The SECRET to getting MORE FLAVOR in FRUIT BRANDY!!🍎👉SHOOT Your THUMPER!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this video I show you how to shoot your thumper. It's the secret to getting more flavor in your fruit brandy. The full recipe and links are below.
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Apple Brandy Recipe:
9 gallons apple juice - no preservatives
1 gallon water
7 pounds (3.17kg) white sugar
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2 packets Lalvin K1 V116 Yeast - amzn.to/392BWX1
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1. Mix sugar, water and citric acid in a pot and simmer on medium low heat for 20 minutes, then combine with your juice, yeast nutrient, pectic enzyme and yeast. Ferment for 8-10 days until your hydrometer reads 1.000 or lower.
Drunken Apple Tartlet Recipe:
1 Can of Pilsbury Flakey Layers Biscuits
1 Stick of Butter
2-3 apples that have been sliced & soaked in Apple Pie Moonshine for at least a week.
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 pinch of salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1. Drain and chop apples, then mix with cinnamon and sugar.
2. Split the biscuits along the layers so they are roughly half their previous thickness.
3. Melt butter and brush into muffin tin, then press biscuit layers into muffin holes and brush them with butter as well.
4. Fill biscuit cups with apples and bake @350F for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Disclaimer: This video may contain a simulation of the process of distillation filmed for entertainment and educational purposes only. The equipment depicted is solely for the production of distilled water and essential oils. The information on the process is provided for its entertainment and educational value only. Distillation of alcohol is currently illegal at the U.S. Federal level if done without a license, even for the sole purpose of personal consumption. Understand and follow Federal and State laws when making alcoholic beverages. If you attempt this project, you assume all risk. Please drink responsibly.
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Thats why I built a bypass in the plumbing of my thumper. Keep the bypass open & thumper closed until the foreshots & heads have passed. Then open the thumper & close the bypass. I have the thumper preloaded with product already heated up so it doesn't take long to start working.
I've been watching your videos for 3 years now I'm currently have inspired myself from your videos to do a grape Jack run beside an apple jack freeze process.... I now have a still that I've made myself and a thumper.. thank you for the hobby man. You really instilled that in me for sure
So basically you are making a bunch of different runs and stripping and making different flavor profiles and alcohol content and then trying to figure out the best ratio of each.. brilliant!
Great Video! I made my thumper Jars with a by-pass so I can by-pass the foreshots and heads and then switch the hearts through the thumper with out shutting the still down. I an really excited to hear about "Shooting The Thumper" I want to try making fruit brandy next.
I did a thumper jar with a bypass also. Inspired by Philbillymoonshine. I'm very curious what yours looks like
You can put an infuser on the thumper. Its a chamber/tube with a valve above, & one under it. Used to add infusing juice while you're running
Just an idea for you if you're interested. I have no pics to share so I'll do my best to explain but it's really not that difficult. Ok, on your thump keg you have 2 ports, one that goes to near the bottom, one at the very top for vapor travel to the worm. What I'm working on right now because like you, I never got the intended flavor I wanted, always weak or no flavor, then like you someone very gently informed me that I was an idiot and made me think about why I was not getting the results I wanted. So after explaining how to shoot the thumper, and the lightbulb that hovers above my head illuminated, it made total sense. So my solution or add on to this is I'm adding a 3rd hole in the top of my thumper, a 2 inch trickamp fitting that can be capped, or (here's the genius, brace for it) you could add a ² inch butterfly valve, a section of pipe long enought to hold whatever amount of flavor you want to add, then instead of shutting the whole thing down, just put the cap above your fill pipe, and when your ready, open the valve, gravity will hopefully assist and your flavor charge will drop into the thump keg and you never miss a beat. I know someone else has to have had this idea, no way I'm intelligent enough to be the first, but that's my thought on shooting the thumper. If it helps, excellent if it's already been suggested and somehow in this I get the dumbass label again, please y'all, keep that one to yourselves. A man needs some pride, even if it's just a small amount.
I've read about something like that. That means it's a great idea:-)
Like the 'hypothetical' aspect of this
It's all just TV magic:-)
Imma need some of that tv magic sent my way, lol just abiut got my set up ready for filming.. Just missing some magic.
@@quatre1559 Good luck on it!
I do this. The difference in my process is I will strip till I can charge the boiler full of low wines. Then do a spirit run getting rid of the foreshots and heads with compression stages. Then keep all the hearts cut and early tails. Then recharge the boiler with hearts and tails cuts only. Charge the thumper with the fruit. Run it fast and keep almost all of it but the tails. I find the spirits a lot cleaner that way. Peach wine with brown sugar added gives the final product the taste of eating peach cobbler. Great video!
Sounds amazing:-)
Do you think adding a cinnamon stick to the thumper would be good?
Shut up and take my money
I made some apple jack.
Turned out great.
Did only 1 freezing.
My mother in law shook her head.
Said it was good but really strong 🤣
I can’t believe I never thought of this. Thanks for opening my eyes!! This is why I watch your videos
Happy I can share it:-)
@@BeardedBored keep up your he good work
Hey bud I would like to say that I myself am also bearded not quite as bored as you but board unless LOL but most of all I would like to say thank you for the knowledge you put out here for us
Thanks fellow Beard Brother:-)
I added 3 valves. One on in below the cross pipe, one on out below the cross pipe, and one on the link between the two pipes. I can bypass the thumper for the foreshore and heads, then route thru when thumping. No stopping the still
Thuphearts new term... Awesome video, great info
Love it m8
Haha, nice! Thanks Broer:-)
@@BeardedBored now I need a thumper,
@@BEAVERDIY Yes you do. More to build:-)
Hi, Bearded! This is it!, like "Blues Brothers" sad. Thumper or "gin type" second distillation. Now I am using heavy Active coal filtration after first distillation process. This is important! After second distillation Active Coal is practically not needed, just little! And we have taste, mouthfeel and happiness! 🥂
Nice:-)
good video first time I heard the term shoot the thumper love it makes so much sense. I will definitely subscribe to this channel. loved that there was no talk of the liquor fairy that is over said.
I don't know how, but I missed this video. DAm cool man.
LOL:-)
I've heard that term used before...It can be called "Poop shooting boogie" There's also a song..lol
Seriously good vid...Apple is my go to cook👍😁
Thanks for being bearded and bored! 🥱🧔❤️
Heeeeeyyyy!! Thanks for making AMAZING MUSIC!!!!
If you use multiple thumpers but still keep your 1/3 to 1/4 pot to thumper ratio. You can do spices , botanicals in one and fruit in the second.
I dont hook my thumper up to do heads in a Brandy run cause not charging a thumper is just a slober box in my mind, but a slobber box is handy for stripping runs if you get greedy with your pot still level.
Then I shut the still down and add the goodie charged thumpers
Great choice for yeast another is 71 B for ciders. Great vid! Thanks for sharing. The difference between adding flavors to your thumper and not is truly night and day.
Great advice!
@@BeardedBored one of my favorites is Apple pie whiskey. So a typical sour mash. In the first thumper add some molasses a cinnamon stick and a clove mix in a little whiskey to get the molasses runny. Or substitute brown sugar
It the second thumper fill it completely with both red and green fairly thin sliced apples like 1/8 inch. Then soak the spirit in some toasted apple then cherry wood after. Id do apple at off the still proof and cherry after I proof it down. It comes out smack yo mama yummy 😋
@@spikelove9533 Sounds delicious!
Instead of using flavourless sugar to bump fermentables you could have used the frozen apple juice concentrate added to the juice instead of using it in the thumper, or use it for both the ABV boost and thumper.
I may do that in the future. My biggest concern was adding a precise amount of sugar. Also, I've noticed a lot of my viewers don't have access to the concentrate. It's easy to make, but I didn't think to do it in this one. Great suggestion though. Thanks!
I am glad more people are getting into the yeast part of flavorings.... I will probably try this recipe out... I am chasing very "smooth" flavors. less bitter or prickly.
Yeast is huge. I think it's just as important as your main ingredients.
I added in the leftover apples that were soaking in the apple pie mix into the thumper with some of my tails and apple wine. It tastes amazing and you don't lose alcohol since the apples have already absorbed so much from the apple pie mix. Clean your thumper shortly after to avoid a mess but I can't recommend this process enough!
I happen to have half gallon of apple pie soaked apples. Thanks for the tip. I'll do this next time:-)
I have been brewing With RC-212 yeast and it tends to hold very good flavor profiles with very decent ABV yield.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it out:-)
You've convinced me! I'm making a thumper
Go for it!
Whenever I load Fruit+Alcohol in the Thumper I like letting them macerate for about a week in another container. Not applicable for this video where the alcohol used is one you've just made, but a good tip for the future. Let those fruits macerate like in a liquor and they'll be more ready to release the flavor when you use them.
Interesting that a thumper can basically be used as a gin basket to infuse extra flavor into the vapor.
Smashed like for that spinal tap reference! EPIC
Rock on!
One of my family's favorite snacks is apples and peanut butter. How about throwing a few globs of peanut butter in the thumper with the apples & concentrate?
You can try it out on your rig, but I wouldn't want to clean that up, LoL:-)
@@BeardedBored Well, I have yet to build my rig but when I do I'll give it a shot and let you know! Love your channel.
@@clucking Have fun experimenting:-)
You could make some rum with a thumper to increase the flavor by putting molasses water in there.
Thanks for the tip!
right Im building a thumper!
Good luck!
I get a cable fire in my pacemaker every time I see people making thumpers out of jam jars! if you integrate Thumper to your System, you turn an open system into a closed one. There is nothing more dangerous for containers than a vacuum! Just to give you an example...… a drop of water, which changes its physical state from liquid to gaseous, increases its volume 1700 times.
What do you think happens when the steam condenses and the steam turns back into a drop? ;)
I talked about that in my thumper build video, too. Hopefully folks will stop using them because they look neat.
What if you through some pieces of cut apples into the mash before starting distilling? Similar to what you added in the thumper. However, as a general idea a fruit brandy does NOT have to taste like you would drink some vodka with squeezed fruit juice in it. Traditionally any fruit brandy is done with wild yeast and let ferment on the crushed fruit with no addition of water or sugar whatsoever. After distilling, which is done all solids in, you still don't have a juice like taste to it but you will be able to identify what George calls the fruit's character. You will be able to distinguish the plum brandy from apple brandy, pear or apricots. While the plums and apples are the most popular fruits to make brandy from you should definitely try the pear and especially the apricot brandy. The apricot brandy is very famous in Hungary, called Barack Palinka(yes, apricot is spelled exactly like Obama's first name :o))) but you read it baratsk) and it really showcases the fruit character and flavor better then other fruits. I think the secret in the traditional method is fermenting on the fruit and distilling on the fruit, all solids in but the boiler has agitator, either manual or electric.
My two cents Candy - caramel/ jolly rancher/ red hots
Try Olive Nation extracts .
Apple is a fickle fruit 🍎 flavor nodes don’t carry over as well as we all would like...
essence of Apple is what you generally end up with.
Try adding some Star anise , nutmeg , whole cloves and a dash of cinnamon...
these spices will enhance your apple flavors.
Hypothetically speaking of course... 🤔
Instead of sugar you can use juice concentrate. It works great
Add a bypass to your thumper makes it a lot easier to do this !
I'm still on the preschool soldering level. I've got to work up to that, LoL:-) But honestly I think I'll do an upgrade project some time in the coming year to make it easier.
I want to hypothetically do stuff to
Great info Sr, looking forward to more videos. I am about to start this hobby. Cheers
Good luck;-)
Brother, I was wondering when you were going to start sharing your immense knowledge. Thanks for sharing... Vids are great. Adios
I appreciate that!
I'm doing a cocoa nibs and grenadine flavor in my next batch.
Tried that with molasses in the thumper. Yum. But will adjust my run by only running hearts. Great tip. Thanks
Let me know how it works out. Really want to try a rum:-)
I'm going to try maple syrup soon.... (I tap my own maple trees) I'm so excited
Thank you, very cool experiment, enjoy the hand sanitizer
Cleanest hands in town:-)
Building my thumper thanks to you! 👍👍👍
Good luck on your build!
That seems amazing Mr Bored, congrats!
Thanks!
You need a recipe book
Good idea!
what about using dehydrated apples and soak them in the spirit
That'd work great:-)
Many years ago I saw a video on popcorn sutton, his process was take some of your last run and put in the thumper. I'm no expert but I did an experament with apple wine and used every yeast reamended. Notingham ale yeast IMO was far better than K1 V116 plus no need for Pectic Enzyme.
I forgot that I did a cider a long time ago with Nottingham. I was pretty darn good. Thanks for reminding me:-)
I swear I hear jerry Douglas playing in the background! Keep it clear!
Now I hear it too. It's a free song from the UA-cam audio library called "campfire song" :-)
Wow B&B, thats a new one on me as well. I guess if you think about it in a stright to the point way, the theory on it makes perfect sense. I tend to get caught up in over thinking, or complicating things. Ever think about trying a gin using the shoot the thumper method? Just sayin......keep on keepin on ✌✌
Yeah I think it'd work great for a gin:-)
I knew an old fella who chared his apples and I mean burnt black as coal and used them in his thumper. We miss you PeeWee.
That I learned a lot Iv been fighting with tastes as well
I probably would’ve gone with yeast D47 for the same reason... but with an even better result. Came over to check this one out after you responded to my comment on the last apple brandy video. To be honest because you’re using bottled juice without all of the tasteies that come out of pressed whole fruit I would probably run mostly sugar. Add some apple juice to it so you can call it Brandy and put your flavor in the thumper.
Try shredding and pressing some apples for your mash in next time. Without your thumper do a stripping run. Toss the toxic heads, keep the good heads and tails, clean and reload the still. Connect your thumper and charge it using heads and tails off your stripping run with a couple pounds of fresh shredded apples. Run her low and slow. You will loose a little a little alcohol to the apples in your thumper. IMO it’s worth the flavor. Small holes in the bottom of your thumper inlet to disperse the vapor to contact more of your apple slurry. I built one thumper with a 6in horizontal piece of pipe in the bottom with lots of 1/8 inch holes and a capped end, safety third, but it made TASTY brandy.
I totally understand WHY a person would do this. the flavors are underwhelming if you are expecting a flavored spirit. I never just sip this stuff straight though. I would think you could achieve something similar if you were to just drop some chopped apples in afterward and let it sit for a while, then you can eat the apples too. I like mine with a dash of cranberry. wouldnt mind giving it a try though. I've seen lots of folks experimenting with the jars lately.
I've found that mcintosh apples have the strongest aroma and flavor of any apple out there. I'm trying them in my next batch in a mesh bag in the gin basket
So running neutral through a thumper would be a good idea I reckon
Made some apple brandy just before Christmas, and then the apple pie moonshine like on your last video. Found the stripping runs left behind alot of flavour when I did their spirit run, but doing one run straight off the wash gave a much more apple flavour. But this sounds interesting to try!
I'm considering doing one single run with the thumper to see how it compares.
Awesome video! Do you think you could do a similar process with a wide column and bubble plates? Sounds like a challenge for Jessie! I love that you guys shed the light on thumpers unlike that tv show that shall not be named...
I have seen keg stills with 3 inch columns use a full kegs for a thumper, so I think it would work fine. You'll have to twist Jessie's arm. He hates soldering as much as I do:-)
I have never heard of this, very interesting!
I wonder if you could use two y valves, so that you could get everything set up let the heads come off, then open the valves redirecting it through the already setup thumper... That way you could have it all ready to go and you wouldn't have to restart anything.
Absolutely. This is just the most basic set up, but you can rig it up to not even have to slow down:-)
@@BeardedBored Hypothetically ;-)
@@Mick675-i8e Theoretically even;-)
Hi thank you im goung to build my thumper asap. I made some olive liqueur and it came out amazing you must trie it some day.
I've never heard of an olive liqueur. How do you make it?
@@BeardedBored well i did start by making a olive jam a couple of years ago for my restaurant to make a olive icecream which was also amazing. But so i took the olive jam and add some water sugar some cinomon and star aniseed and cloves wich i boilded and filtered and add my spirits when cooled off. The jam is inverted sugar wich you know how to make with camata olives or any just not the green ones and a clove or two depeds on the batch. Instead of cutric acid use lemon juice and thats it. Email me your adress and i can send you some and yes i also have never herd of olive liqueur so that is why i did it.
Duuude, this makes so much sense. I made an apple jack back at the start of lockdown after watchong your channel. That lead to me making some hard cider and then I had some cider left. By that point I had my own still. So i distilled it. I also made a blueberry wine. This was also distilled. Smaaall batch. Anyway, the final spirit was not terriibly strongly fruity. Largely the problem with fruit is the high fructose which causes large amounts of methanol. We can't keep much of the heads and yes most of the flavour is in the heads and foreshots. My foreshots still smell like appels. I guess I need thumper too.
Btw I aged it on South African oak. We obviously don't use it for barrels due to the porous nature of the fast grown oak here but i ended up overpowering the weak fruit flavour in a matter of 2 months.
Glad I could help to get you into the hobby:-) Have you tried Karee wood? I know BeaverDIY uses it a lot on his channel.
@@BeardedBored not yet. I Have some third gen UJSSM that i need to rectify and age, but i think I need to get some better woods. I only have the SA oak at the moment.
@@seanokennedy4348 You should also look into local fruit tree woods. Just make sure they're not toxic first. Some trees can't be used for aging.
@@BeardedBored Yeah, I've done some research on that. The obvious no no's would be the local pine, bluegum and some poisonous shrubs. However, we have vines, apples, plums, cherries, karee(more to the north of SA), pears, oak, brazilian pepper trees(not sure of this one), figs and some various ceders (dont think this one is a good option) and various acacias(still need to check if these are safe).
@@seanokennedy4348 Sounds like you've got some experimenting to do:-)
You Rock!! Im on it!!!
YES, YES, YES,,,I LOVE MAKEING LICKER!!!! MAKEING ,AND, AGEING.
What about a normal pot still run, oak age at 62% to your liking and then add apple juice to proof it down?
Sounds like a cool idea!
Awsome vid again big fella 👌I like the idea of thumpers but I’ve seriously no room for one lol
It does add some girth to the whole rig, that's for sure:-)
You can do the very same thing with your corn .......I have 👍🏼
Gonna try that soon:-)
@@BeardedBored, I used some of my mash , just about a half gallon. It was a much smoother drink. In fact, I called it barrel Worthy lol
@@billhoward9165 Nice!
That yeast has a alcohol tolerance of 18%. Ive gotten wines to 18.64% abv eith that yeast
What about baking some apples first to release more flavor?
Baking the apples tends to cook off the brighter flavors I was looking for, so I tried the fresh ones. Might try baking one of these days to see if it gives a richer flavor profile.
@@BeardedBored let me know if you do try a batch. Maybe use just a few baked apples (maybe even with cinnamon) and the rest fresh. I’m am just getting started with this. Hence my enthusiasm.
@@ragingpatriot772 Will do. BTW, awesome username:-)
Have you considered ageing with wood chips? Maybe even use apple wood chips for this spirit.
Chips are so fast that I've over oaked the my spirits twice doing it. Might try it again, but I like the staves.
careful putting hot wort into your plastic buckets, it will make plasticy flavors carry over. let it sit until room temp before pouring into your plastic buckets.
Looks good, I wonder how the apple flavor would hold up through aging.
Well, my previous version was slightly more appley after aging on wood, so my hope is this stuff will be even better:-)
@@BeardedBored I hope so. I am interested in getting an update around Easter or so.
Now your Thumping ✅👌😁 /// Looking forward to more Brandy videos and that smile of how much flavor and aroma you just brought through 😄
@@austinwhitaker6439 Lots of new projects coming;-)
So I hypothetically built a still, with a few bells and whistles on it, one of which was inspired from this video. Wish I could send you a picture. I have a question, does there have to be alcohol in the Thumper for it to work efficiently? Thanks for all the great videos.
Alcohol in the thumper will increase the efficiency, but you can use fruit juice, water, etc to give the vapor something to pass through and condense.
how about a bypass valve that you just close when you are ready to "flavor"?
That will work great. This is just my super basic set up, but lots of folks get quite elaborate with their designs.
I thought pectic enzymes were to break down the fruit. What is the purpose when using juice?
Thanks
Shine on brother!
Can you use the K1 V116 yeast for cider for more flavor in that as well?
Yep, you sure can:-)
I want to try some!!
I know right!
So this might be a stupid question, When you shoot the thumper, so you said you shut it off after four shots and heads, so when you add your flavor to thumper and re-start, do start back over with four shots, or does the run go back to end of heads and start of the hearts?
Please only answer of you feel like it .thankx for your time (55 gallon drum how many pounds of peaches. ??? and how many pounds of sugar?? And do u have any idea how to keep sugar ants away from mash??? So thankx for your time reading this
How do I calculate the foreshots and heads to know when they are done?
By taste and smell initially. After you get enough experience, you'll know by watching the volume collected, to know when the hearts are coming out.
Good education as always man. Just a question off topic. Why does different alcoholic beverages give different hangovers ? I can't do anything physical the day after if I binge drink brandy 😱 well when I was 17.Vodka does give a hangover, but not so bad.
Brandy usually has a larger cut of heads for flavor. We discard most of the heads and tails because they have compounds that, among other reasons, cause hangovers. The more you leave in, the more likely the hangover. Vodka is a neutral spirit, meaning the distillers tries to eliminate the heads and tails as much as possible, hence a milder hangover.
Would a gin basket with a sliced up apple do the trick?
Never tried it, but I've heard it works great:-)
Why dont you try a mason jar setup like Mike and Daniel off moonshiners 🤣
I really recommend that you watch my Thumper build video that I put out last week. I talk about glass thumpers and why I don't recommend them.
@@BeardedBored I saw it, and agree completely with you about the vacuum. Just having a laugh at the one they did on the show with like 30 connected all together
@@Mick675-i8e Ooooohhh, LoL:-) I've only seen a few clips of the show on UA-cam. Missed that.
How much higher was the ABV coming straight off the still versus the ABV coming off the thumper ?
Here's a couple crazy ideas... what would you put in the thumper to make a rum or whiskey ?
For a whiskey, could you ferment on the grains, then separate the grains from the beer, distill the beer and put the grains in the thumper ? To get some of the flavor from the grain into the final product ?
75% vs65%.
Yep, you can use it for on grain distilling:-)
@@BeardedBored I would love to see a video showing how its done.
@@SomeTechGuy666 I'm planning an on-grain whiskey soon:-)
@@BeardedBored Can't wait ! My friend just distilled a whiskey... the tastes that are there are great, very smooth and clean, but need more of them. My friend is starting to look for a suitable thumper vessel based on the apple brandy video. Would be great if it worked for whiskey too. Show us the way.
Keep up the good work.
After reading all the comments, I’m thinking a thumper may be “required” equiptment. At least that’s what I’ll tell my better half😁
If she likes any spirits just tell her you need it to make the one she likes taste even better;-)
What are your thoughts on running through the foreshots and heads, then hooking up your thumper? I have a keg still that I can run as a column or with a thumper. Thank you in advance, I love your content. Helps me out a lot
Yeah, that'd work just as well. Glad I can help:-)
2questions,
Would adding apples to an inline gin basket allow the flavors to come through the condensate - brandy?
If so could you add charred wood chips in the basket also extend flavors ?
For clarification, using a gin basket instead of a thumper setup.
Sure the gin basket would work. Not sure I've heard of anyone using wood though.
@@BeardedBoredWas thinking of using the basket as a flavor / wood aging technique (probably for a bourbon run, not for the apple run) Will send you a photo of our setup if you're interested.
@@tomhill4350 Sure, email me.
Serious question. Couldn't you just soak the spirits in cut up apples for a like a week to infuse more apple flavor and smell?
That's one way to do it. Brighter flavor profile.
Great video! What did you age on? I recently used the k1v116 on an apple brandy and it turned out amazing! My wash was 8.5% and finished below 0. I tried a “second fermentation” I read about with calvados prior to my strip, and ran my stripping really low. Then I used some backset and everything went back in on my spirit run....results were huge apple flavors! Tastes like fresh cut apples! It’s amazing!
Nice! I think I'm going to age it on charred oak and apple wood.
I did piece of charred and a mix of med French and med American oak chips at 63%. I’m tellin’ you, it was something special. Would love to send you some for a SBS compare!
this system will stil give you just a little flavour in your end product (if you use apples) better cut the high proof end product with apple juice to the proof you want, that will give you all the flavour, or add apples in the finished product, leave them there for a week, then filter the end product before cutting it
I suppose with a pressure cooker still I can just throw the apples straight into the pot
I was just going to cut my distillate with the original leaf/brew
Yep.
Yum-YUM!! 😁🥃👍
Yes it was!
Would really like to know what tempature the liquor fairy "hypothetically " ran the boiler at?
The liquor fairy doesn't use a thermometer.
I want a sniffer to try too watching you try your rewards. 😁👍🏻hypothetically
Can you do the same thing but instead of add sugar add all apple juice concentrate to get up to a potential alcohol of 10%, to see if you can get more apple flavor
Sure! No idea how much though. Let me know if you try it.
@@BeardedBored also will you try and use the sour dough yeast I wonder if it will give it like a little apple pie taste
@@savagegio6565 The sourdough starter wouldn't necessarily give it any sort of pie crust like flavor, but maybe an apple whiskey would. I'll work on a recipe for a specialty malted barley whiskey with apple juice to see if we can get an awesome flavor. Thanks for the idea!
You might have said in one of your other videos but where did you get the pot with the latches already on the side. Or better yet what description did you use when searching for it. That is if you bought it online
I made it in a previous video;-) ua-cam.com/video/be5Vq5RhW3A/v-deo.html Links for the latches in video description.
@@BeardedBored I'm sorry I forgot to come back and change my comment. I actually saw the video where you explained how you did it and where you got all the parts. I love your videos though. They're always very informative and easy to understand. Most videos are complicated and I have a hard time following. Thank you for all your effort in what you do. You definitely made life easier for me.
@@skinnymitchairgunbrotherho7152 Thanks!
What are "fore shots to the hed?"
Is there a rule of thumb on how much is a safe level to fill your thumper? Or how thick?
No more than half way full. As far as thickness of product, you can use the goopy spent grain sludge with no problems.
@@BeardedBored As always, thank you for the reply. One other question, when you say Shooting the Thumper, you are putting your tails and or heads in the thumper to increase your flavoring. Would this be correct?
@@stevevet3652 The idea behind shooting is to increase the flavor, not the abv. If you add heads you have to cut them out again. Better to go with juice or mashed fruit pulp. Add the feints to your main boiler if you want to increase your product volume.
hi sir
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Methanol temperature starts from 145 F
Ethanol temperature starts from 172 F
The question is:
Is this the temperature of the liquid or the temperature of the vapor ???
Vapor.
@@BeardedBored Thank you
Wondering what would happen if you sauteed the apples with brown sugar for the thumper. Maybe you would get a warmer, baked apple taste in the finished product?
Question. When you Shoot the Thumper, after cutting the fore-shots and turning off the still, then loading the Thumper with fruits, and starting the still again, do you still cut more fore-shots?
What about banana brandy? I've been working on that rich banana flavour.