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Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:24 pm
by Halloween Hot Sauce
Greetings!
My name is Victor Ives. I’m interested in Halloween, horror movies, making hot sauce, making infused liqueurs and I hope to learn here how to distill absinthe!
I’m in the market for a small still to distill my absinthe. Recommendations welcome!
I’m honored to be a new member of this excellent forum!
Thank you!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:01 am
by Saltbush Bill
Welcome aboard Victor ...there are enough absinthe threads here to keep you reading and experimenting for a long time.
Haven't personally been down that path, but at a guess I think to do a good job of it you might need two stills, a reflux and a pot.
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:05 am
by Corsaire
Welcome!
A simple pot is enough to make absinthe, but a reflux still will be useful to make your own base spirit.
There's good reads on absinthe here.
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:11 am
by NZChris
Welcome to the forum.
I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it
Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:52 am
by Halloween Hot Sauce
Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:01 am
Welcome aboard Victor ...there are enough absinthe threads here to keep you reading and experimenting for a long time.
Haven't personally been down that path, but at a guess I think to do a good job of it you might need two stills, a reflux and a pot.
Thank you so much!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:52 am
by Halloween Hot Sauce
Corsaire wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:05 am
Welcome!
A simple pot is enough to make absinthe, but a reflux still will be useful to make your own base spirit.
There's good reads on absinthe here.
Thank you!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:53 am
by Halloween Hot Sauce
NZChris wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:11 am
Welcome to the forum.
I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it
Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
Excellent! Thank you!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:26 am
by The Booze Pipe
I would recommend making a light flavor whiskey for a base spirit. Distilled three times in a pot still will allow you to get started much sooner with a more simple setup. By the time you add all those botanicals, no one will know they are drinking “whiskey”. I read somewhere, I think a book, absinthe was traditionally made with whatever spirit you had available. For example, if I had access to copious amounts of free, or next to it, orchard fruit to ferment and distill, that’s what I would use!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:24 pm
by Halloween Hot Sauce
The Booze Pipe wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:26 am
I would recommend making a light flavor whiskey for a base spirit. Distilled three times in a pot still will allow you to get started much sooner with a more simple setup. By the time you add all those botanicals, no one will know they are drinking “whiskey”. I read somewhere, I think a book, absinthe was traditionally made with whatever spirit you had available. For example, if I had access to copious amounts of free, or next to it, orchard fruit to ferment and distill, that’s what I would use!
Interesting! It’s certainly worth trying! Thank you!
Re: Halloween, Hot Sauce & Absinthe
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:25 pm
by Halloween Hot Sauce
NZChris wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:11 am
Welcome to the forum.
I also recommend two stills for Absinthe. I've always used a big pot still and a little pot still. I've never used a reflux still for it
Search the forum for some really good ideas on it.
I’ll do that! Thank you!