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by dova
Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:38 pm
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Plum Brandy advice wanted
Replies: 27
Views: 5095

Re: Plum Brandy advice wanted

Thanks you all.
by dova
Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:54 pm
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Plum Brandy advice wanted
Replies: 27
Views: 5095

Re: Plum Brandy advice wanted

In the past, I've only singly distilled my plum mash. I take cuts and I then blend them to taste and ABV. Somewhere along the line I read that Slivovitz was traditionally only singly distilled. I now want to do doubly distilled batch. I took separate cuts during my "stirpping run", but for...
by dova
Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:11 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: plum mash
Replies: 51
Views: 21838

Re: plum mash

Starting with a backyard plum tree, I had a successful first batch starting with plum+sugar wine -> slivovich/brandy using a 2 gal Alembic still. For the next batch, I want to make things easier and more plum tasting. I have a cider press that I used for the first batch, and so it seems that I could...
by dova
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hello from Seattle
Replies: 5
Views: 401

Hello from Seattle

Hello from Seattle, Washington USA Thank you all big time for the information that I've already gleaned from the forum. My situation: organic chemistry background so familiar with how distillations behave, collecting fractions and organic compounds (esters, alcohols, acids ...), but I only have a li...