Australian Gin using local aromatics has become pretty big in the past 5-10 years. I'd love to see you do a "NZ Gin" that uses uniquely kiwi aromatics.
An acquaintance sent this to me and I love your personality and on screen presence. The person that sent me the link doesn’t know I just celebrated 17 years of sobriety. That being said, I would love to subscribe, but I just can’t. I know all too well where my mind goes. It’s certainly nothing personal and I wish you and your channel nothing but success. Hats off and respect to those that can stop at one or two.👍
Peaky Blinders is set in the 1920's around the events and times of the Irish Independence movement in Ireland with some interactions and events happening in England.
Great work Jesse! I'm a big Peaky Blinders fan, and you totally nailed it! Your wife is a great sport for playing along and putting up with your "hobby". Hats off to her! She is a brave and amazing woman.
Dude! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻love the gin stuff. She even went as far as attempting to become a BJCP judge 🥰. Ty for breaking down the potato/starch part! 🤘🏻from NC in the US 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Love your work, but I do have to say in reference to your statement of the 1940's?? @4.09 The Peaky Blinders were actually active during the 1880's to 1910's
Interestingly, the 'stills' in peaky blinders are actually the heating system for the Edwardian era Manchester palace swimming baths, as seen in this video ua-cam.com/video/ZU1sesNQ1Zo/v-deo.html they just dressed them up as stills :)
Well done, I was never a fan of Gin ..... that is until I made a batch of my own from a recipe you showed some time back, I do believe that the freshness makes all the difference.
Was that the Odin's gin? I did one batch that was the best gin I'd ever had, so decided to do another, and the second was the worst gin I'd ever had hahaha
High starch potatoes would be best for fermenting. If you can get hold of things like Russets, Yukon Gold or Maris Piper (any good chipping/roasting potatoes) would be my go to, if it was legal to home distil in the UK.
Brilliant and well done, you nailed it! Good to see your wife and her honest opinion and to know more of you. Now to check the book! Great idea to make drinks from shows.
Awesome stuff!! I really need to try this out soooon!!! One question though. What was the last additive you put in using a credit card. it sounded like you said "Extra" but that to my brain just didn't compute 🥴 Keep on stillin
Great vid Jesse, the wife and I spent lockdown here in Christchurch binging on Peaky. Must get myself an airstill to do these little distillations - i run most of mine through a 30 litre still and carter head so I end up with alot of gin after each run :) .
Love the content Jessie. My Daughter has asked for some Gin for the Holidays. Definitely going to try. Thank your pretty wife for the children’s books.
I bought a still spirits turbo air still and the safety temp switch melted. I bypassed the shut off and burned my machine down. Please only use as directed these require constant supervision to ensure safety. Don’t leave it like I did.
I love how he gives us "freedom units" as if we can get ahold of a still legally over here, like half his audience are moonshiners id assume😅😭 though I absolutely love the whole freedom units thing
I'd me most interested to see you take a look at Ibicenco Heirbas. As an ex Ibiza (Baleairic Island in Spain) resident, it is something of a big deal over there and I drank more than my fair share. Apparently 200 indigenous 'erbs in there. There is a local 'brand' but many people make their own, often having fancy bottles with all manner of herbacious twigs and flowers inside.
Great video as always! It was great to meet you at The Bastards Ball. Keep up the great work! Also thanks for introducing me to Alan Bishop/ One Piece At A Time Distilling he has a fantastic channel.
Hi I am enjoying the channel great info. Have you tried making Poitin, Irish moonshine we make it and infuse it with Slows the berry from blackthorn bushes it gets a deep purple colour and add sugar to balance the tart berry’s I also tried your forced whiskey using poitin 🥃 wow
Great video, really interesting. I think that back in the prohibition era that they would have gone for an Old Tom Gin, which would have been sweet to cover up cheap ingredients and dubious distillation, unlike your expert, well distilled recreation. Shelby Company were also into Rum. Looking forward to that video Jesse.
Hay buddy just wanted to say love watching your videos iv seen a lot off them now an was wondering if you could do a coconut rum anyway keep up the good work mate 👍
Tommy's 'still,' was a hollywood prop. It wasn't a real still. Go to most large distilleries and you'll mostly see copper and/ or stainless steel. Heads and hearts and tails are basic and to taste. I was under the impression, that gin makers, used an 'infusion,' process, rather than mixing the herbs directly into the run. I was thinking the 'infusion,' process was a space in the still, where the evaporating liquid would pass through the herbs, before it went to the condenser. So the flavors of the herbs would be picked up by the liquor, passing through them from the still to the condenser. But maybe I'm just a drinker and not a master distiller!
Waiting on my 3 plate column to get here, then I can make some vodka.....that will eventually make some gin with. I like the "Arthur's contribution," 😂 I think that might keep me up enough to run through the tails!!
I've never heard of Peaky Blinders, but looked it up. I may have to give in and get Netflix just so I can. Never been a fan of Gin either, but have been considering a run, just for grins. DEFINITELY going to get 1 of those shirts ! Thanks Jesse 👍👍
@@WhiteRvssian2023 I've been working on a Single Malt that is as good as I can make, to my taster, my wife, and the buddy who introduced us to Singke Malt/ Scotch. About have it perfected. Might try gin after I FINALLY make the rum I got ingredients for 2 years ago, lol. Thanks for the opinion 👍👍
Curious thought, what would happen if you cooked your potatoes souve as to not dilute them with water as much for the mash 🤔 Would get more starch and a bigger yield 🤷🏼♂️
I'm a huge peaky blinders fan and a huge still it fan soooo perfect collab man! Looking forward to this banger! By order of the peaky blinders.... drink up!
So I made some gin with Everclear and botanicals. Sadly it has way too much juniper in it. What can I re distill it with to cut the juniper? (it's also still way too high proof, heh.)
Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but there is an older style of English gin called ‘ Old Tom’ - which tends to be sweeter than London Dry Gin - I think that’s probably what Tommy was thinking about 🤔
Alfie Solomon's comment about needing to make it sweeter for the American market is correct. Contemporary tequila makers have begun to make sweeter tequila for the American market. Not a happy thing for lovers of the older style tequilas and mezcals.
It's likely supposed to be Poitín rather than a vodka base given it's potatoes and they were originally related to Irish travellers in the show Poitín being Irish moonshine
not sure if the video mentioned it since I skipped most parts lol, but the reason why Tommy's gin needed to be sweeter than usual, its because during pre prohibition, a lot of the cocktails that they made tends to be way sweeter. like way way sweeter. like some cocktail recipe requires more than an ounce of simple syrup. so therefore in order to sell to the americans, tommy had to make it much sweeter than it should be.
Australian Gin using local aromatics has become pretty big in the past 5-10 years. I'd love to see you do a "NZ Gin" that uses uniquely kiwi aromatics.
I bought a Blood Orange gin from Ladbroken Distilleryin Tumbarumba NSW, that uses “hints” of Feijoas as one of the botanicals ….it is delicious.
Same thing happening in TX. Love to see it
Horopito and konini are 2 ideas
Could try use mingi mingi berries and maybe even Manuka flowers or leaves too
totara berries would be good i reckon, as a subtle background note.
It was amazing
I missed the “by order of the peaky blinders” sentence from the end but it was absolutely amazing
An acquaintance sent this to me and I love your personality and on screen presence. The person that sent me the link doesn’t know I just celebrated 17 years of sobriety. That being said, I would love to subscribe, but I just can’t. I know all too well where my mind goes. It’s certainly nothing personal and I wish you and your channel nothing but success. Hats off and respect to those that can stop at one or two.👍
Educational and absolutely hilarious bits. Well done, an excellent production as always.
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it 😊
Peaky Blinders is set in the 1920's around the events and times of the Irish Independence movement in Ireland with some interactions and events happening in England.
When you did the Arthur contribution i just about collapsed with laughter. Very nicely done! He would be proud of you i"m sure.
Great work Jesse! I'm a big Peaky Blinders fan, and you totally nailed it! Your wife is a great sport for playing along and putting up with your "hobby". Hats off to her! She is a brave and amazing woman.
We have an East Coast Canada craft distiller who makes a great potato gin at 55%ABV.
Dude! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻love the gin stuff. She even went as far as attempting to become a BJCP judge 🥰. Ty for breaking down the potato/starch part! 🤘🏻from NC in the US 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Love your work, but I do have to say in reference to your statement of the 1940's?? @4.09 The Peaky Blinders were actually active during the 1880's to 1910's
I actually just started watching that show last week. Great work, always a pleasure to see you work.
Welcome to the channel 😊
Nicely done!
Hugs from Brazil!
Congrats on the book and shop Erin!! Love the family all supporting each others ventures and passions
Interestingly, the 'stills' in peaky blinders are actually the heating system for the Edwardian era Manchester palace swimming baths, as seen in this video ua-cam.com/video/ZU1sesNQ1Zo/v-deo.html they just dressed them up as stills :)
Hahaha that's a awesome find!
@@StillIt local to me ;)
Probably bathtub gin then 😂
@@brendanwhite104 😂
I started cracking up at the freedom numbers bit🤣🇺🇸
Loved it! I ordered Erin's book, think the Grandkids are gonna love it.
I love me some Gin especially when you mix it with juice of any type especially orange juice
Burdock root was sometimes used (local and free/cheap)
And Seagram gin and Tanqueray all my favorite brands
Gotta love the use of the good ol ozito drill
I appreciate the freedom units x D
Nice! And congrats Erin!
Well done, I was never a fan of Gin ..... that is until I made a batch of my own from a recipe you showed some time back, I do believe that the freshness makes all the difference.
Gin gas a huge gamet of flavour too. Its pretty cool being able to play around and find what suits your taste.
Was that the Odin's gin? I did one batch that was the best gin I'd ever had, so decided to do another, and the second was the worst gin I'd ever had hahaha
High starch potatoes would be best for fermenting. If you can get hold of things like Russets, Yukon Gold or Maris Piper (any good chipping/roasting potatoes) would be my go to, if it was legal to home distil in the UK.
Old wrinkly potatoes will also be more concentrated in starch.
Brilliant and well done, you nailed it! Good to see your wife and her honest opinion and to know more of you. Now to check the book! Great idea to make drinks from shows.
😆✌✌😆 love how you tease the beginner stills, thank you for keeping the science and dispelling bunk! Thank you dude
Wet cement - is a good comparison/description
That might be like what is being used at Old Bushmills Distillery Northern Ireland.
Commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for all the vids and content!
Thanks mate :)
Nice cool experiment 👌
Awesome stuff!!
I really need to try this out soooon!!! One question though. What was the last additive you put in using a credit card. it sounded like you said "Extra" but that to my brain just didn't compute 🥴
Keep on stillin
Great vid Jesse, the wife and I spent lockdown here in Christchurch binging on Peaky. Must get myself an airstill to do these little distillations - i run most of mine through a 30 litre still and carter head so I end up with alot of gin after each run :) .
Excellent video mate, when do the new collab shirts come out?
Great work as always. All the best from Romania, bud
If I had money you'd be on the list of patreon people I'd support. Thank you for all the great info and commentary. Keep on chasing the craft!
One of the only videos with peaky blinders in the name that isn't cringe
Love the content Jessie. My Daughter has asked for some Gin for the Holidays. Definitely going to try. Thank your pretty wife for the children’s books.
You can use gelatin powder to stick labels to bottles, but they are definitely not water proof.
Nice, I have done milk and flour before too. The print will run if it gets wet anyway.
Saw this and had to watch it, love the show. Also, really enjoyed the video.
Thanks, Jesse!
I bought a still spirits turbo air still and the safety temp switch melted. I bypassed the shut off and burned my machine down. Please only use as directed these require constant supervision to ensure safety. Don’t leave it like I did.
I love how he gives us "freedom units" as if we can get ahold of a still legally over here, like half his audience are moonshiners id assume😅😭 though I absolutely love the whole freedom units thing
Its federally legal but some states ban it at the state level despite being federally legal which is technically illegal for states to do.
Jesse, you are Rockin' that Peaky Blinders style hat mate :)
Excellent upload as always. Thanks
I'd me most interested to see you take a look at Ibicenco Heirbas. As an ex Ibiza (Baleairic Island in Spain) resident, it is something of a big deal over there and I drank more than my fair share. Apparently 200 indigenous 'erbs in there. There is a local 'brand' but many people make their own, often having fancy bottles with all manner of herbacious twigs and flowers inside.
Looking forward to the new website, I hope you sell a lot of distilling bits and pieces
🎼 these are a few of my favorite things 🎶 cheers, brother!
Great Job , congratulations on your book!
Thanks Scott, I'm proud of her she did a awesome job!
Good quality video enjoyed it, good learning. Keep it up!
Great video as always! It was great to meet you at The Bastards Ball. Keep up the great work! Also thanks for introducing me to Alan Bishop/ One Piece At A Time Distilling he has a fantastic channel.
Lighting up in a distiller's shed... I was half expecting the place to blow up
Hi I am enjoying the channel great info. Have you tried making Poitin, Irish moonshine we make it and infuse it with Slows the berry from blackthorn bushes it gets a deep purple colour and add sugar to balance the tart berry’s I also tried your forced whiskey using poitin 🥃 wow
This was excellent; one of my favorites I've watched from you
Oi, mate, that was a splendid, legit episode!)
Great video, really interesting. I think that back in the prohibition era that they would have gone for an Old Tom Gin, which would have been sweet to cover up cheap ingredients and dubious distillation, unlike your expert, well distilled recreation. Shelby Company were also into Rum. Looking forward to that video Jesse.
Brilliant as always!
Hay buddy just wanted to say love watching your videos iv seen a lot off them now an was wondering if you could do a coconut rum anyway keep up the good work mate 👍
Pinky Blinders is a big hit in our house. My wife and son are watching episodes as I watch this. 🙂
I never sweeten my gin. I'm trying to cut down on sugars in general but I get the reason for you adding it. Another great vid
The hat definitely suits you! keep wearing it.
Thanks man
This was a fantastic video! super entertaining and informational! can't wait to make this!
Fun stuff! Have you tried the little botanicals basket for the Air Still?
Yup, it works well. Bit it can be a little small depending on the recipe. I tend to gravitate back to maceration rather than vapour path.
I'm not really into gin but I do love the peaky blinders spiced rum have you ever thought about making some
That was fun! Nice work 😊
Awesome
Tommy's 'still,' was a hollywood prop. It wasn't a real still.
Go to most large distilleries and you'll mostly see copper and/ or stainless steel.
Heads and hearts and tails are basic and to taste.
I was under the impression, that gin makers, used an 'infusion,' process, rather than mixing the herbs directly into the run.
I was thinking the 'infusion,' process was a space in the still, where the evaporating liquid would pass through the herbs, before it went to the condenser. So the flavors of the herbs would be picked up by the liquor, passing through them from the still to the condenser.
But maybe I'm just a drinker and not a master distiller!
Awesome stuff. You made an old Tom gin.
Hell yea. That’s a super cool recipe. I’m gonna try this one. Damn the list is getting larger and larger.
Hahaha yeah I'm always add to the list faster than I can make it
Waiting on my 3 plate column to get here, then I can make some vodka.....that will eventually make some gin with. I like the "Arthur's contribution," 😂 I think that might keep me up enough to run through the tails!!
I went and voted I wish you the best of luck on the brewtuber awards
That's a pretty BIG spliff for "family business"....I hope you get the young'uns in on that, as well as Mom and Pops...lol.
Very cool
Great video, great gin, great wife! Nice homage to a TV show! 😁 Next time, do Klingon firewine...
I've never heard of Peaky Blinders, but looked it up. I may have to give in and get Netflix just so I can. Never been a fan of Gin either, but have been considering a run, just for grins. DEFINITELY going to get 1 of those shirts ! Thanks Jesse 👍👍
Omg such a good show. Def worth the watch if you enjoy 1920 gangster movies
Yeah it's worth a watch mate!
Gin is an acquired taste, but once acquired, nothing beats a G&T made with good gin and good tonic (not too much though, just a splash 😜)
@@WhiteRvssian2023 I've been working on a Single Malt that is as good as I can make, to my taster, my wife, and the buddy who introduced us to Singke Malt/ Scotch. About have it perfected. Might try gin after I FINALLY make the rum I got ingredients for 2 years ago, lol. Thanks for the opinion 👍👍
No lie you can rock the hat!
Good fun and enjoyable as always. Thank you!
Not sure if you’ve ever fermented and distilled maple syrup but it could be a great idea for meme spirits! (Might not even be terrible!)
Curious thought, what would happen if you cooked your potatoes souve as to not dilute them with water as much for the mash 🤔
Would get more starch and a bigger yield 🤷🏼♂️
Ah gin, Now we're talking. I've always been a fan of the pine, citrus, and botanical flavors.
Out of curiosity, what do you do with the foreshot/heads/tails? Do you make your own hand santiser/house cleaning liquids?
The Foook'n Blindah's!
Great video man thanks.
I'm a huge peaky blinders fan and a huge still it fan soooo perfect collab man! Looking forward to this banger! By order of the peaky blinders.... drink up!
Interesting take on a great show.
Great video
So I made some gin with Everclear and botanicals. Sadly it has way too much juniper in it. What can I re distill it with to cut the juniper? (it's also still way too high proof, heh.)
Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but there is an older style of English gin called ‘ Old Tom’ - which tends to be sweeter than London Dry Gin - I think that’s probably what Tommy was thinking about 🤔
Fantastic video brother!
You probably cover in previous video, but I wonder if potato flakes can be used or if too much 'other' is added. Be interesting.
Yeah I can't see why not mate
Birminghm gin, nice!
love that huge (whiskey?) cup in the intro
Alfie Solomon's comment about needing to make it sweeter for the American market is correct. Contemporary tequila makers have begun to make sweeter tequila for the American market. Not a happy thing for lovers of the older style tequilas and mezcals.
It's likely supposed to be Poitín rather than a vodka base given it's potatoes and they were originally related to Irish travellers in the show
Poitín being Irish moonshine
The cigarette! Haha. This was great. Thanks for sharing.
Someone watched till the very end hahaha
Got snowed in & watched from start to Season 6 Ep 2 before the pass opened again in the hotel.
Ask and you shall receive! Yeah more gin!
I do wish they'd legalise distillation over here in the UK
Awesome video. Next video should be Grand Marnier? 😀
not sure if the video mentioned it since I skipped most parts lol, but the reason why Tommy's gin needed to be sweeter than usual, its because during pre prohibition, a lot of the cocktails that they made tends to be way sweeter. like way way sweeter. like some cocktail recipe requires more than an ounce of simple syrup. so therefore in order to sell to the americans, tommy had to make it much sweeter than it should be.
Makes me wanna watch peaky blinders. 😂
How do you know how mutch heads and tails to take out?