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I made this Nocino in the early summer with some neutral that I had in the cellar from a few years ago. My son's friends dad has a huge tree and they were ready for the picking... I've got an old Italian recipe book stays its have to collect them when they are still green and soft. Traditionally, th...

I've been running Grape washes for several years... makes for a cheap grappa so to speak. I have 4 vines that are at the end of the yard that are about 40 years old, and prolific providers of grapes every year. They are white Concord grapes... "Uva Americana"... my dad used to say....I've mentioned ...

è bello averti con noi! Se fossi in te, inizierei con un semplice Sugar Wash. Puoi trovare la ricetta su questo sito. Sto usando Google translate, perché non so scrivere un italiano corretto. Mi è stato insegnato Dialetto de trevisan. Tienici informati.

Quick informational question re gin ingredients-- I'm planning on doing a Gin- but looking over the threads I can't find what I'm looking for, are the ingredients crushed or kept whole if they are put in a gin basket.... I'm thinking you'd get more flavor with crushed, but I don't know, thus I ask.....

After close to 2 years of not distilling, I set up the "old lady" and did a vinegar wash to clean it out and check for leakage. 100% clean and no leakage. Cleaned her out, and started with about 6 gallons of old fermented grape juice and ran it hard and fast! (a cheap version of grappa without doing...

Anchio sono Italiano, pero no e sonno in Italia.... mi parenti vien di Treviso... Crespano del Grappa...parlo Trevisan!

Hello there Cranky and all the other old timers...
Yup...It's me.... been a long time...work and kids got in the way. I'm almost retired so I'm getting back to having fun!
I'm glad to be back-- need more time to read!!
thanks for the welcome return!
GG

Getting back to the Kousa Dogwood fruit... the city planted 2 of these trees on the boulevard outside my house about 20 years ago... I knew they were edible via an old lady who walked by everyday with her dog...with age come knowledge lol... I always thought they had a "blah" taste and weren't worth...

Good day to all.... was given 30lbs of plums... wife and I split them and are putting them in the freezer... Anyone know any good recipes involving the pits? I remember somewhere something about apricot pits....same thing?? I can always defrost the ones in the freezer and deal with them at a later t...

Welcome...judging from your handle, we're close to each other.... if you need to chat, maybe I can help you out. Cheers

Sorry for posting in Welcome center....didn't know where to put it.... Heading off on holiday to UK, Germany and back to UK (Scotland)... exploring and sampling...heavy on the sampling..lol...
Catch up with everyone in the Fall.
GG

Hey there gang... It's been a long time since dropping any information or touching base with you lot. Work schedule hasn't allowed me to do much in terms of distilling, as did the horrible winter we had. No fun freezing your butt watching your pot boil. Got to build me a vented shed of some sort! I'...

Hey there everyone... been awhile since I've posted anything...so here we go: Has anyone used a portable induction stove as a heat source? Local hardware store had some on sale and I was wondering if it would be able to heat up a 5 gal or even a 10 gal beer keg? The diameter across the top doesn't s...

welcome aboard....out on the best coast ...I mean, west coast...lol....ask, read, and do more reading....lol...cheers
gg

from a fellow Canuck... the shoulder seasons are the best to brew...not to hot...and depending where you are, not too cold.... hate standing outside in the cold watching it drip...lol

NZChris-- to knock it down... dilute it? and then reheat it up? safe to do I guess once it's diluted, correct?

They aren't salmon, but they were fun to catch with the boy....his first trout...breakfast of champions.

quick update on this: Its been sitting since September 8th. First reading was as follows batch #1 1.130--- I know...very high batch #2 1.08 todays readings, after adding B12's and more yeast at various times is the following: batch # 1 1.120 still too high batch #2 1.01 Both batches very different i...

just to clarify... I'm not asking anyone to read my mind -- this is almost getting out of hand. What I meant by bubbles, is that the bubbling of the fermentation has stopped. Maybe not all of the sugar has fermented, true... but for the last two batches, I've let it sit for over two weeks. I've heat...

Pikey.... I don't know what's wrong...I've been doing the same thing over and over...and in the past....positive results....that's why I asked the forum.

Shadylane... no more bubbles happening..thus the ferment is done...that's how I usually gage it....

Hey there, so on the hydrometer, it is a PROOF and TRALLES... I believe its the correct one...been using this for as long as I've been distilling. I do the reading shortly after it comes out of the Liebig...fresh, so to speak. On average, 8lbs sugar for 5gal batch. and No, I didn't measure the "pre-...

Ok, so, I've now completed 3 different runs,,, 2 birdwatchers and 1 COB... and all three have had low % in the outflow. What I mean is that I measure the % and it only starts at just above 40%, and then goes lower as per usual. These are all 5 gallon batches, all with baking yeast and 1/2 can of tom...

My nephew and his wife each caught 21+lbs salmon the last two days up by Pender Harbour. They sure are running!

I've been looking all over for an answer but can't find it. Rad's All bran recipe... does it have a flavor? or is it just a sugarwash neutral type of thing??? He doesn't have a email or PM box next to his name otherwise I would have asked him. I'm thinking of running a batch, but want to know what t...

3 1/2 litres of gin...averaging 45%

Could you describe the cold filtering method?

I was given a gift a few years back of that stuff... good stuff...I thought. Not high end, but I've never had high end, so I don't know. I was told that its middle ground.

left coaster out here....welcome welcome welcome......jump on in, the water's warm...
cheers
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I'd try it.... I found some stuff my dad had hidden away and tried it...wickedly potent! I could only imagine that it was a gin of some sort, as the juniper berries are still intact in the bottom of the bottle.

This is a big one for me...the big 5-0..... yikes.... this is a photo of something my buddies got me. I'm sure something similar will be going around to all of my friends as we all turn
50 this year...Thanks for the well wishes folks... I appreciate it...