Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Kal I think you will be quite supprised at how a bit of time on oak tranforms this stuff............I know I was the first time ;-)

I'm hearing ya SBB,I tried some UJ on Saturday night that had been on oak for 4 months,and I made a pig of myself :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Big Don wrote:I'm hearing ya SBB,I tried some UJ on Saturday night that had been on oak for 4 months,and I made a pig of myself :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Yes and didnt I know all about it :))

Piss off Mac,you weren't much better :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

Big Don wrote:Piss off Mac,you weren't much better :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

I had to skull a bottle so I could understand you :teasing-tease:

SBB wrote:Kal I think you will be quite supprised at how a bit of time on oak tranforms this stuff............I know I was the first time ;-)

Should turn out to be a good whisky then :) I like the flavours that it brings already, but being a bourbon drinker it is missing alot of flavours that I am used to.

After 24 hours on oak it has already become a light golden brown. I hope I didn't put too much oak in. I weighed approx 60 grams of chips which is sitting in about 9 litres of 65%. I guess I'd better take a daily taste to keep an eye on it ;-)

You will find that differnt combinations of toasted oak or charred oak will give quite differnt flavours after a while.......My favourite so far was done with fully charred sticks. Mind you none were bad.......they where just different.
Those rubber seals on the jars might draw some attention....but thats personal choice as far as I see it.

Havnt made a bad batch yet, some just better n others :laughing-rolling:

The boubon flavours come from the wood ;-)

Toasted sticks for 6-8 weeks or barrel aged for lots longer, or a combo of both (my favourite)

rubber seals removed on the jars. I placed a small strip of cardboard over the clip to make the clamp a bit tighter, should be 99% airtight without the gasket.

I had some get from 655 down to 27% over a year in jars like that without the seals. Just be aware. No good for long term ageing, but i use them still for a month or two to colour.

What's the prob with the rubber seals if they don't come into contact with the liquor? I thought they'd help make it air tight?

They do make it air tight, but the rubber stinks and taints your product ;-)

It seems a few of you have 5L demijohns, ones with the clip ontop and the white rubber o-ring. Does anyone know if we could use a silicon o-ring as a replacement for the rubber and if so where could one buy one ? Or does everyone just use a cork ?

Also I have purchased some nice 1L bottles with clips and silicon o-rings from ikea ($1.50 each, bargain :handgestures-thumbupleft: ) would these be safe to store 80 proof ?

Cheers,
Victor

most home brew shops have those clip down lids demijohns

often used for making fruit wine etc

5Star wrote:I had some get from 655 down to 27% over a year in jars like that without the seals. Just be aware. No good for long term ageing, but i use them still for a month or two to colour.

Thanks for the heads up. Im thinking just a month or two would be fine for me but I may look at getting some cork or silicon anyway

Ah yes, I have the clip down lids but they have horrible rubber o-rings :handgestures-thumbdown: i would like to replace them with silicon o-rings, any idea where they can be found ? :-D

kimbo wrote:They do make it air tight, but the rubber stinks and taints your product ;-)

I have read that about these seals loads of times, but my experience is different. When I've been stuck for storage I've used them for masserations with 60% ABV for 2 months without any stickyness, smell, or any of the other problems posted else where. I doubt they got up much above 12oC during that time, so maybe my cool climate is a factor.

I wouldn't shake the jars to avoid liquid contact, I'd open them up and give a stir - and I would use them again for short term storage without too much concern (my choice)


Al Q

SBB wrote:Kal I think you will be quite supprised at how a bit of time on oak tranforms this stuff............I know I was the first time ;-)

Took a small sample to have a taste today, very pleased with how well it is coming along! Developing a nice finish as well which it was lacking as a virgin whisky.

Gents,

Been thinking of upgrading to a bubbler for my grain washes however I have a couple of questions before I step up.

Do you strip your washes through the generations and do a final spirit run as with a pot still, or do you do single spirit runs from each generation with the bubbler and blend the spirits together at the end to put on oak.

Can you use the bubbler to strip washes or are you better off with a pot still.


Cheers,

Lobster