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Nobilis, Interesting recipes. The rum wash intrigues me. A few questions 1) can suggestions as to amount of ginger in a large ginger? Weight range suggestion? 2) I am new to this and am still finding my feet. Your rum recipe uses a hell of a lot less molasses than other recipes. Does the flavour car...

Uncle Jemima, I suspect the answer is no as the pressure canner is an important part of the process. But you may want to defer to Rivver to confirm. Cooking within the pressure canner increases the pressure within the canner/ cooker, allowing the boiling temperature within the cooker/canner to rise ...

I'm pretty new to this as well, so someone correct me if I am wrong.However, the cooking process is to free the starch from the corn. The amylase enzymes are then used in the mashing process to convert the liberated starches into sugars which can then be fermented by the yeast into ethanol.

Odin,
You have noted that an alkaline environment would accentuate the Maillard reaction. Any suggestions you can suggest how alkaline?

Is that why you are taking a trip out west later thus year googe? Taking care of secret recipe business?

An interesting read with large potential for our hobby. I have come across references to the Mailard Reaction from basic reading into cooking and some commentary by Heston Blumenthal in one of his shows. Guess I need to do more reading, but a question comes to mind. It is noted that the effect occur...

I'm currently in the research phase and have not asked permission. I figure its better to beg forgiveness than ask permission ;) Unlike most guys, I do NOT have a garage to stash my stuff. And currently, all my other 'toys' has been exiled to 'downstairs' as she makes the main living floor 'acceptab...

Pot in a pot would really just be a double boiler. The batch size is small. But the added ability to store processed corn adds to its advantages. If batch size is a concern, what about half gallon jars of corn? One question though. Does the water in the jars (which is essentially unmeasured) count t...

Slowninja,
If the corn can be stored, this would be a big plus, as you could batch process the corn and ferment at your leisure.

Pretty much the rationale behind canning

Reading this and other threads on ageing, storing whiskey in oak barrels to mature serves two purposes. 1) the time in contact with the charred oak imparts flavour to the spirits, with different lengths of time in oak imparting different flavours. 2) part of the maturing process is also the evaporat...

Rivver Thanks for the post. I was considering a no cook sugarhead for my first bourbon, but your method of cooking the corn looks fairly easy with no stirring and no risk of scorching! I see you increased your time under pressure from 45 min in the original post to an hour. Did it increase the starc...

I will be watching this thread with interest. New to the hobby and have absolutely no electrical skills. A plug & play controller may cost a little more but will probably end up safer in my hands

They do use malic acid as well, but general reading indicated less use of citric, but then again, I am new to all this

Frozenthunderbolt, Thanks for the reply. In distillation, it appears that stillers seem to use calcium carbonate and citric acid. Yet winemakers are more likely to use potassium bicarbonate and tartaric acid to balance pH. Is there a reason for the difference in choice of acids and bases? Or is it a...

Thunderbolt,
What about potassium bicarbonate, used to balance pH in wine making?

Happy new year one and all. 2013 so far is hot!

Here's to a fantastic year, and hopefully my first runs soon!


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Heya Lipdog.
I'm a new'ish member on here to, from further up north in BrisVegas

Still learning though and have yet to get a run under my belt........but soon........ I hope


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Heya John,
Thanks for the welcome

Crow,
Guilty as charged trying to learn, learn, learn

Hi, Just a quick hello from sunny Brisbane, Australia. Wandered into HD when I found a website selling T500 stills. I was a little dubious about the hobby since my only knowledge about distilling was all negative publicity, suggesting that bad home made hooch will make you go blind. I have been traw...