Hello All from the Philippines!

[Filbrewer]

I'm a homebrewer for 4 years and now wanted to learn from distillation, its science and techniques. There are quite some distilled products from the Philippines but we are never proud of what we have. I hope time has changed and with information never been faster and more available as before, our tropical climate can produce new and better distilled drinks and products. Homebrewing in this country can be very expensive because we simply don't have the raw mats to produce it. Distillation does not limit us from discovering and learning at a minimal cost. We have molasses at a bargain and other cheap starches that can be converted to sugars. High sugar content palm toddys are readily available and other fruits as well. I made a very simple pot still in a 15 gal pot for 10 gal batches. It's still my second rum and I'm still learning to avoid mistakes in making cuts. That's how novice I am.

Legal? I doubt if we have a law prohibiting someone from brewing or distilling for his own consumption here in the Philippines.

It will be a long journey for me to discover and learn.

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Welcome. Cheap molasses sure sounds good. Happy stilling.

[MDH]

I'm a homebrewer for 4 years and now wanted to learn from distillation, its science and techniques. There are quite some distilled products from the Philippines but we are never proud of what we have. I hope time has changed and with information never been faster and more available as before, our tropical climate can produce new and better distilled drinks and products. Homebrewing in this country can be very expensive because we simply don't have the raw mats to produce it. Distillation does not limit us from discovering and learning at a minimal cost. We have molasses at a bargain and other cheap starches that can be converted to sugars. High sugar content palm toddys are readily available and other fruits as well. I made a very simple pot still in a 15 gal pot for 10 gal batches. It's still my second rum and I'm still learning to avoid mistakes in making cuts. That's how novice I am.

Legal? I doubt if we have a law prohibiting someone from brewing or distilling for his own consumption here in the Philippines.

It will be a long journey for me to discover and learn.

Yeah! If you can take Lambanog and refine it down a little bit, do some improvements, I'd like to hear about it.

[Xecros]

I'm a homebrewer for 4 years and now wanted to learn from distillation, its science and techniques. There are quite some distilled products from the Philippines but we are never proud of what we have. I hope time has changed and with information never been faster and more available as before, our tropical climate can produce new and better distilled drinks and products. Homebrewing in this country can be very expensive because we simply don't have the raw mats to produce it. Distillation does not limit us from discovering and learning at a minimal cost. We have molasses at a bargain and other cheap starches that can be converted to sugars. High sugar content palm toddys are readily available and other fruits as well. I made a very simple pot still in a 15 gal pot for 10 gal batches. It's still my second rum and I'm still learning to avoid mistakes in making cuts. That's how novice I am.

Legal? I doubt if we have a law prohibiting someone from brewing or distilling for his own consumption here in the Philippines.

It will be a long journey for me to discover and learn.

Kamusta ka!?

I've spent a lot of time in the philippines. Lived there for awhile in fact. Up in La union on Luzon. A major crop of the philippines is sugar cane, as such, you should have ready, cheap access to sugar and molasses. Molasses for rum, sugar for vodka. Philippines also grows corn, so there's your whiskey! Then you have rice, saki anyone? You have lots of cheap ways to make spirits. cheap by our standards anyways...not sure what your money income is like...

[Filbrewer]

thank you guys for the warm welcome. I'll be distilling Lambanog today and tomorrow using my pot still. I'll make 3 runs out of it.

@xecros, Mabuti naman! i'm from the south Iligan City in the Island of Mindanao

I'm building a VM/LM combo still, any proven designs you can direct me to.

Thanks in advance

[Truckinbutch]

Proven designs are available on this site . Welcome , by the way . If you can't find what you need at this store in the way of distilling knowledge , you didn't need that anyway

[redmud]

Welcome. I will be interested to know your local laws. My Father take a trip to the phillines every year.

[Filbrewer]

I guess our law is silent in the homebrewing/distilling level. It always makes mention on selling, distribution and a brewer/distiller engaged in the business but it is silent on a brewer/distiller for personal consumption.

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[F6Hawk]

Musta na, Po! Hop on over to the Tried and True recipes, and be sure to make Uncle Remus Rice Vodka one of your attempts! IDK about Lambanog, but surely you could add some coconut to the rice ferment and get a unique taste. I hope to join you one of these days, but a bit to the north, near to Boracay. Let's brew!

[Filbrewer]

Musta na, Po! Hop on over to the Tried and True recipes, and be sure to make Uncle Remus Rice Vodka one of your attempts! IDK about Lambanog, but surely you could add some coconut to the rice ferment and get a unique taste. I hope to join you one of these days, but a bit to the north, near to Boracay. Let's brew!

Thanks F6Hawk. I hope to collaborate with a fellow distiller someday. Are you in Romblon?