Pot stills for distilling essential oils were once a major industry. Some remain and the technology is interesting for distillers - http://tinyurl.com/9uslhl7 ...
Not much information on colonial distilling in Australia. I have not seen any details of illicit stills,but I suspect that they would have followed British...
Has anyone seen a recipe that comes close to this? I got a bottle for my birthday last night and I am hooked, so of course I have to try and make my own :)...
Does anyone have a recipe I used to make for hot apple pie that made 4 gallon with apple juice, apple cider, cinnamen, nutmeg, brown sugar,white sugar, and a...
Good to know what others are doing - http://tinyurl.com/9ypmf89 Ian Smiley looks after the Canadian home-distillers http://www.home-distilling.com wal...
On a community water system, just tested it myself with a result of 165 ppm. Needless to say I don't drink the stuff, and rarely even use it for ice. I don't...
I was just feeding the "mother" for tomorrow's sourdough when I started thinking how nice it smelt and how well it bubbled. Then it occured to me that Belgians...
Hello to all, I have a copper valved reflux still with a 2" column packed with stainless steel scrubbers. I have just removed the scrubbers to clean the...
Just running my first wash using the Bird Watchers Recipe. I am very disappointed. Followed recipe to the letter. It tastes as bad as all the rest of my...
hello i have been finding it very hard to understand one hundred percent clearly what the dirctions to distill corn whiskey means you need to do so plz explain...
Came across a bottle of a 45%abv herbal liqueur from Ivano-Frankivsk in Western Ukraine called "Carpathian Balsam". It listed the ingredients which was useful...
Found a stockpile of wine from a local winery that had turned a bit sour. It's probably about 14% ABV. Thought I would just shoot for 90 to 95% or as pure as...
Hi there to all stillers. Whats everyone using as their neutral wash at present. Many neutral washes to choose from. Just wanted to get the concensus on...
Hi group I just received my PDA-1 and would like to get started. I have a question that you guys my be able to help me with. Can I/should I use a off the shelf...
Hi Guys, I am in the UK where there is not a great market for this type of product at the moment, where could I buy a 2" (or 54mm) extension for my "water...
I was attempting to go to the Wiki database using the link the guy posted, which I copied & pasted to my browse which took me to a site that says I must...
For many years I have run an open wood fire under a pot still to produce brandy. I would like to make this more efficient. Web searches show many cognac stills...
Im a brand new member but long time lurker of the site :) I have some questions for my own information and would love to discuss opinions with others :) I was...
