@@bigboyshobbies5731 I wouldn't worry about it too much. Some of us Americans actually wish that we would make the changeover from the old fashioned Imperial measurement system to the metric. This way we'll be more in step with the rest of the civilized world.
I love the design which obviously is proven as many very old distilleries still use them. I have never seen anyone use one of these with a flavoring thumper in between the still and condenser. will they not work well? thanks, tom
its already recorded, but im in foreign country for 2 weeks, and after that i need to spend 2 weeks in quarantine, so at least 4 weeks before i upload it :(
very good and very clear explanations and video. thank you for sharing. I'm not sure what still to chose? Are there better choice than other to start and? pot still vs reflux still vs fractionnating still. what is the "best" choice? thanks
Alembic's and other pot still's are easiest to use. With reflux column you have to stabilize a temperature and its a little bit more complicated. Pot stills are good to make rum, whisky and other flavored liquers, and columns are good to make high proof clean alcohol
Its all depend of the type of wash you distill. To be honest i don't know exacly but its better to throw away too much than too less. I know people who doesn't throw it at all and everything is ok. I also read on the internet that at home its not possible to make enaught methyl alcohol which can poison you, but please throw away some of it.
Thank you. But is it really necessary to separate heads during first distillation? If you make two-steps distillation, then during the first process there is no need to separate fractions, this will be done during the second step.
I have started making mixed malt whisky (barley, corn and sweet sorghum), total 30L of mash. I have some queries regarding distillation. When alcohol starts coming... How much initial alcohol to be discarded. Any thumb rules ???
Does is smell a lot when you are distillng for 4 hours in your kitchen? Great video, by the way. So you have 10 ltr alembic and your input is 9 ltrs of wine - the out put 2 litters of 80% proof alcohol. Right?
@@bigboyshobbies5731 legal ... proper ... why would you want to do that ! ... so much more fun coming up with ways that are ... not ... legal or proper. what stories do you want to tell on your death bed ... legal & proper ones ... or ... " After being in a fight & thrown out of a tiajuana strip club, my car ran out of gas while still in mexico... met a farmer ... had to trade a wrist watch & a necklace for gas ( thought it was gasoline - until the guy drank some of it.) ... was able to drive the car off of a mexican's home-made hooch. " The Border Crossing Guards looked at the car covered in dirt - spewing smoke out the bck ... me & the boys covered in bruises ... laughing they waved us on ; never asking for any ID's.
The only issue is that there is no methanol, or the wine would kill you as well. It's a conman myth that the first part of the run has high methanol in it, which was perpetuated by the prohibition era. In reality it just tastes bad.
@@bigboyshobbies5731 enjoyed the video regardless. Thanks for making it. Can tou finish your potato vodka one 😂. I'll give you a subscribe so I don't miss out.
@@ianforster3519 Ethanol or Methanol? There could be very trace amounts of Methanol, but the alcohol in wine and beer we drink is Ethanol. And in any case, throwing away the for shots is not to remove the methanol, its for the taste.
That alembic still looks like art. Very informative video. I, going to watch part 2 now. Thanks 🙏
It was designed to look good not be functional
Thank you for using american units in all your videos
sometimes i have little problems to do that, but i know there is a lot of American ppl watching this videos. Thanks for comment
@@bigboyshobbies5731 I wouldn't worry about it too much. Some of us Americans actually wish that we would make the changeover from the old fashioned Imperial measurement system to the metric. This way we'll be more in step with the rest of the civilized world.
Alembic is beautiful work of art
I love the design which obviously is proven as many very old distilleries still use them. I have never seen anyone use one of these with a flavoring thumper in between the still and condenser. will they not work well? thanks, tom
Great video, I wait for the part 2
its already recorded, but im in foreign country for 2 weeks, and after that i need to spend 2 weeks in quarantine, so at least 4 weeks before i upload it :(
hope the show moonshiners comes back on for another season this year, i think suppose to start in november if they do
Nice video, thank you!
I like it very much! But I like more the metric sistem and the Celsius degrees
Thanks, Im using metric and celsius also :)
@@bigboyshobbies5731 👍excellent good job
very good and very clear explanations and video. thank you for sharing. I'm not sure what still to chose? Are there better choice than other to start and? pot still vs reflux still vs fractionnating still. what is the "best" choice? thanks
Henri Rion
..i've enjoyed this hobby for 4 yrs. and use a copper pot still. the pot is the easiest to run before you get into the other set ups.
Alembic's and other pot still's are easiest to use. With reflux column you have to stabilize a temperature and its a little bit more complicated. Pot stills are good to make rum, whisky and other flavored liquers, and columns are good to make high proof clean alcohol
Great video! How do you know how much bad alcohol to throw away at the beginning?
Its all depend of the type of wash you distill. To be honest i don't know exacly but its better to throw away too much than too less. I know people who doesn't throw it at all and everything is ok. I also read on the internet that at home its not possible to make enaught methyl alcohol which can poison you, but please throw away some of it.
At least 50ml
Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
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nice and explanatory one.
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should have shared the information on calculation the required sugar quantity for getting desired alcohol %
Thank you. But is it really necessary to separate heads during first distillation? If you make two-steps distillation, then during the first process there is no need to separate fractions, this will be done during the second step.
sEPERATING AND TROWING AWAY THE HEADS OF 1ST DISTILLATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL STEPS DESCRIBED. FORST 1.3% OF PRODUCT IS 100% POISON
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Did you construct the Copper tube detail with the alcometer yourself?
How can we be sure that what we collected isnt methanol ? Love ur channel btw
That is part science and part art. First 2% of total volume is methanol. Thats the science. The art is by smell consistency and taste
👍 👍 👍 ❤ 👏 👏 👏 thank for sharing
You are welcome :)
Beautiful distiller ! Where can I get one like your and for around how much did you buy it for ?
i paid 400 Euro
@@bigboyshobbies5731 online ?
Hey! Nice vid, where can I buy that machine to destilate??
Its depend of where you live. I bought it in germany, but you can find it online
I have started making mixed malt whisky (barley, corn and sweet sorghum), total 30L of mash. I have some queries regarding distillation. When alcohol starts coming... How much initial alcohol to be discarded. Any thumb rules ???
from 30l mash just discard 50-100ml. Alcohol starts comming when you heat it to more less 79C
Excellent video, may I ask where you got your alembic still?
From a store in a germany. But in most countries you can buy it online
Does is smell a lot when you are distillng for 4 hours in your kitchen? Great video, by the way. So you have 10 ltr alembic and your input is 9 ltrs of wine - the out put 2 litters of 80% proof alcohol. Right?
My alembic is 30 liters. It doesn't smell so bad. I mean you can feel it a little bit, but its not that bad
man that must have been the most expensive shine you ever made with all those wine bottles, what it cost you like 100 buck?
great vid, What size is your still?
30 liters
No mention of throwing away the methane alcohol??? If that’s a 5 gallon distiller please throw away the first 100 cc.
He does mention it. Did you not watch the video? 3:30
From where to buy this
Store in germany, but it was 8 years ago
So I can put and kind of alcohol in it and cook it off
yes, but the best way is to make wash/mash yourself
Great video but honestly I think I'll just stick too purchasing it from the local shop
local shop - that's legal and proper way to do that. thanks for comment
@@bigboyshobbies5731 legal ... proper ... why would you want to do that ! ... so much more fun coming up with ways that are ... not ... legal or proper.
what stories do you want to tell on your death bed ... legal & proper ones ... or ... " After being in a fight & thrown out of a tiajuana strip club, my car ran out of gas while still in mexico... met a farmer ... had to trade a wrist watch & a necklace for gas ( thought it was gasoline - until the guy drank some of it.) ... was able to drive the car off of a mexican's home-made hooch. "
The Border Crossing Guards looked at the car covered in dirt - spewing smoke out the bck ... me & the boys covered in bruises ... laughing they waved us on ; never asking for any ID's.
Mąka żytnia ;)
Let's make simple things into religions in style.
Total alcohol should be 25-30%
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The only issue is that there is no methanol, or the wine would kill you as well.
It's a conman myth that the first part of the run has high methanol in it, which was perpetuated by the prohibition era.
In reality it just tastes bad.
I know that there is no methanol, and even if there is a little its not enaugh to kill enybody. Like you said its all from prohibition era :)
@@bigboyshobbies5731 enjoyed the video regardless. Thanks for making it.
Can tou finish your potato vodka one 😂. I'll give you a subscribe so I don't miss out.
It definitely does contain methanol, its just that the methanol isnt as lethal as implied. It'll certainly give you a hangover though.
@@ianforster3519 Ethanol or Methanol? There could be very trace amounts of Methanol, but the alcohol in wine and beer we drink is Ethanol. And in any case, throwing away the for shots is not to remove the methanol, its for the taste.
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