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I am doing my last gin run this end of summer. And we are shooting a short instructional video on how to make gin at the same time. All the shots are taken. Video wise I mean. My son is currently putting everything together. It will be uploaded tomorrow or the day after!

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Odin, do you remember Heritage tour we went on? If you go to the results of the national winners at the ADI conference judging tasting, Justin at Heritage won a ton of awards for both his different gins but also his vodka's. If you remember he does a stripping run then mascerates the botanicals in the boiler on his spirit runs.
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Yes, he uses the one and only method to make astonishing gin. No, not saying he is using one of my recipes ... then again ... not saying he isn't either ... ;)

What I mean is ... he does boiler infused gin. Bushman, my son is currently editing the movie about a boiler infused gin run we did just today. Amazing full taste!

I do not use screens on my elements (thinking about it though!), but juniper berries and coriander go in straight. Rest of the herbs in a hops cooking bag attached to a hook.

Bushman, Herritage's gins & vodka's did better than his whiskies?

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Stillage after my gin run today ...

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Making Odins Gin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWgS4R ... e=youtu.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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Just finished my first pro akvavit run. Great kummel tastes coming over!

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I love kümmel and have a recipe for it, wondering if yours is different than mine?
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Yeah, I use my own recipe. I posted it on HD a few years ago ...

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Great video Odin! :clap:
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Thanks Randy, glad you liked it! I still have some maple syrup brandy/rum of yours!

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Phew! Just finished our iStill Rum Pirates Workshop! One day affair. Around 8 participants from all over the world. And a great day it was! We did a stripping run and finishing run on rum, and we started up another 1000 liter ferment. Started it? Hell, yeah! We put it together just a few hours ago, and she is already fermenting as if struck by lightning.

"Bad" news is my rum stash from last's year's Rum Pirates Workshop is pretty much depleted. Glad you guys loved it, though!

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Now that sounds like a fun time, do you have a separate class room for discussions or does everything take place at the stills?
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... as close to the stills as possible, Bushman! Mixing theory and practice, that's the real benefit of a hands on workshop I believe.

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My next trip to Europe I will need to plan around one of your classes sounds like a blast.
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You are more than welcome, Bushman!

On another note ... since I give another course next Saturday, on how to make Single Malt Whisky ... welll, I am currently working my ass off to mill and mash the grain. Fermentation should start tomorrow.

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I saw a pretty cool mill at the vendor expo at the ADI conference. If I were commercial I would probably have to invest in one of these machines. Do you have a commercial mill? I really like my MM2 for the amounts I produce.

PS: Do you still get a chance to see your family?
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I am looking for a commercial mill, Bushman! Any you could advice? Thinking of buying one in Belgium next week, but if you have any better options ... that would be great!

Family ... yeah, I see them every now and then! :)

Son helps out a day a week and so does the mss.

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Last Saturday, while doing the Rum Workshop, we started up a new 1000 liter big fermentation. Goes like crazy! Here is a picture of the display of my fermenter.

I also started up 3 x 50 liters of single malt. For next Saturday's Single Malt Whisky Workshop! The old fashioned way!

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Rum ferment is done within 3 days after starting it up. I just changed the goal temperature on my fermenter down from 31 to 20 degrees C and I put the agitator on at one rev per minute. To drop temp, release CO2 and let any gunk and yeast settle. Bottom of the tank temperature is already down by 5 degrees in just over a few minutes.

There's a short movie on my Facebook page on how the cooling process works: https://www.facebook.com/odiniStill/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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Bushman wrote:You have too many toys but I'm not :mrgreen: with envy :moresarcasm:
Boyz and there toyz, Busman! Oh, yes, and it does feel good, playing around with oversized equipment.

;)

Now imagine ... within the next few weeks we will put up three 2000 liter stills that I am building for Scotland. In fact, I am just back from renting an additional 300 m2 of factory floor space, so we can accomodate these bigger units with more ease. Darn ... can't wait to fire those babies up! Some more toys to play with!

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Odin wrote:Our website is life!

http://www.newdutchlegacy.nl/#!home/kzaio" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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raketemensch wrote:
Odin wrote:Our website is life!

http://www.newdutchlegacy.nl/#!home/kzaio" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

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Sure, but it's all in Scandibovian... :lolno:
Is that what makes it load so slow?

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It loads at full speed for me, somewhere on the east coast of the US.
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really. 10 12 seconds a page for me in the GWN.

i'm on a point to point 900MHz radio, it's usually pretty rockin'. better than the best copper DSL i can get at work. most pages are a blink of an eye or as bad as 3 seconds if really graphically intensive.

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New still in the distillery!

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With stripper column on top of the catalyst!

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An update on the stripper column: she works like a dream. I get over 50 liters (13 gallons) of low wines per hour!

Very happy.

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Odin wrote:An update on the stripper column: she works like a dream. I get over 50 liters (13 gallons) of low wines per hour!

Very happy.

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