Hi folks,
I'm new to distilling and have some questions.
To get started i just done a simple sugar wash with raisins.
My first question is how should i flavor this? I'm just looking for something simple.
This is what i found.
http://www.wideopeneats.com/recipes/van ... moonshine/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
I was planing on doing a stripping run followed by a spirit run. I have the grainfather with an alembic copper pot.
Thanks!
btw "Serve with a splash of half-and-half and sprinkle with sea salt." what does this mean?
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Re: Newbie
Welcome from a fellow N B.brad wrote:Hi folks,
I'm new to distilling and have some questions.
To get started i just done a simple sugar wash with raisins.
My first question is how should i flavor this? I'm just looking for something simple.
This is what i found.
http://www.wideopeneats.com/recipes/van ... moonshine/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Thanks!
btw "Serve with a splash of half-and-half and sprinkle with sea salt." what does this mean?
First suggestion is it sounds like you have a LOT of reading to do.
1. Parent Site
2. Cranky's Spoonfeed - A lot of the old farts are very proud of that thread and frankly, get a little agitated if Noobs like you and me don't pay our dues. You will find everyone has read those two items, unless they are total dickheads. I ASSuME you are NOT a dickhead.
3. After that reading, go to Tried & True Recipes: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=14
Good news is your plan calls for flavoring a neutral spirit. You will actually find that on the Parent Site but you should also scan the T&T for something you are interested in. You could bring a recipe from another source and ask for help. That would just delay you and some grumpy Members would refer you back to T&T. Save yourself some time.
That's about it for me. Good luck & WELCOME!
btw, if you don't know what half and half and sea salt are, this may not be the drink for you.
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Re: Newbie
I thought Americans called a mixture of milk and cream, half and half.....
Geoff
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Oh half and half diary or whatever you want to call it. Make sense with the carmel. ThanksTDick wrote:Welcome from a fellow N B.brad wrote:Hi folks,
I'm new to distilling and have some questions.
To get started i just done a simple sugar wash with raisins.
My first question is how should i flavor this? I'm just looking for something simple.
This is what i found.
http://www.wideopeneats.com/recipes/van ... moonshine/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Thanks!
btw "Serve with a splash of half-and-half and sprinkle with sea salt." what does this mean?
First suggestion is it sounds like you have a LOT of reading to do.
1. Parent Site
2. Cranky's Spoonfeed - A lot of the old farts are very proud of that thread and frankly, get a little agitated if Noobs like you and me don't pay our dues. You will find everyone has read those two items, unless they are total dickheads. I ASSuME you are NOT a dickhead.
3. After that reading, go to Tried & True Recipes: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=14
Good news is your plan calls for flavoring a neutral spirit. You will actually find that on the Parent Site but you should also scan the T&T for something you are interested in. You could bring a recipe from another source and ask for help. That would just delay you and some grumpy Members would refer you back to T&T. Save yourself some time.
That's about it for me. Good luck & WELCOME!
btw, if you don't know what half and half and sea salt are, this may not be the drink for you.
Re: Newbie
Thats what we call it, canadians.The Baker wrote:I thought Americans called a mixture of milk and cream, half and half.....
Geoff
Re: Newbie
Welcome to Home Distiller brad!
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Re: Newbie
Alcohol is pretty good at accepting "Flavours" as a rule - I like to put some fruit in sometimes. Dried apricots go particularly well - but don't overdo the flavourings.
Re: Newbie
Whats the general consensus on proof for fruit infusions using sugar washes? 80? I read when using oak for whiskeys you what a higher proof to start.Pikey wrote:Alcohol is pretty good at accepting "Flavours" as a rule - I like to put some fruit in sometimes. Dried apricots go particularly well - but don't overdo the flavourings.
Re: Newbie
Well folks my sugar wash with raisnes isn't doing well - It stopped but i got my father to rouse the yeast and heat it up to 28C, its burping again now.
It only moved about 20 points - i'm thinking about putting 200-250g of tomato paste in the bucket.
Thoughts?
It only moved about 20 points - i'm thinking about putting 200-250g of tomato paste in the bucket.
Thoughts?
Re: Newbie
Just an update my father put a can of tomato paste and a little bit of lemon juice in the wash and its ripping again!
Thanks, Birdwatcher!
Thanks, Birdwatcher!