StillSmart

1 litre of water
1 litre of spirit
20ml cocoa powder
10ml coffee
Licorice root

30 mins soak before running.

Are you not 2 litres shy mash ?

Nope. The output is more or less 1 litre.

IMO It's good way to trial recipes. Two hour run and you know!
Think my Sputnick method without the Basket.

Not sure about the Licorice Root but the airstill try would be worth a go as a test bed....

I would have done cocoa first...

Cocoa powder can vary by brand and whether it has been Dutched or not...

happy stillin

FS

Dutched?

Dutching neutralize the cocoa's acids makes the chocolate very very dark...

http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/08/diff ... itute.html

enjoy the reading...

FS

FullySilenced wrote:the neutralize the cocoa's acids makes the chocolate very very dark...

http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/08/diff ... itute.html

enjoy the reading...

FS

Thanks FS, and what a serious foody site to discover.

Robert.

How can you tell if it has or not ? PH?

This could be the answer to Cracken Rum

gaza the instructor wrote:This could be the answer to Cracken Rum

Hmm. That had already occurred. Much experimentation required.

Scratches head.
Humm?

Robert.

so far figures are as follows with Cocoa rum wash

SG by day 3 is at 1062 ABV sitting at 7.48% {standard equation}or 8.84% alternate equation

SG by day 4 is at 1035 ABV sitting at 10.76% {standard equation}or 12.36% alternate equation

SG by day 5 is at 1023 ABV sitting at 12.60% {standard equation}or 14.34% alternate equation

SG by day 6 is at 1016 ABV sitting at 13.52% {standard equation}or 15.29% alternate equation

Wash is sitting at a temp of 21deg c

well been aging away in rum barrel chips and it tastes great no chocolate coming thru but dam its smooth as silk can only get better in time

inksanity wrote:well been aging away in rum barrel chips and it tastes great no chocolate coming thru but dam its smooth as silk can only get better in time

Hum? I really don't know at what stage they add molasses, caramel etc for flavour and colour. Before or after the oak ?

Wow have taken the chips out and vanilla and caramel coming thru tasting very good still no chocolate but its all good had a rum and coke after work today it was sureall drinking it knowing I made it

It can get kinda boring mate
Most of the spirits that I have drunk in the last few years are my own.
And I have reached a happy plateau from where I do not expect many happy surprises.
I can produce cheap spirits, some of them very good.
And from where I sit, it really won't get much better.
It doesn't stop me trying.

Robert.