Home Distiller

On a lark, a friend brought me two cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and a bottle of cheap vodka to distill out into something drinkable. So, with no modifications or changes, we poured all 60 cans of PBR and the vodka into the still and...

..lo and behold, it tastes GOOD!

Wheaty with a slight floral note.. when mixed with water the wheatyness comes out nicely. Very mild bite, and would likely age well. You could drink this stuff all day long.

So hey, if a truckload of PBR falls your way, you know what to do!

This was done with a PDA-1 and the proof was about 160.

How was your packing after this run? I would think it would be pretty stinky, stripping out the odor/flavor from hopped beer.

But if your results are good, and the beer is free, why not. Possibly in your case, just a little extra cleanup to get the structured copper clean and ready for the next run, but hopefully not much more than that.

H.

Packing (and the still in general) was definitely stinky but it cleaned up pretty easily with a soak and some elbow grease. Didn't need more cleaning than usual except soaking the packing a bit longer to get out the funk.