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Hi I was given a whole bunch of essential or infusion oils from a friend. So I thought why not make a flavored vodka. Most of them are water soluable so I know they will blend well. How many drops per 32 oz. jar should I use?

I am a guy who believes in trying new things. I don't know if my research criteria isn't very effective, but I am looking for a complete list of acceptable wood varieties to use for aging. For example, white birch and japanese maple really interest me. I would like to know if there are more and the ...

What's funny is that someone has a recipe for apple pie that I saw which takes 1 gallon of apple cider, 1 gallon of apple juice, 8 cinnamon sticks, and a 750 ml bottle of everclear. If you were to mix all that up into 1 big jug, you would end up with about 9 to 10% drink. What I would do is add 1/4 ...

Thank you very much. I understand your formula very clearly. I appreciate it. It's just something I always wondered. Because once you alter a spirit, you can no longer rely on a hydrometer.

I'm just trying to figure out how to figure it out. Let's say if I were to make an apple pie moonshine. If I'm making enough for a half gallon Mason jar, I have an idea but not sure its accurate. A 750 ml bottle of everclear is a little under half the jar. So if I were to fill the jar with the pure ...

Hi guys! I was just trying to figure out if anyone has a formula for figuring out abv in a liquer? I know that the abv becomes diluted when the base is infused, flavored, etc... Was trying to figure out how to figure it out

What I'd suggest if you want to use up your turbo yeast is use 1/4 turbo and 3/4 active bread yeast or distillers yeast. That will allow you to get enough nutrients without adding more and you won't be overdosing the nutrients and killing the taste (using only turbo). That or just set the turbo asi...

Hi, I want to make some sugar shine. I want to try it with different kinds of yeast. I have some turbo yeast for one of the batches. How much turbo yeast per gallon of mash should I use?

You want easy and no fuss... Lemons r.jpg Wash your citrus fruit well. And drop the whole fruit into some 63% alcohol! Two three days in the jar. Now, you have no time zesting, no possible exposure to pith and best of all you didn't ruin the fruit! Peel the fruit and it is still intact and moist. F...

Hi guys! Not sure if I'm in the right forum, but I'm interested in making some flavored vodkas. I want to take a variety of different fruits, veggies, herbs, etc.. and make essentially an infusion oil/liquid to add either to my pot or thumper to put as much flavor into my run as possible without hav...

NZChris wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 6:54 pm Hendrick's name their botanicals on their website. Try making a small batch with as many of them as you have, then fiddle with your recipe every time you make another batch. It's probably quite difficult to make a bad gin using their selection.

Thank you! I will do some research on Hendricks.

ive made a few batches of cucumber gin. im terrible at taking notes but the last one i believe was 2 gallons 40% neutral with 1/2 oz crushed juniper, 1 tblsp crushed coriander, 1 tblsp dried hibiscus flowers, a pinch of crushed mustard seed and one medium chopped cucumber skin and all. macerated ov...

Hi, I was wondering if anybody on here had any recipes for making a cucumber gin?

Hi guys! Im interested in doing an apple pie brandy/whiskey. Im going to do a corn mash. When it comes down to running it, i was going to use 2 thump kegs. One will have some of the wash with cut up apples, the other some of the wash with cinnamon sticks. My second idea would be to distill a hard ci...

I was looking around online and found that a couple companies have produced both a thumper from a half gallon mason jar as well as a gallon carboy. Has anyone here tried this? I have a 2 gallon pot still and primarily only get low wines around 40% to the most 55% abv. I think this would both help me...

Hi guys! Was wondering if anyone has tried or actively makes beer either without hops or with an alternative bittering agent. I love beer, however, my girlfriend is allergic to hops. I have the idea of hopping my brew with juniper berries. If anyone has perfected this, please give me some insight. I...

Can someone give me a good ratio per gallon of mash for amylase enzyme. I want to make a potato vodka, but i want to base it on a 1 gallon mash. If i were to make a 1 gallon mash, how many pounds of potatoes and how much enzyme would i use to break down the starches to sugars?

Now i know i have talked to a guy that said all he did was use potatoes, cooked them down, mashed them in a straining bag, added a couple pounds of sugar, and fermented it. Is this a terrible alternative to using malted barley?

Long story short, my girlfriend is a big Tito's Vodka fan. Was wondering if anyone had any recipes that would closely resemble Tito's?

Hi everyone. I understand that you have to cook down the potatoes, mash them up, and strain off the solids. My question is on the sugar end. Im not very familiar with the malted barley end of it besides the homebrew beer kits ive made. If someone could give me a step by step process to it that would...

Hi, my friend and i were talking the other day and were thinking about trying a banana brandy. Anyone ever try one? If so, can i use dried bananas?

Hi guys. Now i know this must sound weird, but i like to experiment. Just want some input from other people. Now i know people make pina coladas all the time, but what about a mash ? Now i made a rum wash already. Now my idea is to load the still with the wash, lower my basket into the still and put...

Wait that wasnt supposed to be white oak. White birch was what i meant

Is that a yes as in you have trued it or yes as in give it a try?

So i want to try something different. I want to age a whiskey and a rum with white birch. Has anyone given this a try?

Anyone ever experiment with them to infuse alcohol?

I did a jalapeno shine adding the peppers into the ferment and then also incorporated them into a basket as well. Came out great! Plenty of flavor and punch to it.

I personally have experimented with apples using bakers, champagne, and nottingham ale yeast. For best flavor profile, nottingham takes the cake by a long shot. Strongly recommend it for hard cider and for apple brandy

Ive gotten pretty good at making fairly decent cuts. I usually have a couple 6 gallon buckets full of wash. So when im doing strip runs, im collecting everything first. So essentially i will end up with 1 to 2 gallons of likker. I do like your idea of a 5 gallon boiler though. I will definitely cons...

I understand that its only a little pot still, but it does the same thing bigger ones do. Just takes longer. So little POS is not how i would describe it, but thats besides the point. Anyways, the reason why i have questions on thumper designs would be possibly to clarify and add more flavor at the ...