Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hi All,

Thanks for welcoming me into the forum. I've been brewing beer for a while and have been giving serious consideration to giving distilling a go. I'm not a big drinker, so small scale for the fun of it is the plan. That's the same approach I currently take with beer. Small batches so I can actually brew more regularly. That said, I have a 20L Braumeister, so the first thing on the agenda is searching this forum for any info about using a Braumeister for distilling, like can be done with a Grainfather.

I don't expect I'll have much to contribute much here in the near future, but it looks like there's a lot of good reading to help inspire me whichever way I end up going.


Thanks,
Steve

Welcome here mate, good luck on your journey :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Welcome mate :greetings-waveyellow:

Take your time and you'll find exactly what takes your fancy.

Good luck :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Howdy Stevodevo!
Like wooduck said, the info you need is all here so have fun working out how you want to go about things! What is the main thing you want to have a crack at? :greetings-waveyellow:

Welcome to AD Steve.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

Thanks for the welcomes :handgestures-thumbupleft:

dans.brew wrote:Howdy Stevodevo!
What is the main thing you want to have a crack at? :greetings-waveyellow:

I might be aiming high, but I'm mainly interested in trying my hand at small barrel (or wood chips etc) dark rum. Maybe whiskey as well, but I'm mainly a rum drinker. I like the idea of doing a few batches with added flavoring from time to time, but as I don't drink much, I have plenty of time (and patience) to try my hand at something a bit more "hand made". For beers, I mainly stick with dark Belgian style ales which also let me get a bit creative, and I enjoy sampling the affect that time has on the finished product.

stevodevo wrote:
I might be aiming high, but I'm mainly interested in trying my hand at small barrel (or wood chips etc) dark rum. Maybe whiskey as well, but I'm mainly a rum drinker. I like the idea of doing a few batches with added flavoring from time to time, but as I don't drink much, I have plenty of time (and patience) to try my hand at something a bit more "hand made".

I started with rum when i got my pot still going. I used Macrum in the tried and proven section. Turned out awesome... still drinking some of it. It will be 2 year old in a few months. Aging is key to making well made spirits, great spirits ive found. There is a lot to be experimented with using different oaks ie french/ american ,toasted, chared or straight oak. Keep reading and you'll soon work out which way your gonna head. Good luck! :handgestures-thumbupleft:

G'day Stevo. Welcome mate. :handgestures-thumbupleft: