To One and All: I have a respectable amount of experience making beer and wine and have limited experience making 90+% ABV from sugar washes, such as the JEM...
Hi all, I have read most of the recipes on the forum for Limoncello and they all tend to use either a grain alcohol or neutral alcohol to soak the lemon zest...
Hi guys, Appologies if this has been answered in another post but i couldnt find it. I have a weird contamination of my spirit from my last run. 24 hours ago i...
Has anybody had luck with winding a coil from 3/8" ref tubing? (I know 1/4" would be the easy way but I already bought the 3/8" $$$)I am using Dixidrifters set...
Rich, im very concerned about saying too much on the internet, is there a chance the atf could be looking at everything we talk about ? Ive also been told to...
Anybody pump oxygen into a starting mash? I'm thinking of doing this to boost my mash's ending alcohol % by giving the yeast a better start. I'm thinking that...
I've been playing with potatoes trying to make a traditional vodka...so far no luck. In my research I did come across a complicated mash recipe where the...
The JEM Wash recipe calls for: 1 can Energy Drink of your choice (Rock Star Roasted Vanilla or Red Bull suggested) Red Bull come in 6,8.4, 12 and 20 ounce...
... From: M L <kekedog13@...> Subject: Re: [new_distillers] Re: Oxygen? To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:59 PM Hey,...
It seems like the home beer maker has more applications and tools available that they can actually use. Why do we as distillers have to use "bearskins and...
I just completed my first sucessful run over the weekend with my homade Bokabob ! Thank you all for all the good information and the online diagrams.Check one...
hey friends, I ran my first batch with a new 2.5 gal. Alimbic...and while it did smell pretty gnarley, it did burn and didn't leave a soot ring in the shot...
About to buy my first still and there are so many options out there. Looking hard at Brewhaus 15 gallon pro series II as I want the option of reflux. Theres...
Hello all, I recently upgraded from a 6 liter copper pot still to a 60 liter copper alembic style pot still. I have been reading all of the necessary steps to...
To All: Check out this link. http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x394116480/Stark-s-first-distillery-planned-in-Minerva It is great to see a new distillery...
my still is a 15 gallon keg, with a 1.5"x3' column. should I be monitoring the temperature up at the top of the column right below where the condenser comes...
Harry, a while back I sought your expertise on hydroseparation. What you had said was that I no not syphon off the middle third of the low wines. However,...
I am in the process of building a Valved Reflux still, and had an idea that I'm implementing in the design of my condenser. I made two independent coils, one...
I have been given about 100lbs of Malting Barley, I am not ready to try and sprout it myself, so I have bought some enzymes to convert the starch, my question...
DR. Brown-  Attached you will find a DIY Malt Grain Crusher. It is rather a small unit but with a bit of ingenuity you could enlarge it to suit your needs ...
Z Bob and/or Others: I'm working with a pot still. I have had pretty good results making whiskey from 68% flaked corn, 16% flaked rye, and 16% malted 2-row...
Greeting Harry, I hope you are doing well. I recently had a CNC shop that does work for our company make some threaded half couplings in the proper straight...
We made some whiskey aged it in a mason jar for 6 months then we ran it through activated carbon and put it in a glass jar and capped it. Now about 2 weeks...
I'm trying to make a yeast starter using liquid barley malt extract from my local health food store ( the jar lists barley malt and water as only ingredients)....
Washington State is now moving to allow 'craft' distilleries http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/02/26/2410877/craft-spirits-law-changes -open.html Does...
Michael, My column is attached to lid as follows. The column is 2"diam copper. I cut out of heavy copper sheet (about 3/16") a circular piece about 4 1/2"...
hey friends, long time drink, first time distiller (almost) here. Who has made or tried to make potato vodka? I'm getting ready to try my first batch and...
