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- Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:47 am
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: Cigars
- Replies: 215
- Views: 20893
Re: Cigars
I was watching "Shenandoah" with Jimmy Stewart yesterday and in a couple of spots he was rolling his own cigars and cutting them in 1/2 to get more mileage.... I've seen the movie before but never focused on the little bit of historical accuracy. 2 butts worth of waste if you cut them in ...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:42 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Googe's Goo AKA The Kale-Sugar Wash
- Replies: 169
- Views: 32934
Re: Googe's Goo AKA The Kale-Sugar Wash
In the end mine turned out ok, but had something there that I noticed more than any side tastes I get with BW. Does it work as a nutrient? HELL YES! My favourite recipe not so much, BUT if I had a proper reflux column, quite possibly.
- Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:35 pm
- Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
- Topic: figs are make'in
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10405
Re: figs are make'in
once the birds have takin a single peck out of every fruit. If it aint pecked, it aint ripelikker liker wrote:Frodo
how do you know when to pick figs?
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:21 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Filtering with activated carbon?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 41881
Re: Filtering with activated carbon?
So after reading all three pages of this post,,, I'm gonna try a simple product question! I've seen the use of these Brita pop-in fiters recommended or at least suggested, given that they are made of fairly good plastic yea plastic but well packaged AC any thoughts? NO PLASTICS WITH DISTILLED ALCOH...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:20 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Getting ready to make a trip to get some new trash cans to store grains in. ....stupid sweet feed loving mice. It wouldn't bother me if the closet place to get sweet feed was less than a two hour trip away. Oh well, I got one good run before they got into the bags. Lesson learned and back to UJ for...
- Sat May 23, 2015 5:40 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Just started 20L wash of pseudocydonia sinensis (Chinese quince) wine for brandy making (10-15 kg quince, 4.5 kg sugar, water to 20 L after cooking the cored quince pieces) - last lot came out tasting like Turkish delight (Several years ago) and then I ruined it by adding raw quince and oak. Won't m...
- Sat May 16, 2015 1:06 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Got my lil sister into brewing a few years ago, shes back from college for the weekend so I got out the still and we ran 20L of some plum wine of hers that was too dry to be drinkable yesterday. Got 13x 250ml jars - going to show her how to cut and dilute in about 10 minutes time. Will take the fein...
- Sat May 09, 2015 3:51 pm
- Forum: Gin
- Topic: Gin, Gin and More Gin
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4246
Re: Gin, Gin and More Gin
SS, I think I'm on the right track, for safety sake I'm gonna put a bit of copper scrubby in the 1/2" tube to prevent anything from floating up the exit hole. I think the hardest part will be blending....not to mention the plethora of recipe's I have to choose from!!! Keep you posted. Titus-a ...
- Sat May 09, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Spiced rum recipes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9888
Re: Spiced rum recipes
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 11&t=24301
- Mash Rookie's Daughter's Spiced rum essence
- Mash Rookie's Daughter's Spiced rum essence
- Sat May 09, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
- Topic: Banana Goodness.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3433
Re: Banana Goodness.
Slow bake them in the skins then. 60-90C oven for as long as it takes (in a deep sided baking dish)NgrainD wrote:But they're my nanners and I wanna convert them NOW!
- Sat May 09, 2015 3:43 pm
- Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
- Topic: figs are make'in
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10405
Re: figs are make'in
Shudder figs , I got a thread on figs here somewhere , I can post a link for you when I next get on the lappy :thumbup: Figs take a good few yrs to come good, tastes something like a mescal gone wrong fresh out of the still ^^^ Exactly this. Despite all the other experiments, I still maintain that ...
- Sat May 02, 2015 11:58 pm
- Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
- Topic: Pálinka - The Fruit's Spirit
- Replies: 140
- Views: 86840
Re: Pálinka - The Fruit's Spirit
As in my Feijoa Schnaps thread - It turns out I'm experimenting with this, this season; one bucket of feijoa skins and sugar for the alcohol, one bucket with no skin, just fruit and little sugar
- Sat May 02, 2015 10:30 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Feijoa (pineapple guava) schnapps
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6960
Re: Feijoa (pineapple guava) schnapps
Do share!InglisHill wrote:Sounds good FTB!
I am trying an entirely new method this season as well, we shall see how it goes
- Sat May 02, 2015 1:25 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Feijoa (pineapple guava) schnapps
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6960
Re: Feijoa (pineapple guava) schnapps
I have a theory I'm testing this season: that the flavour and aroma that is carried over in distillation actually comes from the skins. I've done up a bucket with minimal skin and a little sugar as if I were making wine, and another that is just Skins water and sugar. I'm going to run them both once...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:41 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: The weirdest thing your wife has ever caught you doing...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2697
Re: The weirdest thing your wife has ever caught you doing..
"Aw fuck"
SOH walks in to find me sitting on the couch in my kilt, thumb pissing blood as I have just run it onto the blade of the gladius machete I was re-working the edge of . . .
I'm sure there are many others
SOH walks in to find me sitting on the couch in my kilt, thumb pissing blood as I have just run it onto the blade of the gladius machete I was re-working the edge of . . .
I'm sure there are many others
- Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:52 pm
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: recycling sugar from home canned jellies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1486
Re: recycling sugar from home canned jellies
Yup. I've made 'Marmalade vodka' before - more like a citrus schnapps really.
Boiling water to melt and dilute to a sensible SG (based on 50% by weight of the marmalade).
Some vit B and a tsb of DAP for nutes and it came out well once double distilled.
Boiling water to melt and dilute to a sensible SG (based on 50% by weight of the marmalade).
Some vit B and a tsb of DAP for nutes and it came out well once double distilled.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: Beer, and Wine
- Topic: Distilling old homebrew
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3416
Re: Distilling old homebrew
I've run it quick and dirrrrty in my still - straight from the bottle fizzing. If you leave enough head space it will work.
A standard 'new still' set of cleaning runs will get rid of any odd tastes if you also give your packing a boil in water and bicarb.
I got a nice whisky? out of it.
A standard 'new still' set of cleaning runs will get rid of any odd tastes if you also give your packing a boil in water and bicarb.
I got a nice whisky? out of it.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:33 am
- Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
- Topic: Cigars
- Replies: 215
- Views: 20893
Re: Cigars
You will find Fair Trade Tobacco to be a very well ran Forum with great members eager to help people starting out. Interestingly, there was post on the Fair Trade Tobacco on the Home Distilling Forum, I take part on that Forum under my real name so I did not post on that thread, but as your post in...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Pot still - alquitar, alembic or moonshine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2946
Re: Pot still - alquitar, alembic or moonshine
Hey Rumbo, I suggest you check out Bucaneer Bob's rum recipe in the Tried and True section. Aged dunder in your ferment, and dunder-essence will get you where you want to be flavour wise. Any pot still type still should work for you once you are comfortable running it. I would suggest something smal...
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Parrot vs senses
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3543
Re: Parrot vs senses
I've got a pair of pretty parrots. They set on the shelf because they are almost useless. ^ this. I bought one. Used it twice in the last 5 years. Collect in 10-20 jars smell, dilute, sample. Rub drips from the stream on your fingers as you run, feel the difference, smell it, rub a drop on your gum...
- Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:37 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Frozenthunderbolt, my very first "keeper" run was using a wash made up of old AHA contest meads. All kinds: metheglins, cisors, and melomels. When it came off the still, I aged it on some toasted cherrywood chips. I bottled it and its now about 8 months old. Initially, it was OK. Now, the...
- Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:29 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Ran honey(ish) shine - mostly left over mead (that wasn't much good - pretty bland) and a bit of quince wine.
Came out tasting well of honey with a aftertaste of quinces.
Came out tasting well of honey with a aftertaste of quinces.
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:59 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Sanitizers
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3610
Re: Sanitizers
I use bleach (unscented; plain calcium hyperchlorate) mixed with water on all my plastic and glass fermenters.
Rinse 3-5 times with hot water and I don't have a problem.
Who needs to sterilize a still?
Rinse 3-5 times with hot water and I don't have a problem.
Who needs to sterilize a still?
- Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:40 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Using malts in place of yeast
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8557
Re: Using malts in place of yeast
The Japanese use some kind of fungus to ferment sake, but to the best of my knowledge it's not something those ignoranuses on Moonshiner's would have knowledge of. Otherwise, yeast is yeast - whether it's wild or something you buy in the grocery store. I'm sure some of the old timers just thought t...
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 9:04 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 737289
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Fruit salad brandy (mixed fruit wines) 21st, googes green goo vodka spirit run 22nd, and hail mary run with feints, old beer, funky wine etc to consolidate bottles before moving - expecting to get some tequila like stuff after several years on oak!
- Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:40 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: I hope this is one of those "good" infections
- Replies: 5
- Views: 967
Re: I hope this is one of those "good" infections
Yup, that's lacto.
Will need major bleaching of the fermenter to get rid of it now!
Will need major bleaching of the fermenter to get rid of it now!
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:23 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: A little spoon feeding *For New & Novice Distillers
- Replies: 166
- Views: 321127
Re: A little spoon feeding
Sticky it and make it a screen in the sign up process!
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Question on freeze distilling.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5851
Re: Question on freeze distilling.
Possibly useful after doing a pot still run to make cuts, then jacking to boost ABV (assuming you can put outside to freeze - jacking in a freezer is a waste of power).
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:05 pm
- Forum: Sugar
- Topic: silly shine & silly wine
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8714
Re: silly shine & silly wine
I did a 'Hail Mary' type run today. All the bottles of less than perfect wine from the last few years. Good preparation for moving house! Hope to get some reasonable 'fruit salad' brandy from it + feints to use with the rougher wine, and assorted failed experiments + some hideous fig wine that I exp...
- Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: other thing homade
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2346
Re: other thing homade
1+ on this book - it's excellentTap wrote:A really good reference is a book calle "the art of fermentation" by Sandor Elix Katz. Tons of good stuff in there.