Spirit Making Info

  This recipe list has been tested by us at Marlin Coast Home Brew. It has been very well constructed and […]

  In short, NO! Carbon when in direct contact with stainless steel will corrode your filter, this will form tiny […]

  Most definitely YES! Carbon can physically only treat alcohol up to 55% and trying to run anything stronger than […]

  Different stills run at different temperatures, and if in doubt you should check ­with the manufacturer/supplier of your particular […]

  Making the cleanest and best tasting spirit is not a difficult process, but rather simple once you break it […]

  Definitely YES! During distillation different alcohols are boiled off at different temperatures, the impure alcohols before ethyl alcohol (drinking alcohol) are often […]

  The best method is to clear your wash before distillation using Still Spirits Turbo Clear, this will drop most […]

  The usual carbon filtering process will in most cases remove the cloudiness, but as the cloudiness often stems from your […]

  You will produce small quantities of methanol when distilling using commercial ‘spirit yeasts’ and sugar/dextrose. The temperature ethanol (drinking alcohol) boils off […]

  7 days (1 week) best case scenario using Turbo Yeasts, or 12 days using a slower cleaner yeast (Super […]

  With some yeasts you may do, but do not add more than the recipe or manufacturer recommends as yeast […]

  This is somewhat of a trick question because volume of alcohol is dependant on how well your wash ferments, […]

  In a word Yes. What happens is simple, during fermentation the wash produces fusel oils which need to be […]

  If the spirit runs through too quickly it is usually due to the filter paper not sitting correctly. This […]

  This may be caused by the following. Too much high activity carbon has passed down the tube to the […]

  When using a glass thermometer, make sure that the thermometer is inserted into the bung so that the red […]

  This is a very rare occurance. The fine sediment is in fact mineral salts which originate within the activated […]

  Generally blue or green colour in the alcohol can be caused from to much nutrient in the wash. You […]

  In my line of work sometimes it gets difficult explaining certain aspects of why we do what we do […]

  If you think we have it bad, check out some of these weird and wacky laws from the United […]

  Interesting Facts on How Alcohol has Shaped Our Society The Honeymoon Babylonia, 4,000 years ago, it was customary that […]

  Your wash has most probably not fermented out properly. Make sure you are fermenting in an area under 30 […]

  I love scotch…scotch scotch scotch….rum too, oh and bourbon as well. Actually I’m partial to the entirety of the […]