Airstill, Best Practice and Results

[Easydrinker]

That may have been aimed at me, or the world in general, but I will accept it

Robert.

[MagicH2o]

Hi everyone,

It's been a little while since last posting as work stuff has taken over a little bit. Love the Airstill, simple, clean, takes a while but have already got good results. Have done a wash with old Elderflower champagne I had kicking around. Made a good gin but with a flavour from the elderflower that carried right through to the finished spirit. Have done a a couple of blended Kale washes which worked very well, fermentation went like a train. Took a while to clear but made a very passable rum and i've got 8ltrs of Pineau maturing now. Everything so far has been very clean, no ill effects at all.
I have just stripped about 14ltrs of red wine I bought cheaply while in France last week and have a question for you.
I got a bit blasé and rushed ahead without re-reading all my notes, I diluted the result of the strip to 40% not 30%. It is running now, I've taken the heads off at 250ml and am collecting the hearts now. What impact will the 40% spirit make to the collection? Do I get more hearts or what?

Cheers

[gaza the instructor]

Only smell & taste will tell MagicH2O
sniff for shaggy dog/cardboard & taste
well you will know its not pure mate.
You have been at this longer than me,
but the more I practice the better and
easier its becoming.

[Spirits4BB]

Airstil running today.............

[gaza the instructor]

I love my Airstill

[POISON FROGGER]

Hi all,my first time on here doing a little research as I'm gonna get a air still at the weekend,glad I looked yous up but after reading the fisrt 19 pages in one go my brains a little fried,but I'm on it....I think.

[Icefever]

Welcome to the forum dude....don't worry we all went through the same feeling...I've been at it for around 5 years now, you never stop learning with this hobby.

Get your still...get a wash on the go..re-read the "best practice" again...then when the times right go for it one of us will be here..

[GrunthosTheFlatulent]

No real need to trawl through the whole topic, but download the Guide and read that a few times until it starts to make sense.

It won't fully make sense until you get an air still and start using it.

I have upgraded now to the T500 but still love my overgrown coffee pot.

Welcome to the forum.

[POISON FROGGER]

Right guys the other half purchased me my still as a gift{she a keeper}.gonna get a wash on this week and ive sort of wrote out the diagram in words to follow,im super excited and love the banter on the forum,cheers guys for your earlier replies.

[Easydrinker]

POISON FROGGER I'm glad that you are finally starting, you will have some fun and learn some stuff here.
And produce a product to help you celebrate it all!
ATB

Robert

[jaffas46]

Hi Guys, Great forum and plenty of info to digest so I could do with a little help with ingrediants for my airstill mash, Is there an alternative reciepe for the mash,I am struggling to get the carbon out here
Thanks in advance Jaffa

[gaza the instructor]

Hi Jaffas46.
Try a Kale wash mate, you will be surprised
how cheap and good and no carbon.
Look in the recipes section.

[jaffas46]

Thanks for the reply Gaza,I will be attempting that this weekend Seems so simple What could possibly go wrong? lol

[Curmudgeon]

Recipe for first wash

Sugar or golden syrup or molasses or malt.
Water.
Yeast of some sort (baking yeast or wine yeast or beer yeast or something).
Nutrient (kale or lentils or tomato paste/puree or wine nutrient from home brew shop or cornflakes or branflakes or vitamin tablets or something)

Recipe for second wash

A variation on above with more time to get stuff together

Recipe for third and subsequent washes

A variation on above with the benefit of time and experience ...

(edited to correct omission of tomato puree)

[Easydrinker]

What could possibly go wrong? lol

Lots could go wrong,but this site will help keep you straight.

Robert.