Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

What brand of essence do you think gives the best result?

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ts hard cuz not all good in a brand , try here

:think: for what added to what?
found this stuff works wonders for most things :laughing-rolling:

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or this one is my favourite

Yeah mate,

:text-+1: with Linny. Check the database.

Essences are hard to recommend because taste is a personal thing.

Try 10 black Jelly Beans in a 700ml bottle of Nuetral. Shake occassionally for an hour or two to remove all the flavouring.
Filter through a stocking. A really neat change once in a while, especially if you like black jelly beans.
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Hey,

There is a seller on eBay that has put some pretty good essences together, I typed in home made rum and found this guy, he makes a blend of different essences to make a pretty decent clone of popular drinks. Just look for AUSSIE Billiards and home brew.

I have found the flavoured oak sacks from HBS are pretty good also.

Cheers.

Yeah I tried Licorice last week big mistake will be a bugger to filter ( should have stuck to Tory's advise on using Queens aniseed essence) :doh:

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or this one is my favourite

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My Mrs and her drinking mate really rate the Top Shelf Citrus Vodka. 2 bottles in a gallon of really clean 40%.

yes well...... :think: vodka essence is supposed to do what to what ? :think:

citrus I get sure, but that's not what the bottle pictured is..... is it ;-)

I was always of the assumption that what came out of my reflux still was vodka? Am I wrong? It smelt like vodka?

Seeing this post has come back up.
I've been buying Samuel Willards Irish Cream and Butterscotch Schnapps Premix.
They get a big :handgestures-thumbupleft: from me and the missus.

Sinerjee wrote:I was always of the assumption that what came out of my reflux still was vodka? Am I wrong? It smelt like vodka?

Yes, it is vodka. My mate who knows a good bit about vodka waters it from my reflux to 40%, pops it into the freezer for a couple of days, serves it from the freezer and swears by it. He reckons it even takes on a blue tinge.

Marbled wrote:

Sinerjee wrote:I was always of the assumption that what came out of my reflux still was vodka? Am I wrong? It smelt like vodka?

Yes, it is vodka. My mate who knows a good bit about vodka waters it from my reflux to 40%, pops it into the freezer for a couple of days, serves it from the freezer and swears by it. He reckons it even takes on a blue tinge.

That's not a good thing if it goes blue mate :scared-eek:

Yeah, definitely shouldn't be turning blue!

Could be tails going cloudy, or copper or something from the still?

or ammonia :handgestures-thumbdown:

Brendan wrote:or ammonia :handgestures-thumbdown:

That's what I was thinking :?

I though that about it going blue, so I tried it and it stayed clear.
I'm wondering if it's the water he used. I've not seen or spoken to him since he told me so I'll pass the message on. Thanks guys.

Zak Griffin wrote:Yeah, definitely shouldn't be turning blue!

Could be tails going cloudy, or copper or something from the still?

He's now using bottled water as opposed to tap, and it's no longer blue.

I did ask him to make sure he wasn't poisoning my clean product with swimming pool water.