how much smell? and distilling wine

milesdf · Post by **milesdf** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:48 pm

Hi,
How much smell can I expect from a pot still. Will my neighbors know somethings going on?

Has anyone ever tried to distill wine? Like ciroc vodka?

Thanks

Post by **Dnderhead** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:12 pm

I would be more worried about fermenter some of them smell baaad

I need to take the garbage out ?

Post by **rad14701** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:20 pm

You're just running a still for a few hours, not growing a field of marijuana, so the smell should be negligible... I guess it all depends on just how close your neighbors are and how nosy they are towards what you do on your own property...

wineo · Post by **wineo** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:59 pm

Just throw some charcoal on the grill.The smoke will cover it up.

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:52 pm

Has anyone ever tried to distill wine?

Babylonians, Arabs, Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, French, English, etc...not necessarily in that order.

alice · Post by **alice** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:07 pm

Old_Blue wrote:
Has anyone ever tried to distill wine?
Babylonians, Arabs, Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, French, English, etc...not necessarily in that order.

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kingearwig · Post by **kingearwig** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:30 pm

while I was waiting for my incredibly slow wash that I just stilled I stilled a 4L bottle of carlo rossi burgundy. It came out great. so good I added it to my final run on my wash. I got a little less than a liter. I also saw an article I think this site linked me there that said that distillers should think of themselves as winemakers. and if can make a tasty wash/wine that they can make it into a good spirit. But I am just a novice myself.

oh and about the smell I do mine in my apartment. The only time there is a surplus of smell is when you have distilled all of the alcohol off of your wash and you open the still to dump the wash. the hot wash is very smelly.

mikeac · Post by **mikeac** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:59 pm

Old_Blue wrote:
Has anyone ever tried to distill wine?
Babylonians, Arabs, Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, French, English, etc...not necessarily in that order.

Thanks Old_Blue, I wanted to say exactly that, but didn't know how to put it

byacey · Post by **byacey** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:28 pm

wineo wrote:Just throw some charcoal on the grill.The smoke will cover it up.

A burning rubber tire will throw them off the scent. Of course this could attract unwanted attention as well...

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:37 pm

People around here would never think twice about the smell. There's a fuel ethanol plant right on the edge of my little town.

The only time I get much odor is when the wash is heating up and the expanding air is coming through the condenser. Even this is nothing that would alarm anyone nearby.

Some of those wine yeasts can really throw some sulpher though.