Home Distiller

supermarkets have it here in australia, dunno if you could try larger chain supermarkets that might stock some homebrew lines?

Huh, there ya go then, I did a quick google to try and back it up, maybe it's only in northern oz (father in-law is in cairns?).... Nah - it's country wide Cheers well, coming from someone who drives a car which needs 98 octane i can say this simply isnt true. not all outlets sell 98, or even 95 oc...

Froggy wrote: Post up a copy then

will do when i get home from work
dont have it here

lol exercise book!! i thought those died with slide rules?

i must be a real nerd, i have an excel spreadsheet on the laptop which accompanies my distilling activities

the formulas work out the run time and total avb etc... what a lazy sod i am

have heard good things about the edwards irish cream from a friend also.

the mrs loves the still spirits irish so i will do a swap and do a batch of edwards and see what the reaction is

birdwatchers sugar wash is fine for neutrals i rate it higher than the turbos for sure, especially when it comes to cost. i've done 6 x 25L washes of it and never had one go wrong. a few have ended prematurely due to weather conditions here but that mostly only affects yield quanitity. i make carefu...

that certainly is the most scientific way of tracking it all that i have seen so far

i thought i was looking at stock report there for a minute

found the Still Spirits Yaegar to be much too strong in flavour. I watered it down with some extra 40% spirit and it come up much nicer although lost soem of the sweetness. i thnk next time around i will leave about a tablespoon or so of the essense out of the mix but still use the whole bag of liqu...

the vodkas are quite nice, tried them at the chili festivals here a few weeks back. very much looking forward to seeing what they can do with the whiskey.

which begs me to ask, anyone tried canefire rum?

somebody has to stir this thread up a little bit... so i'll do it

carn the eagles

The first distillery in my town ever opened not too long ago. they are doing a range of vodkas while they are waiting for the whiskey to mature. They are also adding a Gin to their range very soon. Have a look http://www.wildswandistillery.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fa...

i could see 40C being even hotter for those of you that dont get it as often as those of us in other parts of the country GP was great, was actually running the still that day, so had to keep ducking in and checking the progress. ten's HD nascar coverage beforehand was bloody awesome too, good to se...

yeh but doesnt it stink? gezuz, i walk out into my garage with two 25L washes going and just about get knocked out from the smell. plus the garage gets full of fruit fly because they are attracted to the smell. i wouldnt want that happening in my house. surely there are other rooms in the house that...

i have a couple of 30L home brewing (beer) fermenters for mine, yes they are food grade plastic i think a lot of the other aussie guys do the same they are pretty good because they have the tap with sediment traps and an airlock on the lid of course. they are alot cheaper than glass carboys/demijons...

punkin wrote:We call that 'Dobbing' in Australia.

and we all know that dobbers wear nappies

i wouldnt be sleeping in the same room thats fermenting unless its very well ventilated

i was thinking "why the hell would someone want to do" that until i did a little search...

nice nice

PS: flaming heck Ailsa

had some really good results with Ginger Beer kits and adjusting the ingredients a little so I thought I'd share :) Using the Brewcraft Ginger Beer kits: substitute raw sugar in place of the recommended dextrose for fermenting and use castor sugar for priming the bottles... gives the beer a nice smo...

lol @ hating on Jager some Jager tips for novices... * its a drink to slam and party... not to sip like a grandpa in a rocking chair * store in freezer, it should be served VERY cold * use a tall glass, half fill with Red Bull, have a shot glass filled with Jagermeister, drop shot in tall glass and ...

the turbo sugar i have used on my first 2 washes has lumps of carbon in it the SS triple distilled yeast has liquid activated carbon also, which is what i used for my 2nd wash and the wash is a very dark grey colour. i'm not doing anymore turbos after this one anyways... will do a birdwatchers and t...

ok thanks

yeh i siphon the wash after running a clearing agent thru so the boiler gets the cleanest possible wash.

might be a silly question and if so, flame on... 8) i just cant find any info apart from beer brewing forums and i'm not sure if that can be related directly. how do you accurately measure ABV of turbo washes with all the carbon affecting the readings? does the OG and FG method work? i.e. (OG - FG) ...

[quote=blanikdog]Yairrrrs, The weather has been crook, but so far no fires in central Vic. I've had to rig up a coolgardie safe thingy by wrapping a towel around the fermenter and pouring water in the top to keep my ferments cool. Seems to be working well. blanik[/quote] *nod* thats what i am doing ...

thanks Husker yeh i agree... i'm not in this for getting super high yields at the moment. its all just "getting the hang" and i am certainly learning lots from reading on here. theres just so much info and i'm very time poor with work at the moment so hopefully in a few runs i will be able...

safety question:
whats a safe and enviromentally friendly way of disposing of heads?

after what i have read on reusing throwaway (i.e not designed for reuse) plastic water bottles for liquid storage, then there is no way i would contemplate using plastic for cooking up a batch of booze and i agree with belialNZ... this business is a steep learning curve but we all start somewhere :w...

How long did it take you to get the 2.9L? 76% is a little low even for the still spirits still in my opinion. Next time increase the water flow to try and slow down your take off. around 170 minutes in hindsight i did rush it a little, but being the first run i didnt really know what to expect. any...

What are the details of your wash? How much sugar/water? What was the SG when you tossed it in the still. 21L water 5kg turbo sugar, as advised by brew shop for first wash (i cant remember the reasoning, i was like a kid at christmas) SG was around 996, which isnt quite right i know i should have w...

i just did my first run from one of these stills went pretty well but had to fiddle a little bit to get the water flow right. got a fairly low yield compared to the specs of the turbo yeast/turbo sugar specs... about 2.9L @ 76.5%AbV i put it down to it being really warm in my part of the world over ...