Whoa Nelly. The device might be garbage but it ain't crap because you cannot use it to ferment beer or wine. It's a still. Stills assume that you have the alcohol substrate ready for distilling . You use a still to concentrate the ethanol, not make ethanol. More: you can use any yeast to make your substrate. They simply suggest that you use their "turbo" yeast - perhaps because most folk who and will be making moonshine really don't care what it is that they are distilling (especially if they intend to use the distillate for fuel) . It's not the yeast they recommend which won't produce methanol or acetaldehydes but what it is that they suggest you ferment - tasteless table sugar. On the other hand if you ferment grains or fruit there will be foreshots and heads. And in fact the reason why they suggest that your target volume of distillate from 3785 ccs of wash is 700 is because anything more will include some fusels and other "impurities" that might (MIGHT) detract from the spirits you have produced - though if you intend to make brandy from fruit (rather than "vodka" ) you might want to blend in some of the tails 'coz that's where most of the fruity flavors are going to sit.. Bottom line. It's a plug and play table top pot still. It will transform 5 bottles of home made wine (12% ABV) into 1 bottle of brandy at about 45% ABV (90 proof)
They are much cheaper now if you search. The stills are brilliant and produce alcohol at 55% for me at an extremely good price. Pretty simple and good fun.
Actually, You can use any yeast with this. All it needs is something with alcohol - could be wine, could be beer or cider - and however you make your wine or beer or cider you can use that still to distill the wash or mash and if the starting ABV was about 10% you can obtain about 500 ml of 55% (110 proof) alcohol from about 4 L or 4 quarts of substrate. The less alcohol you distill the higher the proof you'll get from this device. Given that the most fruit and grains when fermented produce some methanol you should capture the first 40 ml and use that for cleaning and the like. It's not the yeast that creates a methanol free wash but the choice of fermentable sugars.
while it is possible to put anything alcoholic through this system, because of its small boiler size its just not worth doing. heads, hearts and tails is what you seem to be working from, foreshots and heads are different. unless you are a skilled distiller what you end up with tastes like ass. if your set on running what ever you want through a still get a T500 with reflux or anything that has a boiler size of 25 liters or more, you get much cleaner cuts and a superior final product.
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap I am sure that you are right but garbage in , garbage out and so if the wash or mash to be distilled was a quality product and not the "kilju" sugar hooch made with "turbo yeast" that the manufacturer suggests folk use and which then requires the substrate to be filtered through carbon before it can be drunk, this "poor man's pot still" can in fact make excellent 500 ml batches (not 700 or 800) of alcohol at 55% ABV that can be aged on oak or made into brandies, schnapps or liqueurs that are very drinkable. A superior product would be made with with a better still? Of course, I don't doubt it - and a 25 L boiler could make far greater volumes but this is small a pot still and not a reflux, and pot stills are not designed to make vodka efficiently. Horses for courses. Pot stills make whisky or brandy well and that means you want flavor notes from the distillate to come through and if the wash or mash was itself very drinkable, then the spirit leaving that still is too, whether you collect the cuts in 50 ml beakers or collect them in 100 ml beakers or as a single 400 to 500 ml cut.
@@kb2vca I would like to point out that there is nothing wrong with turbo yeast if used correctly but that's a whole topic in it's self. The filtering isn't due to it being poor quality but like you have said your self its a pot still, flavors get carried over and the filtering removes alot of excess flavors so you can easily add a whole array of flavors to it easily making a whole bunch of things. if you were going for high quality using a still of this size then its just not practical for the application. you either need to be really experienced and skilled which lets be honest if you were, you would have a bigger one or do multiple runs to achieve the high quality you would be looking for which isn't really worth it time wise as you can alter the settings to do a stripping run or alter cooling temperatures. it is what it is
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap It IS what it is ;-) and for what it costs and for the fact that it does not require a river of water to cool the condenser, what it is is pretty damn good. And as an ex-pat Scot now living in the States and as someone who was weaned on Laphroaig and Talisker - if what goes in is NOT filled with fusels and high alcohols other than ethanol then what comes out is not at all bad. And sure, if you try to collect anything more than about 500 ml then you are collecting garbage tails, but in my experience this still can make a great base for fruit brandies, for nut liqueurs, for chocolate or coffee liqueurs, even for arak.
Yep, it's terrible as a still but has many advantages 😁 if I'm making something special I do 4 runs to make 1 final run. Sometimes with sourmash if im Being lazy. But I have a soft spot for a decent rye or glen morangie
Handy tip for the UK: Get a cheap transformer from 240v down to 110v (plenty on ebay) and run the pot at half power. But at the same time plug the fan-in seperately to your usual outlet, so it's on full power. It will take hours (all damn day) but it will gain you 5% abv and really helps a lot with smearing between heads, hearts and tails. You can now do more exciting recipes. You can also fill the gin-basket with copper-wool which will help the flavour.
@@paulkazjack Why wouldn't it? What has brought you to the conclusion that 350W isn't sufficient to boil 4 litres of water in an insulated vessel? It just takes longer. Which is the entire point: longer at the temperature where ethanol is boiling-off much faster than water.
You Sir, are my hero! Here I was planning on opening up the still and replacing the power supply with a 350w unit. Then I saw you comment. Much appreciated!
According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission distilling is pretty much illegal here in Texas. Do to the dangers of old-school stills. With the ability to buy stills like the one you used TABC has relaxed enforcement of the laws on distilling for personal use. The nice lady I talked to on the phone said that making 4 or 5 gallons at a time is not a problem, but making 300 or more gallons a year is when they start to look into what you are doing. LOL Edit: I posted this in part for anyone in Texas that watchs these great videos, and just for food for thought. :-)
hey, it not that old still are dangerous, it's the users who are clueless how to use them. :) this little piece of kit is good for it's ease of use and safety ( if you follow the destruction's ) maybe one day spirit making will be legal everywhere but I don't think it will be in my life time :( at least a more relaxed take on it is a step in the right direction :)
Nice, I got a different one that has temperature control and a glass container and came with some carbon. Actually wound up buying the same yeast pack as you just based on a whim. Thanks for the tips about measurements etc.
To be 100% safe yes but there is lots of distilling web sites/forums that will tell you its not an issue with any sugar wash and when your making spirt in such small batches.
indeed, sugar wash usually has the lowest amount of methanol of any of the things you could use. I kept to the original way as it doesn't have the problems of the head or tails ( not the methanol part the bit that has the funny tastes, nail polish remover and the such) I may have to have a play with it and see what i can come up with :)
I read somewhere that a sugar wash, any sugar wash with any yeast, doesn't yield methanol because it's just sugar - no pectins or lignins etc which give methanol.
indeed, for the purist that is the way to go but since its such a small amount compared to watering down, some tap water won't harm ( well mine won't, its ph 7 )
I read somewhere that the French oak chips that come with Young's homebrew wine kits, if saved and not added to the wine but added to the distilled white spirit, gives it a good whiskey flavour and colour :-)
You are correct, adding oak chips can lead to some pretty tasty things. I personally like to add American oak. It floats my boat flavor wise. I even got the extra mile and oven bake a third of the total amount in tin foil to unlock those yummy flavors
if it was something that you were really in to then sure, the bigger the set up the easier it becomes to make high quality products as you can make cleaner cuts the down side of course is it takes up alot more space and if you were doing something illegal and got caught they would throw the book at you as making 10 gallons plus per run would not been seen as personal use.
Hey, Amazon don't seem to stock it any more bit you can find them on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174292338494
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Any activated carbon will suffice. No need to spend money on "special" devices. As I also keep fish, and filter my drinking water, I buy it in bulk. Once winter is over, I am going to start making my own from hardwood.
You just gave me an amazing use for my water distiller just put in 2L of suger wash made using the turbo yeast kit you recommended within 15 minutes it’s pouring out the spout I tested it on a spoon it lit with a nice blue flame I read if it’s blue it’s safe to drink however if it’s yellow it’s the stuff that makes you go blind lol 🤕 thanks again
lol, well glad to be of help, 15 minutes is pretty quick i have to say :) the great thing about the simple sugar washes is they contain practically 0 methanol, the carbon cleans up the fermented off flavors you get with turbos and you end up with something a total beginner can make without that terrible hangover :) or blindness if you really do it wrong :P
making homebrew wild and cheap I thought it was quick too and when it came out it was more of a slow tap running than a dripping nonetheless it nearly took the flesh off my tongue until I remembered you said to water it down ☠️ 🔥
I bought a very similar distiller from eBay. But for some reason when I tried it out it boiled out and the liquid that did distill came out hot and the same color as my mash/wine. Almost like it was heating up to hot. Any suggestions what I may have did wrong?
hey, well it sounds like your little machine is puking ( boiling over into the cooling coil ) try some de foaming agent or carefully leave 3-4 inches from the top :) if none of those work then its very likely its just for water :)
Hi, u have to mod a waterdestiller or it will run to hot för destilling alcohol Put a transformer on it, so it runs on 320-340W. Think that will do the trick. The water still comes in at 750W.
Hi Lee. I bought one of these gadgets (same same but not this brand). First thing I did was run through a gallon of cheap goon (cardboard box wine) just to get a result. The wine was 11% so I reasoned that the first 450 mils or so to come off would be the alcohol. It was rocket fuel but the intensity of fruity lexia flavour was not great so I ran it through a britta filter a few times to dull that. I discovered sugar wash and as that is dirt cheap to make and comes out as a clean tasting spirit, I am now into making Gin. Please confirm I am doing this right - just taking the first half litre or so. The rest goes down the drain. I have enough stock now to do a second run. In that case, how much do I leave in the "kettle"? And what is it's quality - as the stuff I make in a first run will not freeze - so apparently no water in it. I may wait until the alcohol meter I have ordered arrives (pending your reply) as I do not yet have a hydrometer etc.
hey, so you took the plunge, nice. the air still is quite handy but best to really only use sugar washes. ( as you have found out) if i recall rightly, if you are planning on doing a double run and your washes are at 11% you can collect a liter which makes it around 30% ish so in 4 runs you have 4 liters from that you can get around 1.2 liters at 80% ish you will need more than 1 collection jars I suggest 8 and collect in 150 ml intervals ( label the jars), think of it like pick and mix, you will notice different flavors in each one and choose which you like. a spirit hydrometer is handy for finding out what % you have but you can fore go it if you don't really care as long as it tastes good. then the best option is taste! try whats coming out of the still at regular intervals ( and also drink water) you will with a little practice be able to tell heads , hearts and tails :)
there is a air still water distiller by Mophorn available on Amazon , its a million times better as it has & comes with digital temperature contrroller which gives ability to: you can gradually increase the temperature by 1 degree at time , as the alchol % ABV goes down in the mash & you can recover almost 100% of available alchol as no evoporation waste due to digital temperature controller & makes really really good spirits as the temperature is increased only by 1 degree when the mophorn water distiller stops then gradully increase temperature by 1 degree really better than still spirit water distiller
I guess it depends on what you are looking for. While it only produces 1liter of 40% alcohol in a bout 2 hours, you don't need water for cooling, you don't need to make any cuts, it about the size of a coffee maker so finding a place for it is easy. It is terrible like I said in the video but what makes it terrible also makes it great
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap Yes thinking about it now, I think you are correct. How much would it cost all up to make that 1 liter bottle of vodka, thanks.
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap That's not bad, I live here in Australia so that would be just under 3 dollars, a liter of vodka cost around 48 dollars, so yea, pretty good.
it seems you can if you use the recommended yeast... that's the key, minimising the Methanols and Volatile oils with an appropriate yeast. That's how wine producers minimise Methanol and Volatile oil tastes.. the proper yeast as described early in this video
..and of course you could discard the heads like you would with any other still. Flame test the first 30ml, 60ml and 100ml until you are happy that the methanol is safely discarded, then go for it. This thing has gotta heat up like any other still and will evaporate off it's heads first. After you remove the heads (70% will give you excellent covid-19 combating hand wash) then it's drinking spirit time 100%. Add a little flavour and it's done...
bells do a rather nice single malt :) blended is really only good for mixing with other things, guess i'm a whisky snob too :P I do like a nice whisky sour.
Whiskey gin and brandy With a glass I'm pretty handy I'm tryin' to walk a straight line On sour mash and cheap wine So join me for a drink boys We're gonna make a big noise So don't worry 'bout tomorrow Take it today Forget about the check we'll get hell to pay Have a drink on me
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap , its not a good way to destill alcohol , its wastefull , maybe in freesing temperatures it will make a higer percentage ,
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap , well , 43 % is really low , try it out in the snow , and it will improve , the cooling part off the destiller is not very good , but wil improve when its outside in cold air ,
@@breakfastbuddy5 43% for a finished product is actually pretty good. go check out the spirit isle, 37% is the standard. the air still is just a pot still with a fan and as i'm sure you know even if it was 43% after 1 run that beats every other pot still.
Whoa Nelly. The device might be garbage but it ain't crap because you cannot use it to ferment beer or wine. It's a still. Stills assume that you have the alcohol substrate ready for distilling . You use a still to concentrate the ethanol, not make ethanol. More: you can use any yeast to make your substrate. They simply suggest that you use their "turbo" yeast - perhaps because most folk who and will be making moonshine really don't care what it is that they are distilling (especially if they intend to use the distillate for fuel) . It's not the yeast they recommend which won't produce methanol or acetaldehydes but what it is that they suggest you ferment - tasteless table sugar. On the other hand if you ferment grains or fruit there will be foreshots and heads. And in fact the reason why they suggest that your target volume of distillate from 3785 ccs of wash is 700 is because anything more will include some fusels and other "impurities" that might (MIGHT) detract from the spirits you have produced - though if you intend to make brandy from fruit (rather than "vodka" ) you might want to blend in some of the tails 'coz that's where most of the fruity flavors are going to sit.. Bottom line. It's a plug and play table top pot still. It will transform 5 bottles of home made wine (12% ABV) into 1 bottle of brandy at about 45% ABV (90 proof)
They are much cheaper now if you search. The stills are brilliant and produce alcohol at 55% for me at an extremely good price. Pretty simple and good fun.
Actually, You can use any yeast with this. All it needs is something with alcohol - could be wine, could be beer or cider - and however you make your wine or beer or cider you can use that still to distill the wash or mash and if the starting ABV was about 10% you can obtain about 500 ml of 55% (110 proof) alcohol from about 4 L or 4 quarts of substrate. The less alcohol you distill the higher the proof you'll get from this device. Given that the most fruit and grains when fermented produce some methanol you should capture the first 40 ml and use that for cleaning and the like. It's not the yeast that creates a methanol free wash but the choice of fermentable sugars.
while it is possible to put anything alcoholic through this system, because of its small boiler size its just not worth doing. heads, hearts and tails is what you seem to be working from, foreshots and heads are different. unless you are a skilled distiller what you end up with tastes like ass.
if your set on running what ever you want through a still get a T500 with reflux or anything that has a boiler size of 25 liters or more, you get much cleaner cuts and a superior final product.
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap I am sure that you are right but garbage in , garbage out and so if the wash or mash to be distilled was a quality product and not the "kilju" sugar hooch made with "turbo yeast" that the manufacturer suggests folk use and which then requires the substrate to be filtered through carbon before it can be drunk, this "poor man's pot still" can in fact make excellent 500 ml batches (not 700 or 800) of alcohol at 55% ABV that can be aged on oak or made into brandies, schnapps or liqueurs that are very drinkable. A superior product would be made with with a better still? Of course, I don't doubt it - and a 25 L boiler could make far greater volumes but this is small a pot still and not a reflux, and pot stills are not designed to make vodka efficiently. Horses for courses. Pot stills make whisky or brandy well and that means you want flavor notes from the distillate to come through and if the wash or mash was itself very drinkable, then the spirit leaving that still is too, whether you collect the cuts in 50 ml beakers or collect them in 100 ml beakers or as a single 400 to 500 ml cut.
@@kb2vca I would like to point out that there is nothing wrong with turbo yeast if used correctly but that's a whole topic in it's self.
The filtering isn't due to it being poor quality but like you have said your self its a pot still, flavors get carried over and the filtering removes alot of excess flavors so you can easily add a whole array of flavors to it easily making a whole bunch of things.
if you were going for high quality using a still of this size then its just not practical for the application.
you either need to be really experienced and skilled which lets be honest if you were, you would have a bigger one or do multiple runs to achieve the high quality you would be looking for which isn't really worth it time wise as you can alter the settings to do a stripping run or alter cooling temperatures.
it is what it is
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap It IS what it is ;-) and for what it costs and for the fact that it does not require a river of water to cool the condenser, what it is is pretty damn good. And as an ex-pat Scot now living in the States and as someone who was weaned on Laphroaig and Talisker - if what goes in is NOT filled with fusels and high alcohols other than ethanol then what comes out is not at all bad. And sure, if you try to collect anything more than about 500 ml then you are collecting garbage tails, but in my experience this still can make a great base for fruit brandies, for nut liqueurs, for chocolate or coffee liqueurs, even for arak.
Yep, it's terrible as a still but has many advantages 😁 if I'm making something special I do 4 runs to make 1 final run. Sometimes with sourmash if im Being lazy. But I have a soft spot for a decent rye or glen morangie
Handy tip for the UK: Get a cheap transformer from 240v down to 110v (plenty on ebay) and run the pot at half power. But at the same time plug the fan-in seperately to your usual outlet, so it's on full power. It will take hours (all damn day) but it will gain you 5% abv and really helps a lot with smearing between heads, hearts and tails. You can now do more exciting recipes. You can also fill the gin-basket with copper-wool which will help the flavour.
How will it get to temperature at 350watts??
@@paulkazjack Why wouldn't it? What has brought you to the conclusion that 350W isn't sufficient to boil 4 litres of water in an insulated vessel?
It just takes longer. Which is the entire point: longer at the temperature where ethanol is boiling-off much faster than water.
@@TheBaconWizard have you done it then?
@@paulkazjack Yes. It depends what I am making and what stage, but I do it regularly.
You Sir, are my hero! Here I was planning on opening up the still and replacing the power supply with a 350w unit. Then I saw you comment. Much appreciated!
According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission distilling is pretty much illegal here in Texas. Do to the dangers of old-school stills. With the ability to buy stills like the one you used TABC has relaxed enforcement of the laws on distilling for personal use. The nice lady I talked to on the phone said that making 4 or 5 gallons at a time is not a problem, but making 300 or more gallons a year is when they start to look into what you are doing. LOL
Edit: I posted this in part for anyone in Texas that watchs these great videos, and just for food for thought. :-)
hey, it not that old still are dangerous, it's the users who are clueless how to use them. :) this little piece of kit is good for it's ease of use and safety ( if you follow the destruction's ) maybe one day spirit making will be legal everywhere but I don't think it will be in my life time :( at least a more relaxed take on it is a step in the right direction :)
How do you go about ordering one of them steals
how would you distill essential oils?
Hi Instead of making a wash can i add bottles of white wine into the still and distill it to spirit?
Yeah you can, I've seen people do that with pretty good results with these types of stills.
Sure
Nice, I got a different one that has temperature control and a glass container and came with some carbon. Actually wound up buying the same yeast pack as you just based on a whim. Thanks for the tips about measurements etc.
Alcotec 48 works just fine with the airstill too.
hey, cool to know, I would presume you need to remove the heads ( the 1st 20-25ml ) just to be safe?
To be 100% safe yes but there is lots of distilling web sites/forums that will tell you its not an issue with any sugar wash and when your making spirt in such small batches.
indeed, sugar wash usually has the lowest amount of methanol of any of the things you could use. I kept to the original way as it doesn't have the problems of the head or tails ( not the methanol part the bit that has the funny tastes, nail polish remover and the such) I may have to have a play with it and see what i can come up with :)
I read somewhere that a sugar wash, any sugar wash with any yeast, doesn't yield methanol because it's just sugar - no pectins or lignins etc which give methanol.
All brewing makes methanol, sugar just makes less if done properly
IF active carbon only filters under 50 ABV what is the point in putting some in the output of the airstill which produces 60 ABV?
hey, active carbon works best under 50% but it will work over that. it's another layer of filtering and more is better than less.
saves you time and effort.
Shouldn’t you rinse the carbon in distilled water for best results?
indeed, for the purist that is the way to go but since its such a small amount compared to watering down, some tap water won't harm ( well mine won't, its ph 7 )
Brilliant video 👍 hahaha thank you
I read somewhere that the French oak chips that come with Young's homebrew wine kits, if saved and not added to the wine but added to the distilled white spirit, gives it a good whiskey flavour and colour :-)
You are correct, adding oak chips can lead to some pretty tasty things. I personally like to add American oak. It floats my boat flavor wise. I even got the extra mile and oven bake a third of the total amount in tin foil to unlock those yummy flavors
What percentage alcohol does it make
What ever you want it to
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap Can it make 700mL of 92%?
Would this be a good idea when you get better can you brew in an old beer keg
if it was something that you were really in to then sure, the bigger the set up the easier it becomes to make high quality products as you can make cleaner cuts the down side of course is it takes up alot more space and if you were doing something illegal and got caught they would throw the book at you as making 10 gallons plus per run would not been seen as personal use.
Hi, can you add the link for the carbon filter bowls you used in the video? Cant find them anywhere on Amazon. Many thanks. Dan
Hey, Amazon don't seem to stock it any more bit you can find them on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174292338494
Any activated carbon will suffice. No need to spend money on "special" devices. As I also keep fish, and filter my drinking water, I buy it in bulk. Once winter is over, I am going to start making my own from hardwood.
Hi Lee great video mate , thanks Ivan
glad you enjoyed it :)
You just gave me an amazing use for my water distiller just put in 2L of suger wash made using the turbo yeast kit you recommended within 15 minutes it’s pouring out the spout I tested it on a spoon it lit with a nice blue flame I read if it’s blue it’s safe to drink however if it’s yellow it’s the stuff that makes you go blind lol 🤕 thanks again
lol, well glad to be of help, 15 minutes is pretty quick i have to say :) the great thing about the simple sugar washes is they contain practically 0 methanol, the carbon cleans up the fermented off flavors you get with turbos and you end up with something a total beginner can make without that terrible hangover :) or blindness if you really do it wrong :P
making homebrew wild and cheap I thought it was quick too and when it came out it was more of a slow tap running than a dripping nonetheless it nearly took the flesh off my tongue until I remembered you said to water it down ☠️ 🔥
making homebrew wild and cheap how do I work out the strength? I tried inserting the tester thingy but it goes upto the top off the chart?
@@thedarksoundsystem is it a spirit hydrometer? it's different from the usual home brewing hydrometer.
making homebrew wild and cheap ahhh that’s where I’m going wrong it’s a homebrew one
I bought a very similar distiller from eBay. But for some reason when I tried it out it boiled out and the liquid that did distill came out hot and the same color as my mash/wine. Almost like it was heating up to hot. Any suggestions what I may have did wrong?
hey, well it sounds like your little machine is puking ( boiling over into the cooling coil ) try some de foaming agent or carefully leave 3-4 inches from the top :) if none of those work then its very likely its just for water :)
Hi, u have to mod a waterdestiller or it will run to hot för destilling alcohol
Put a transformer on it, so it runs on 320-340W. Think that will do the trick. The water still comes in at 750W.
there is a small hole on the cooling rail on top which you need to cover up.
google modify ebay distiller.
@kay crow1 It's just a powerswitch, you get one at any hardware store.
I love it
That's a funny vid lol good job 👌
Woaaaaaa there Jesse
"if we were doing that..."
love your idea placing the carbon in side the spout of the still
well you can buy carbon tea bags to put in there but they work out expensive if you do it often so the next logical step was to use the loose stuff :)
how much was the carbon and where did u purchase it
hey, I got mine from amazon but when i went to check they didn't stock it anymore :( still here is a next one, half a kg for £6 amzn.to/2SSCXao
Hi do you still use ur airstill m8?
Hey, I use it all the time for various projects. Usually extracts
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap so worth a buy (for water) ?
How long did it run?
until i collected 700ml
Wait so why can't you run other wines though this?
Hi Lee. I bought one of these gadgets (same same but not this brand). First thing I did was run through a gallon of cheap goon (cardboard box wine) just to get a result. The wine was 11% so I reasoned that the first 450 mils or so to come off would be the alcohol. It was rocket fuel but the intensity of fruity lexia flavour was not great so I ran it through a britta filter a few times to dull that. I discovered sugar wash and as that is dirt cheap to make and comes out as a clean tasting spirit, I am now into making Gin. Please confirm I am doing this right - just taking the first half litre or so. The rest goes down the drain. I have enough stock now to do a second run. In that case, how much do I leave in the "kettle"? And what is it's quality - as the stuff I make in a first run will not freeze - so apparently no water in it. I may wait until the alcohol meter I have ordered arrives (pending your reply) as I do not yet have a hydrometer etc.
hey, so you took the plunge, nice.
the air still is quite handy but best to really only use sugar washes. ( as you have found out) if i recall rightly, if you are planning on doing a double run and your washes are at 11% you can collect a liter which makes it around 30% ish so in 4 runs you have 4 liters from that you can get around 1.2 liters at 80% ish you will need more than 1 collection jars I suggest 8 and collect in 150 ml intervals ( label the jars), think of it like pick and mix, you will notice different flavors in each one and choose which you like.
a spirit hydrometer is handy for finding out what % you have but you can fore go it if you don't really care as long as it tastes good. then the best option is taste!
try whats coming out of the still at regular intervals ( and also drink water) you will with a little practice be able to tell heads , hearts and tails :)
dude tell em to water it down before 2nd run or boom !!!
Heh, the destruction's. I say that all the time.
Haha same
The smell of "nail polish" is acetone, so, the carbon is moot.
there is a air still water distiller by Mophorn available on Amazon , its a million times better as it has & comes with digital temperature contrroller which gives ability to: you can gradually increase the temperature by 1 degree at time , as the alchol % ABV goes down in the mash & you can recover almost 100% of available alchol as no evoporation waste due to digital temperature controller & makes really really good spirits
as the temperature is increased only by 1 degree when the mophorn water distiller stops then gradully increase temperature by 1 degree really better than still spirit water distiller
I think the price for one of these stills is too expensive, for the small amount of finished spirits.
I guess it depends on what you are looking for. While it only produces 1liter of 40% alcohol in a bout 2 hours, you don't need water for cooling, you don't need to make any cuts, it about the size of a coffee maker so finding a place for it is easy.
It is terrible like I said in the video but what makes it terrible also makes it great
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap Yes thinking about it now, I think you are correct. How much would it cost all up to make that 1 liter bottle of vodka, thanks.
Not sure to be honest. Once you buy it all. A couple of pounds I guess
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap That's not bad, I live here in Australia so that would be just under 3 dollars, a liter of vodka cost around 48 dollars, so yea, pretty good.
How can it be so expensive I australia? In my country a bottle of vodka is around 5 dollars the cheapest and 15 for a good brand name
So I can't run corn mash in it "if I wanted to" well damn
it seems you can if you use the recommended yeast... that's the key, minimising the Methanols and Volatile oils with an appropriate yeast. That's how wine producers minimise Methanol and Volatile oil tastes.. the proper yeast as described early in this video
..and of course you could discard the heads like you would with any other still. Flame test the first 30ml, 60ml and 100ml until you are happy that the methanol is safely discarded, then go for it. This thing has gotta heat up like any other still and will evaporate off it's heads first. After you remove the heads (70% will give you excellent covid-19 combating hand wash) then it's drinking spirit time 100%. Add a little flavour and it's done...
Thomas Reeves sure you can. Just need to know how to make a mash
Gargle half a shot of vodka then swallow, wait 5 minutes repeat. Say goodbye sore throat...
I may or may not have liked your video depending what country I'm in..........🥇
We do it with spuds in Ireland.
Have sex i mean. 😬
You need to make new videos
Good lord man, Jura or Laphroaig!
:P
Glengiddich isn't bad though ;)
lol, glenmorangie but for a sore throat even bells will do :P don't want to waste the good stuff!
I only use blended whisky for cocktails, or toilet cleaning. Mind you, I have a hip flask, and I fancy making an Aberdeen Angus at some point!
bells do a rather nice single malt :) blended is really only good for mixing with other things, guess i'm a whisky snob too :P I do like a nice whisky sour.
nice, sounds like a good trade, drink for food :) cant argue with that
Great have a drink on me
Whiskey gin and brandy
With a glass I'm pretty handy
I'm tryin' to walk a straight line
On sour mash and cheap wine
So join me for a drink boys
We're gonna make a big noise
So don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Take it today
Forget about the check we'll get hell to pay
Have a drink on me
The acetone smell and cuts have zero to do with to your yeast type..
YOU FAKEN TALKE TOOOOO MUCH=== JUST GO TO THE POINT AND STOP RANTING!!
And that's you're opinion, move along. Not the channel for you
do you always talk like a game show host?
it speak like myself
if you do it like this it will just get clean water ,
sure and it will be the best clean water there is
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap , its not a good way to destill alcohol , its wastefull , maybe in freesing temperatures it will make a higer percentage ,
if you say so but any type of distilling is wasteful, that's the trade off you pay .
@@makinghomebrewwildandcheap , well , 43 % is really low , try it out in the snow , and it will improve , the cooling part off the destiller is not very good , but wil improve when its outside in cold air ,
@@breakfastbuddy5 43% for a finished product is actually pretty good. go check out the spirit isle, 37% is the standard. the air still is just a pot still with a fan and as i'm sure you know even if it was 43% after 1 run that beats every other pot still.
You make some pretty absurd and misleading generalisations here. Bit of a joke tbh. Do your own research people and enjoy 😉
😂😂😂 you're funny