Cost per bottle?

[v4mpy]

I wish to introduce myself as a newbie to this site.

I\'m thinking of getting a still for xmas and I was wondering roughly how much per 75cl bottle of 40%ish alcohol would cost to produce?

I love making red wine and i\'ve been looking for something else to try and I think this would be the perfect next step.
I appologise if this has been asked before, but I\'ve not found it on the site yet!
Thanks for any replies.

[Jimmy]

Depends on the wash you use, whether you use clearing agents, carbon in the wash, etc.
As a rough guide, I get about 4 - 5 litres of good stuff from 5 bags of sugar, a tin of tomato paste, bit of lemon juice and half a tin of bakers yeast - total cost about four quid.

[v4mpy]

Thanks for the prompt reply Jimmy.

Using the Easystill how much wash is needed to make a 75cl bottle at about 40%?

[trelliS]

Hi v4mpy

At the moment using my pot still i am throwing the first 20ml from the spout and getting 800ml at 60% from using 4 litres of wash this is then cut with 400ml of water to make 1200ml of 40% ready for filtering and flavouring.I usually get 5 still fills from a wash.I am using the still spirits yeast etc.Others on here will advise you on different washes yeasts etc which will possibly give you a higher yield but i too am a relative newbie but have got the bug and am at the stage where i am ready to improve/experiment with different methods etc.

Good luck with your brews

trelliS

[optic]

trelliS

next time you do a run try collecting the usual 800ml @ 60ish% carry on collecting in another jug you should get another 500ml around the 30% mark put this in a DJ,then do the same on the rest of your runs then put what you have got at 30% through collecting until it drops bellow 60%,then if you like call it a day or better still cut all you have got back to 40% and run it again you will get a couple of litres at 80-82% per run its well worth the effort as you end up with a far more pure alcohol.

cheers

Optic

[trelliS]

Hi optic

Many thanks for the advise seems im using the good bits but throwing the better bits.Am just a little puzzled because it says to put four litres in the pot still and 5x500ml is 2 1/2 litres is this to be retained until i do my next wash until i get the full 4 litres.

Cheers trelliS

[optic]

Many thanks for the advise seems im using the good bits but throwing the better bits.Am just a little puzzled because it says to put four litres in the pot still and 5x500ml is 2 1/2 litres is this to be retained until i do my next wash until i get the full 4 litres.

Cheers trelliS

its up to you,you can just run the 2 1/2 ltrs if you want or just keep saving it till you have 4ltrs

cheers optic