Also two years ago I ran apple cider through my pot still. >200 liter were distilled twice to some 10-12 liter of hearts. I put in finger sized toasted oak...
Well I finally !!!! did it. I made some corn liquor that is almost perfect. What I did was I used some rain water for the mashing and I fermented it a much...
We are distilling a grape/suger/water mix for grappa. After collecting 3/4 gallon of 165 to 170% ethanol at 78 degrees C, we noticed that the end of an acrylic...
... Sorry to say, but you have fuel on your hands now. There's no way to be sure you're getting the plastic, solvents, plasticisers, and whatnot from the...
Has anybody tasted or know the flavor of the rum before aging and adding of carmelized sugar & spices. I mean the taste just after distilling. Thanks Dave...
... Somewhat bitter, not very nice to taste even when diluted. Rum improves remarkably with a little aeration or even just aging for a couple weeks on oak &...
Yep!  Coming off the still it's white rum, clear rum. The color is derived from aging on wood. I have some of my first rum run, never put on wood. ...
Trid, Thanks for getting back to me. I haven't done this in thirty five years. Back then, everything was copper or brass. I upgraded my old still to stainless...
Yahoo! Management has finally loosened its grip on using groups for trading [=P~] Therefore, I have set up a Trading Post. You can get to it through the new...
It's behind the grouplets link on the left side of the page. Before you post your addy, remember that selling of distillation apparatuses or their parts is...
... Yes, unfortunately that is very true. And I would advise caution on posting personal traceable contact details (never a good idea in cyberspace). Use a...
Hi  I am going to Spain Bercelona this week .can someone tell me if there is homebrew supplier there .I need to buy Turbo Yeast  Thanks    Hi I am...
Potatoes were grown as food. Barley and oats were grown as a cash crop t (to pay the rent!). Although Ireland is a bit wet for barley, it was essential for...
... <davewhitny@ ...> ... Thanks Harry and D'Antoni. I have tasted Silver rum recently and I understand what you guys said. The reason I being is some asked me...
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2002/0168446.html? query=whiskey+aging+chips&stemming=on Those bastards stole my idea!!! Well, in all honest I must admit it...
Dave, If you are asking what the wash/wine taste like before distilling....  I start with a 84.1 Brix molasses cut back to produce a 14% potential wash. The...
... potential wash. The 14% wine taste to me like diluted molasses (because it is). Since it is fermented it all the way out, as dry as possible to get all...
Bacardi Silver is aged in oak casks (legal requirement) and then the colour removed by activated carbon. Some white rums are not aged in casks. Aging occurs in...
Hi, folks, I have recently heard, for the first time, about Falling Film Evaporators and Rising Film Evaporators, and have almost no understanding of exactly...
I think the real question is, and one that I have asked from time to time, is what does the distillate taste like after the first and second pot distillation...
... to time, is what does the distillate taste like after the first and second pot distillation (no reflux)? ... ........I dunno. Depends on what you define...
There is white, gold and dark rums on the market. Also rums from cane juice and molasses - most customers know the difference... For whiskey/whisky and...
While reading about different methods of accelerating aging, it occurred to me...and this may seem off the wall... that one could try ageing a distillate with...
And from time to time this reference is mentioned - Google it: Rum Aroma Descriptive Analysis (by Sabina Maza Gomez) wal ... time, is what does the distillate...
Morning folks, I've been looking at Riku's description of AFC, as well as some of the rigs on the forum, and I must admit to being completely baffled on a...
... While reading about different methods of accelerating aging, it occurred to me...and this may seem off the wall... that one could try ageing a distillate...
The mash doesn't boil away. When the boiling event starts at the bottom the pipe, the pipe will "burp" out mash to the top of the packing. This means that...
