I like your videos and your style but I do wonder if you’d get a better product if you made cuts? You’d definitely get rid of that “spikey” moment as you sip. It’s the disadvantage of the Airstill though. Without making more must and doing several runs you’ll just end up with 1 bottle which almost isn’t worth the effort. However, you’ve now done “the experiment” for us and I’m tempted to give it a go scaled up for my T500 where I can make the necessary cuts to get an excellent product so, a big thank you for your inspirational video 😃👍
Thanks for the comment and I’m glad that you enjoyed the film. I need to learn about cuts, but in all honesty, I don’t know if I’ll do much more stilling as I don’t really drink spirits that much. I think it will just become an occasional thing, but yeah learning more about cuts would be useful. Hope your calvados turns out well, cheers! 🍻
I never heard of Calvados before to be fully honest, sounds Spanish to me. So, this is like link-fusion of sweetness of cider and stronger wine I may right? Pretty good brewing as usually. I have three questions if you don't mind. 1. What if you mixed Cider and Wine? Would be too strong? 2. What's point using Tomato Paste? What does it do? Sugar boosters? 3. Would the plastic ruined the taste?
Hi Aaron, Calvados is French it's basically apple brandy. Cider and wine mixed would be stronger than cider and weaker than wine...taste wise it would depend on what you were mixing. The tomato paste is for yeast nutrient as the juice doesn't have a lot to feed on, plastic is fine as long as it is food grade plastic. Cheers!
@@MossHomeandGarden Oh, interesting. learning French are you? Nice to see you reply to me back it's been awhile too! Also, were did you get Air still thing?
Nice T-shirt! ;) Greetings from UA. Have a question. What it is a magic teapot You using for distilling? And copper tubes, they are without any cooling water inside?
Дякуємо Володимире! The 'magic teapot' is a Still Spirits Air Still, the copper tubes are inside the lid of the still, they are cooled by a fan. Best wishes to you!
@@MossHomeandGarden yes, this is medical distiller, as says in UA-internet-shops. And copper tube is just device for control spirit degrees and no need to be cooled. I just make blackberry port wine and trying to find reciepe for making a Calvados, it may be mor interesting, than Brandy from classic receipes. But good Calvados in UA now is very expensive, this is reason for trying to find good receipe and Your one i like!
You don't need a licence to buy the still, the actual legality is a slightly grey area. I don't make spirits to sell, and I only make 5-6 litres a year if that, my films are for demonstration purposes only :)
To tone that down next time just try a couple of teaspoons of that particular oak and it's rather nice if you put the oak under the grill on a piece of tinfoil to toast it.
Generally it's so called foreshore and heads you would get rid of more than anything for the spikey unpleasantness of it rather than safety as there is little methanol in the foreshore and also you will find methanol traces in the hearts and the tails as it doesn't always evaporate at the beginning of distillation so unless you were to take the foreshore and heads from several runs and make a habit if drinking it you aren't in much danger of losing either your eyesight or your life. Bit it is best to taste the distillate as its coming off so you know when it loses its spikey alm I St nail polish remover like taste and smell and also during the run to define when it starts to get a tailsey smell and taste which will ruin your end product somewhat unless you find some flavour in the tails that you like.
To be honest, I did wonder this, as the smell is very often like nail varnish remover, even at the higher ABVs, I've been triple distilling lately and it has improved the product.
Your bottling percentage math is wrong. The easiest way to get it right is to work out the volume of pure alcohol and then figure out the percentage. 1200ml * 50% = 600ml of alcohol. 1500ml of final product with 600ml of alcohol is 600/1500 = 40% alcohol. If you wanted to figure out how much water (or juice) to add for a particular percent you would take the 600ml of alcohol and divide by the target percent to find the final volume target. To achieve 38.5%, 600ml / 0.385 = 1558ml, so you would need to add 1558ml - 1200ml = 358ml.
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I really happy with this video, o will make same your way 😍🙏🏻
Hope you like it!
Woooohooo...that thunderbird was serious! Many a teenage hangovers drinking that!
Tell me about it! 😂
Greetings from Norway, a fellow "Winemaker" since I was 20, 33 years ago.. Still learning.. Thanks
Greetings, I think with this hobby, every day is a school day! Cheers!!
PWEI are everywhere this week. They are even coming to my fave venu in Wellington NZ. May just have to get me a ticket.
One of my most favourite bands James! (Replying from other account) 🎵🤘
nice video, queetion, how to how much heads -first alcohol has to be removed, what ratio? thank you
Hello, thanks for the question, have a read of this article, it's long but it explains it well: homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Cuts_and_fractions
Great vids mate keep them coming
Cheers Kev! I’ll pop it in the Air Still group.
I like your videos and your style but I do wonder if you’d get a better product if you made cuts? You’d definitely get rid of that “spikey” moment as you sip. It’s the disadvantage of the Airstill though. Without making more must and doing several runs you’ll just end up with 1 bottle which almost isn’t worth the effort. However, you’ve now done “the experiment” for us and I’m tempted to give it a go scaled up for my T500 where I can make the necessary cuts to get an excellent product so, a big thank you for your inspirational video 😃👍
Thanks for the comment and I’m glad that you enjoyed the film. I need to learn about cuts, but in all honesty, I don’t know if I’ll do much more stilling as I don’t really drink spirits that much. I think it will just become an occasional thing, but yeah learning more about cuts would be useful. Hope your calvados turns out well, cheers! 🍻
Nice video! Where did you buy that air still?
Thanks it was from the Still Spirits web site.
I never heard of Calvados before to be fully honest, sounds Spanish to me.
So, this is like link-fusion of sweetness of cider and stronger wine I may right?
Pretty good brewing as usually.
I have three questions if you don't mind.
1. What if you mixed Cider and Wine? Would be too strong?
2. What's point using Tomato Paste? What does it do? Sugar boosters?
3. Would the plastic ruined the taste?
Hi Aaron, Calvados is French it's basically apple brandy. Cider and wine mixed would be stronger than cider and weaker than wine...taste wise it would depend on what you were mixing. The tomato paste is for yeast nutrient as the juice doesn't have a lot to feed on, plastic is fine as long as it is food grade plastic. Cheers!
@@MossHomeandGarden Oh, interesting. learning French are you?
Nice to see you reply to me back it's been awhile too!
Also, were did you get Air still thing?
@@aaronweyl2272 I haven't learned French since school! :) The Air Still is from the Still Spirits web site, Google them.
Gostei da receita, vou tentar por aqui. Saúde 🍺🍺🍺
¡Excelente! Espero que sea un éxito para ti, saludos!
Great brandy stuart
Cheers Ian, I've just got my hands on an Air Still Pro, so more stilling films will be incoming soon.
@@MossHomeandGarden I have made my first apple mango cider well started it
@@ianatkinson3054 Fingers crossed for a good brew!
Nice T-shirt! ;) Greetings from UA.
Have a question. What it is a magic teapot You using for distilling? And copper tubes, they are without any cooling water inside?
Дякуємо Володимире!
The 'magic teapot' is a Still Spirits Air Still, the copper tubes are inside the lid of the still, they are cooled by a fan. Best wishes to you!
p.s. thanks, i found all answers! :)
@@MossHomeandGarden yes, this is medical distiller, as says in UA-internet-shops. And copper tube is just device for control spirit degrees and no need to be cooled.
I just make blackberry port wine and trying to find reciepe for making a Calvados, it may be mor interesting, than Brandy from classic receipes. But good Calvados in UA now is very expensive, this is reason for trying to find good receipe and Your one i like!
@@checkpoints Well happy brewing, I hope that it works out for you, let me know.
I should have also said...have a look for my potato vodka film, I think you'll like it \m/
Do you need licence to use that air still in the uk?
You don't need a licence to buy the still, the actual legality is a slightly grey area. I don't make spirits to sell, and I only make 5-6 litres a year if that, my films are for demonstration purposes only :)
Great video as usual 👍
Where did you get the big bag of brewing sugar from?
Cheers Andrew, I bought it through an eBay seller, I can't remember who though.
To tone that down next time just try a couple of teaspoons of that particular oak and it's rather nice if you put the oak under the grill on a piece of tinfoil to toast it.
Ah ok, that's a good suggestion, thanks.
Where can a person buy a "Parrot" from?
I bought mine from eBay, just search for air still parrot.
Generally it's so called foreshore and heads you would get rid of more than anything for the spikey unpleasantness of it rather than safety as there is little methanol in the foreshore and also you will find methanol traces in the hearts and the tails as it doesn't always evaporate at the beginning of distillation so unless you were to take the foreshore and heads from several runs and make a habit if drinking it you aren't in much danger of losing either your eyesight or your life. Bit it is best to taste the distillate as its coming off so you know when it loses its spikey alm I St nail polish remover like taste and smell and also during the run to define when it starts to get a tailsey smell and taste which will ruin your end product somewhat unless you find some flavour in the tails that you like.
Thanks Andy, your advice is greatly appreciated. I actually have been using the tails in bread recipes and it makes lovely tasting bread!
Also with an air still watch for your tails coming through at 40% at 20% you are probably well into your tails and feints
To be honest, I did wonder this, as the smell is very often like nail varnish remover, even at the higher ABVs, I've been triple distilling lately and it has improved the product.
Your bottling percentage math is wrong. The easiest way to get it right is to work out the volume of pure alcohol and then figure out the percentage. 1200ml * 50% = 600ml of alcohol. 1500ml of final product with 600ml of alcohol is 600/1500 = 40% alcohol. If you wanted to figure out how much water (or juice) to add for a particular percent you would take the 600ml of alcohol and divide by the target percent to find the final volume target. To achieve 38.5%, 600ml / 0.385 = 1558ml, so you would need to add 1558ml - 1200ml = 358ml.
Ah! Thanks for that, what you have said makes complete sense, I'll do better next time!
That's quite a bit of sugar isn't it😅
It is, but it’s necessary!
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