Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Been sippin on some of the white spirits today to see how they are travelling and a taste of the Chilli Brandy was like :scared-eek: man this is nice :music-deathmetal:

Decanted a bottle of neutral for SWMBO and with no 12 month CFW left it was time to sample the 4 month old so decanted some for tonights drop.

Sampling my very first rum spirit run that's 4 weeks old today. Its very nice, don't know why I waited so long too make rum.

Limoncello and mineral water, sooooo yummy :-D

Went to the Bundaberg distillery and bought one of those 4.5 litre oak barrels, this is before I was distilling. Any how, put some Bundy in it and after about six weeks pulled it out and it tasted pretty good. Tried it again but after six weeks it didn’t have near the extra flavour of the first batch, but still good. Bare with me, so tried another batch of Bundy in the barrel and not much extra flavour. So the barrel sat empty for a while, well too long, and when I thought I should have another go, I realised it would not hold liquid and a test soon confirmed that. So contrary to everything I read about barrel very rarely reseal, I soaked it in water for a few days. I then checked to see if it had sealed up and Lo and behold it had taken up. Being a suspicious person, I didn’t want to risk anything expensive in the barrel in case it leaked, not to mention the missus would have been all over me if there were puddles on the lounge room floor. So I went to his majesty, Dan Murphy, and bought some reasonably price tawny ( ya can’t call it Port any more) and put it in the barrel. Well after about 6 months with only a small sticky spot under the barrel, I tried it and it was pretty good, so that is what I am drinking!

Beer

Woods314 wrote:Went to the Bundaberg distillery and bought one of those 4.5 litre oak barrels, this is before I was distilling. Any how, put some Bundy in it and after about six weeks pulled it out and it tasted pretty good. Tried it again but after six weeks it didn’t have near the extra flavour of the first batch, but still good. Bare with me, so tried another batch of Bundy in the barrel and not much extra flavour. So the barrel sat empty for a while, well too long, and when I thought I should have another go, I realised it would not hold liquid and a test soon confirmed that. So contrary to everything I read about barrel very rarely reseal, I soaked it in water for a few days. I then checked to see if it had sealed up and Lo and behold it had taken up. Being a suspicious person, I didn’t want to risk anything expensive in the barrel in case it leaked, not to mention the missus would have been all over me if there were puddles on the lounge room floor. So I went to his majesty, Dan Murphy, and bought some reasonably price tawny ( ya can’t call it Port any more) and put it in the barrel. Well after about 6 months with only a small sticky spot under the barrel, I tried it and it was pretty good, so that is what I am drinking!

And itsh soho good, I’m having more another won.

Hey, rum drinker here too, sitting back having a 5 month old rum which has been sitting on wood chips. Very smooth.

And add another drinking rum creeping up to 4months in the 10l barrel :handgestures-thumbupleft: :D

Must be the night for Rum!
Just helped myself to a 17 month old bottle. :-D
Mighty fine drop too... if i do say so myself.
Not sure i would want a mouthful of commercial stuff after it thats for sure! :puke-huge:

More rum and possibly some whiskey

VB

Just nailed half a bottle of Boronia on ice.
Full of piss and bad manners.
Boronia is like a spiced port. Wicked good, wicked cheap.

shortcut wrote:Just nailed half a bottle of Boronia on ice.
Full of piss and bad manners.
Boronia is like a spiced port. Wicked good, wicked cheap.

Just don’t do another Shortcut tonight!!!! :laughing-rolling:

Oh and drinking JDKO

bluc wrote:Giving rum a nudge tonight. Mmm banana rum. Flavour changes never cease to amaze me..

Couldnt find a thread on this banana rum mate and keen as mustard to give it a crack :happy-partydance:

did you just ad it to the wash when fermenting?

Astro where did I write that I have never done anything with bananas. :wtf:

bluc wrote:Astro where did I write that I have never done anything with bananas. :wtf:

haha came up in the what im drinking tonight thread when i was searching for banana rum recipe

Astro wrote:

bluc wrote:Astro where did I write that I have never done anything with bananas. :wtf:

haha came up in the what im drinking tonight thread when i was searching for banana rum recipe

Ahh ok I remember it had a hint of banana flavour from ester no actually made rum from banana.I see tedysad made one though :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Gin, then rum....or maybe straight onto the rum. The gin louched like buggery but tastes great, the rum was retrieved from a mate who doesn't drink much after I ran out...

6 month old barreled light rum. Not super as a sipper, but it makes a great rum and coke.

Wedding Anniversary today, went out for dinner and had a wee glass of BELLE EPOQUE to wash it down, well done Doc :handgestures-thumbupleft: