Interesting short video on slivovitz production. The still is direct fired by wood, but the still kettle is a water bath.
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Old world slivovitz/plum brandy video
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Re: Old world slivovitz/plum brandy video
Not sure why, but I can sti and watch these type of videos for hours.
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Very nice, as close to an Arcadian idyll as one could get.
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Good link.
That brandy would be full of tails running it into a bucket till the whole volume becomes 44% abv....so much for doing cuts lol
That brandy would be full of tails running it into a bucket till the whole volume becomes 44% abv....so much for doing cuts lol
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It might seem that way butCopperhead road wrote:Good link.
That brandy would be full of tails running it into a bucket till the whole volume becomes 44% abv....so much for doing cuts lol
The brandy has more heads than the average sugar wash and less tails
And that's the cuts for single run brandy
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Re: Old world slivovitz/plum brandy video
Note that they do not add water to the fermenter and because it’s so thick once it’s finished the Cap is on top, they just scrap away a couple of inches to expose the beautiful plum colour and run the lot. No straining.....
I do the exact same thing with my peach fermenters
I do the exact same thing with my peach fermenters
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