Category Archives: Knowledge Base

Hydrometer -The Most Important Instrument for Distilling

Hydrometer -The Most Important Instrument for Distilling Sold separately or provided in your start up [...]

Wash Temperature

Wash temperature is very important. If the wash is too hot, the yeast may be [...]

Useful Distilling Tips

We do not use hrs or days to tell us when to distill our wash [...]

Top Eight Spirit Sellers

Based on repeated sales and positive feedback Top 8 Spirit Sales (2012) Rum: Top Shelf [...]

Reflux Still vs Pot Still

Reflux Head: Used when the collect needs to be free from flavours, ie straight ethanol. [...]

Legal Information

It isn’t hard to make great spirits at home, but you do have to play [...]

What To Watch Out For

If the gas does not start to bubble through the airlock, then loosen the top [...]

Fine Tuning the Ferment Sterilisation

Sterilisation Every single thing used in the fermentation process must be cleaned and sterilised before [...]

Filtering The Spirit

Once you have distilled your alcohol it is essential to filter out any unwanted flavours, [...]

Fermentation Of The Wash

Fermenting the Alcoholic Wash Instructions vary with yeast selection – these instructions are for using [...]