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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by megmet
(Post 9170725)
Ours was Lab equipment, all tubes and glass flasks and condenser and a book giving details of how to do it, it also said how very dangerous it is....equivalent to cooking petrol on a stove. (:eek:)
We distilled some pineapple wine, it was so strong the only person who enjoyed tasting it was an Irishman that my husband worked with. :D Mine was held together with corks and blobs of resin. I used to catch the distillate in small shot glasses. You test it by taking a teaspoonfull and putting a lighted match to it. When you start producing condensate that won't ignite, you do a couple more shots and then those last shots go into the next batch. I had a friend come round who laughed at it, assured me that it would never work, and casually tossed down the shot glass I gave him, which was the first one off a good batch. Nearly pure alcohol. Next second he had his face under the kitchen tap, desperately washing his mouth out. Happy days.... |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9171297)
I had a friend come round who laughed at it, assured me that it would never work, and casually tossed down the shot glass I gave him, which was the first one off a good batch. Nearly pure alcohol. Next second he had his face under the kitchen tap, desperately washing his mouth out.
Happy days.... The stuff we made was near pure alcohol too, it was good for fortifying the wine we used to make...twenty demijohns were always on the go at different stages... back in those days we use to have lots of dinner parties. :drinkwine: |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by megmet
(Post 9172143)
They were indeed Bill......
The stuff we made was near pure alcohol too, it was good for fortifying the wine we used to make...twenty demijohns were always on the go at different stages... back in those days we use to have lots of dinner parties. :drinkwine: We too had several bottles with the little water traps at the top glooping away. When it stopped glooping, it was ready for the still. You can also freeze distill I think. |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9170328)
Well, that would be a first. My understanding always has been that yeast can't stand alcohol above 15% or so.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...st/8517607.stm or this, http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...ed-in-scotland |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 9173452)
So how on earth do they make this stuff then ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...st/8517607.stm or this, http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...ed-in-scotland "the production process is intricate and expensive. "We freeze the beer down to about -70 celsius repeatedly. The water freezes before the alcohol does, and the ice crystals are extracted, concentrating the flavour and the alcohol content. We repeat that process several times." To expand what I said, to the very best of my knowledge there is no yeast that can survive much above 15% alcohol, so when the yeast turns the brew into 15% alcohol, it dies off. Therefore, you cannot brew anything stronger, and all alcoholic drinks above 15% are either fortified or distilled. A footnote I made was that you do not need fractionating columns, condensers and the like but you can freeze distill. OK? |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9173723)
If you read the links, it says
"the production process is intricate and expensive. "We freeze the beer down to about -70 celsius repeatedly. The water freezes before the alcohol does, and the ice crystals are extracted, concentrating the flavour and the alcohol content. We repeat that process several times." To expand what I said, to the very best of my knowledge there is no yeast that can survive much above 15% alcohol, so when the yeast turns the brew into 15% alcohol, it dies off. Therefore, you cannot brew anything stronger, and all alcoholic drinks above 15% are either fortified or distilled. A footnote I made was that you do not need fractionating columns, condensers and the like but you can freeze distill. OK? |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9176379)
My local ferreteria seems to sell things which look a lot like stills, Of all sizes) to me!
Some of the best 'moonshine' I've ever had was here in Spain, in the campo producing the stuff is a national pastime . :rofl: :drinkwine: |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by megmet
(Post 9176632)
I imagine they will.....
Some of the best 'moonshine' I've ever had was here in Spain, in the campo producing the stuff is a national pastime . :rofl: :drinkwine: |
Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9177321)
I had no idea that the Spanish were a nation of moonshiners.
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9177545)
And I had no idea meg was a moonshine drinker! :lol:
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by angiescarr
(Post 9177545)
And I had no idea meg was a moonshine drinker! :lol:
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9177719)
Rather endearing tho, isn't it?
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by megmet
(Post 9178415)
Oh....thank you Bill. :D
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 9178552)
Ahhh, us old folks have to stick together, and have our little vices, eh?
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Re: 'proper' gardening thread!:-)
Originally Posted by megmet
(Post 9179145)
Cheeky......not so much of the old. :huh: ;)
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