BEGINNERS GEMS #13: Carbon Filtering
IN OUR 13th Beginner’s Gems for Home Distillers, we take a look at Carbon Filtering. Our previous Beginners’ Gems posts containing helpful hints, tips and techniques for home distillers, include the following:
Smoke Trail: How Peat Smoke Gets Into Whisky
MOST WHISKY drinkers can detect the presence of peat within a with a single whiff, but the process of how that scent and flavor got there is much more complex. We’ve broken down the journey from ground to glass into ten steps.
PART 2: Zapper’s Global Express Yeast Review – Distilling the Wash
HERE IS Part Two of John Zapper’s comprehensive review of our Global Flavors’ flaghsip yeast, Global Express, all about distilling his wash. “Regardless of the type of reflux column still you use (T500 or Pure Distilling) the instructions are reasonably simple: siphon all but the bottom wort into your boiler, add your conditioner and distill…
Here’s Why Global Express Fast & Clean Distillers Yeast is So Popular: Part One
HOME DISTILLING expert, John Zapper, took time out over the past week or so, to try out Global Flavors’ flaghsip yeast, Global Express, and provides us with his results. First, Zapper quotes what we say about the yeast: “… developed to produce high levels of superior alcohol without the production of unwanted and hazardous by-products.
Whisky Researchers Make Yeast Discovery
SCIENTISTS EXPLORING yeast’s ability to generate flavour have uncovered strains commonly used for producing beer that ‘possess promising characteristics’ for whisky distilling. Researchers are exploring how different yeast strains ‘contribute to the complexity of flavours found in Whisky’.
Whisky Stones vs Ice: What’s the Best Method?
IF YOU enjoy an occasional whisky on the rocks, congratulations! You’ve already made the first of many difficult decisions whisky lovers face. The next question: Which type of ice should you use in your drink of choice?
BEGINNERS GEMS #12: Final Distillation Hints & Tips
IN OUR 12th Beginner’s Gems for Home Distillers, we wrap up our final hints and tips to help you in your distilling processes. Our previous Beginners’ Gems posts containing helpful hints, tips and techniques for home distillers, include the following: Read More…→ (cialis)
Could Too Much Alcohol Cause Spontaneous Human Combustion?
SOME READERS may have done things they regret after a bit too much to drink but in the 18th and 19th centuries, a surfeit of alcohol was thought to cause spontaneous combustion! Do you sometimes wonder if you’re drinking too much? Despite the health warnings, I know that I do.
5 Drinking ‘Rules’ to Banish Forever
VENTURE OUT to your local bar and you’ll soon stumble across a self-appointed ‘expert’ eager to unload their personal drinks rulebook on lesser mortals. With the greatest respect, those guys suck. It’s time to do away with life-limiting traditions – as they say, rules are made to be broken…
Why Some Distilleries Use Fire-Heated Stills
THERE WAS a time when all Superior distilleries heated their stills over gas or coal fires, but only a handful continue to employ the method. Here’s how steam-heated stills became the norm, and how the two methods affect whisky’s flavour. Heating a still over live flame is a rare occurrence these days. In one country,…