Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

I have an orange tree out the back and the fruit is good to go at the moment. I am thinking of fermenting it. I would say i could get 6+ Kg of fruit from it. Is it worth me mashing it and fermenting in say a 20L wash (with sugar) and running it through my pot still to see what I get or is going to be a waste of time?

Just did something very similar with a box of mandarins I got for free. Zested the fruit to make a Mandarincello liquor, and then boiled up the fruit with a bit of sugar and DAP then fermented with some champagne yeast. After two weeks of furious fermenting I ran the stuff through my boka as a single run, pulling 94-95% alc out. End product is nice neutral with a hint of citrus in the 2L of hearts recover, and a heads and tails both with a stronger flavour that I'm airing out for a few days before deciding what to do with.

Yep orange juice makes a nice brandy I'm told and the marc and peel fermented with sugar makes Contreu and triple sec type drinks :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yeah there is a fruit and veg joint here that have oranges for 1c each :wtf:

The thought crossed my mind...then I thought what if I wanted to buy just one orange? :laughing-rolling:

well Sam old son ya wouldn't get much piss out of one orange I fear :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:

:laughing-rolling: My point was how the fuck was I going to pay for it? :laughing-rolling:

sam_and_liv wrote::laughing-rolling: My point was how the fuck was I going to pay for it? :laughing-rolling:

EFTPOS :handgestures-thumbupleft:

MacStill wrote:

sam_and_liv wrote::laughing-rolling: My point was how the fuck was I going to pay for it? :laughing-rolling:

EFTPOS :handgestures-thumbupleft:

There's always that but I wanted a free orange! Or twenty tones!

Crow, what is "Marc"? Being a cook with 20+ years experience I have never heard of any part of a citrus fruit called "Marc", only zest, pith, flesh, seeds and juice.

First ever Wine I made was Orange .I make it quite a lot .Also Grapefruit .Because we have several Trees of them as well

One year I mixed two parts Orange wine with one part Grapefruit .The Bottles had GOO written on them .Sons mate lovers the shit and always wants to drink goo when he comes around .Never distilled any though .

Like JDB said ,use a wine yeast .Not Bakers

Juice of about 12-14 oranges
1.5Kg sugar
teaspoon yeast nutrient
1-2 teaspoons wine yeast
top up with water to 5 liters
1-2 teaspoons Pectinaze if you want wine (don't bother if you're going to distill)

droo1966 wrote:what is "Marc"?

It's a wine making term for what's left after pressing the fruit :handgestures-thumbupleft:

droo1966 wrote:Crow, what is "Marc"? Being a cook with 20+ years experience I have never heard of any part of a citrus fruit called "Marc", only zest, pith, flesh, seeds and juice.

Perhaps you've heard it called Pomace? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomace

When talking grapes It's the only product by law in Italy you can make authentic grappa from.

When blond.chap and I made cider earlier this year we kept all the apple marc, added it to sugar, water and yeast and made some pretty fine calvados with it.

Waste not, want not:)