Firewater

Not sure this community is alive, but gotta ask for you guys that are experienced.

At some time ago I'd tried really good whisky. Really really good, I mean, Lagavulling 18 kind good. I didn't really care for whisky before trying that.

Now a days I'm a big fan of those whiskies, but they are extremely expensive where I live. I'm talking about a month earnings worth.

My question here is: Is it possible to distill that grade of good whisky at home? How close one can get to those whiskies home distilling?

Thanks guys, hope someone sees this and answer.

I know this community is probably dead but what the hell.

Rum spirit run. Why am I using a reflux column for rum, shouldn't it be pot stilled?

Yes, yes it should be. However I'm using the reflux condenser to just introduce a small amount of reflux to help compress the heads / tails, nowhere near the same amount of reflux as if I was trying to make neutral spirit.

Anyway it works, the spirit coming off is much "prettier" and less offensive than it would have been running in pot mode, while still retaining flavours from the molasses

Tried making some pure sugar mash last year and it turned out laughable. Thinking about trying my hand at potato mash. Does anyone have any recommendations for recipes or tips?

Hello fellow distillers and potential ex-reddit users. This is the new space on Lemmy for all things distilling!

Hopefully we can grow the community and learn this new Lemmy thing together.

The space is looking pretty bare, but with some help, it'll be home in no time. Here's a pick of my setup to make it look less bare. It's a reflux still from AliExpress sitting on top of a grainfather. The needle valves that it came with are rubbish and need replacing, as I can't close the reflux condenser all the way anymore. Regardless of its flaws I still love it and it can produce some tasty (tasteless) vodka.