, American White Oak is very critical to flavour your product. Other wood...
Peach Bitters is actually a bitter tincture of bitter Prunus spp. kernels (such as peach, spices and alcohol. This recipe below has been taken from Clarke's...
what i did i followed the same plans but when i got to that i used some 2 inch copper pipe i cut it down the side unrolled it and hammered it out and cut a...
Check out this link as it may help you identify the tree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_oak Enjoy waljaco <waljaco@...> wrote: Don't forget that in...
People keep mentioning about Tasmanian White Oak being a eucalypt and how eucalypt oil is a poison and I have no idea if any eucalypt wood would be suitable...
i was wondering...i know it gets me in trouble at times..... if using crushed glass would work as well as copper scrubbers or raching rings within a cooper...
Ok it's an article about wine aging rather then spirit aging, but it was interesting how they pointed out the technique used to prepare the wood seems to be...
... In short, yes it will work...as well? No. It's virtually impossible to achieve the surface area present in a scrubbie or structured mesh in any other...
Many Australian wineries age the same wine in American & French oak to get a good balance. Ausstralia's most prestige wine 'Grange' is actually aged in...
Yeah I was thinking about that. Hey whats the name of the place on the south coast I go back home down the coast every weekend. Thanks for that link too tony. ...
Hello all I am a newbie to the group and had a question. If a reflux still was being constructed and wanted to incorperate as much saftey as possible. Would...
Thanks for the responses. I'm now feeling more reassured that Copper in stills doesn't pose any real health risks and is indeed effective in removing bad...
... In the words of a famous Australian "Because it was there" Don't know if it's a morbid sense of adventure just to try different things to see if something...
... Pretty much ANY reflux still will give you 90% or better output if you start out with enough alcohol in your fermented wash. That's no trick at all. Copper...
Please be careful. I am a tree farmer, and sell hardwoods to a local sawmill. Black Cherry, white and red oak and hard maple. They export almost all of it. ...
... When you disassemble it you need to completely remove ALL the old solder from the joins, before using new solder or braze to reassemble it. It can be a...
Thanks everyone for their advice! Right now the option that looks most attractive to me is to buy th NPT adapter for the keg. I'll let you all know how it...
... work ... Or another way of looking at it, if people didn't mess about accidental discoveries wouldn't occur, take stainless steel for example, it was a...
Hello. Yes, you could do that, but i am not sure it is really necessary if you contsruct the still properly. You should allways leave an open passage to the...
Of interest to me was this ... I believe there are a lot of Acacia's in Australia, just thought I'd throw that out for you Ausies, might be worth experimenting...
There have been a few recent references recently to "Red Devil Lye". I just wanted to mention that Red Devil no longer makes a pure lye product (NaOH). They...
... using ... rings ... tower. ... a ... thanx for the input guys wasnt sure if i was gaining or not thanx for the support and keeping me from less palatable...
Hi All, I am hoping that this is a very stupid question. I find that the high strength alcohol I produce has an astringent taste to it. Think very dry Shiraz...
