Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe

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Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe

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Greetings!

My name is Victor Ives. I’m interested in Halloween, horror movies, making hot sauce, making infused liqueurs and I hope to learn here how to distill absinthe!

I’m in the market for a small still to distill my absinthe. Recommendations welcome!

I’m honored to be a new member of this excellent forum!

Thank you!
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Welcome aboard Victor ...there are enough absinthe threads here to keep you reading and experimenting for a long time.
Haven't personally been down that path, but at a guess I think to do a good job of it you might need two stills, a reflux and a pot.
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Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe

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Welcome!
A simple pot is enough to make absinthe, but a reflux still will be useful to make your own base spirit.
There's good reads on absinthe here.
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Welcome to the forum.

I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it :D

Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
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Saltbush Bill wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:01 am Welcome aboard Victor ...there are enough absinthe threads here to keep you reading and experimenting for a long time.
Haven't personally been down that path, but at a guess I think to do a good job of it you might need two stills, a reflux and a pot.
Thank you so much!
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Corsaire wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:05 am Welcome!
A simple pot is enough to make absinthe, but a reflux still will be useful to make your own base spirit.
There's good reads on absinthe here.
Thank you!
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NZChris wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:11 am Welcome to the forum.

I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it :D

Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
Excellent! Thank you!
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I would recommend making a light flavor whiskey for a base spirit. Distilled three times in a pot still will allow you to get started much sooner with a more simple setup. By the time you add all those botanicals, no one will know they are drinking “whiskey”. I read somewhere, I think a book, absinthe was traditionally made with whatever spirit you had available. For example, if I had access to copious amounts of free, or next to it, orchard fruit to ferment and distill, that’s what I would use! :thumbup:
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Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe

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The Booze Pipe wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:26 am I would recommend making a light flavor whiskey for a base spirit. Distilled three times in a pot still will allow you to get started much sooner with a more simple setup. By the time you add all those botanicals, no one will know they are drinking “whiskey”. I read somewhere, I think a book, absinthe was traditionally made with whatever spirit you had available. For example, if I had access to copious amounts of free, or next to it, orchard fruit to ferment and distill, that’s what I would use! :thumbup:
Interesting! It’s certainly worth trying! Thank you!
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NZChris wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:11 am Welcome to the forum.

I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it :D

Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
I’ll do that! Thank you!
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