by TassieTiger » 25 Nov 2018, 12:42 pm
That burnt “electronics” smell makes me gag as well...
A lot of ppl pleaded with me to run batches of scotch in my distilling days - peat moss was freely given for flavour profiles but I just couldn’t do it.
Made some nice molasses based rum in old sherry and old port barrels, corn based bourbons in Us oak barrels, juniper based gins, vodkas and everything in between - bar scotch lol
It is a great little hobby - very rewarding, initial outlay for equipment is not that bad and if using fresh base ingredients then it’s not expensive at all, but it takes a lot of time...dual or triple distilling batches thru pot stills or detuned reflux stills, sitting on the end of 60l stainless boiler - can take 6-8 hours per run...or longer if you try and get “cute”(95.6% being the ultimate target for s**ts and giggles - called azetrope, highest you can get out of normal still FYI)...then the ageing process...arrrgghhhh flashbacks help..argh.
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