What I Did Today

[YHB]

That's cool.

Easy to use, knocked this up in seconds.

[KerryW]

I like it i need to do some of my own for the summer parties,,

[scarecrow]

Palmed off a few bottle of dark rum to a friend of a friend. I had a grin like a split watermelon from the superlatives of my tipple he gave me.
Felt like a bootlegger darting around the countryside with the hooch stashed in the boot.

scarecrow

[Frank]

I decided to drink my FSW whilst reading kindle-based 'dross' for 'work reasons'......needless to say, I had enough of that quickly (ie the reading ) ...

and now I'm trying to comprehend if Scarecrow; in the prev post; has just 'publicly' labelled me as 'A FRIEND'.....

[scarecrow]

I accidentally pushed the key next to the e.

scarecrow

[Capt-Cudellez]

Made a start of some some limoncello, then made some very tart real lemonade, which turns out is really nice with a spot of rum.

The missus has just come home from a works thing with 2kg of frozen rasps, so will be making some raspberry schnapps after dinner.

[YHB]

I could not sleep this morning, so I was up and about before the rest of the world and had the kitchen to myself.

I decided to filter off a gallon of rum that I had on Oak and raisins. It seemed a pity to throw the raisins so I put a few of them on my muesli for breakfast. This was a very bad idea.

[Spud1700]

Today I have had an excellent day, I got my hands on a new collet body that defuses gas from the front. I saw people talking about them - excellent piece of kit. I need to buy more and put them away. May have to do a bit of welding tonight and play with my new toy.

[amaark]

Started strip my 2nd batch of TPW.

Set my first cornflake wash on it's way.

Now for a Bourbon (homemade), Coke (Shop Bought), Curry (Homemade) and Al Murray (B'day Pressie).

Bliss

[edwatters]

Heading to Reno , Nevada for the weekend, daddy needs a new still. Gonna gamble my butt off until I win enough to buy the still of my dreams. Wish me luck:-)

[RumJohn]

Clean the still so ready for a spirit run on Monday. Then off to the beach for a cool off. Afternoon - cricket on the Intercontinental Hotel oval. Evening - back to the beach for some evening cocktails and to deliver a gin order.

[YHB]

I went to the doctors today for a check up. he told me to drink more responsibly and in moderation.





Thanks Doc

[Almanac]

Wish I'd thought of that

AM

[Almanac]

Last Thursday was my birthday and my wife and I went to overnight in Dublin to have a night out there. As we were staying in an hotel I packed a bottle for each of us for the hotel room. Having just finished making a batch of nuked sour mash type whisky I decided to take a bottle of that and so I filled a 70cl bottle and off we went.

On the drive to Dublin it suddenly occurred to me that the Whisky had not been diluted and was still 62.5% ABV. Nice but not what I wanted so, I decided to dilute it when we got to the hotel and, without thinking, bought a bottle of Ballygowan mineral water for the purpose!

I did the deed and had a few drinks before we went out and a nightcap when returned - it was a delightful tipple

However, when we returned home I was unpacking the few things we had brought home, one being the bottle of my Whisky, and to my surprise the remaining Whisky had become a green cloudy liquid

It appears the minerals in the mineral water had been affected by the alcohol, solidified and flocculated OMG as they say!

A couple of coffee filters later and the spirit was back to its crystal ruby clarity and seem none the worse for the experience but I have put it in a prominent position in my kitchen and will keep it under observation for the next while to see if anything else develops.

Anyone else come across this or have a qualified explanation?

AM

[scarecrow]

I only use Pureau water to dilute with. http://www.noblebeverages.com/why-purea ... -analysis/
Much cleaner palate than my tap water.
I'm thinking your mineral water may be high in calcium and other minerals that have had an adverse reaction with the hooch.
I sometimes get a snotty precipitate after I add a smidge of pure maple syrup. But I only see this after I dilute to 40%. I chill the bottle and then filter through a cotton ball filter and all is good.

scarecrow