CASKS – A Glossary of Terms
THERE ARE lots of technical terms bandied around when talking about casks. This list will demystify some of them.
BEGINNERS GEMS #11: More Distillation Hints & Tips
IN OUR 11th Beginner’s Gems for Home Distillers, we explore a few more 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:
BEST YEAST IS BACK! Limited Xmas Supply of Global Express Fast & Clean
Legendary Global Express Fast & Clean Distillers Yeast is back for a limited time only IN A SURPRISE move, Global Flavors has secured a limited supply of the popular sold-out Global Express Fast & Clean Distillers Yeast, just in time for Christmas. Global Flavors’ tastemeister Keith Emms announced today that a limited run of 400…
How Are Casks Made?
THE CONCEPT of the wooden cask hasn’t changed much since it first came into being, but the practice of making it has gradually been refined over the past few millennia.
“Acorn to Oak Tree: How Wood Affects Your Whisky”
WE THOUGHT you might be interested in a brief rundown of the various types of wood used in whisky maturation, and what effect they might have on your own spirits.
Column Still Distillation: How a Column Still Works
NOT LONG ago, we took a look at the beautiful simplicity of the pot still. We explained its inner-workings, and why so many great spirits pour forth from them. Now let’s take a dive into the world of continuous column stills. Column stills have been around for roughly two centuries, with former Irish exciseman Aeneas…
BEGINNERS GEMS #10: Distillation Hints & Tips
IN THIS BEGINNER’S Gems for Home Distillers, we explore a few 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:
BEGINNERS GEMS #9: Cooling & Alcohol Yield
IN THIS BEGINNER’S Gems for Home Distillers, we discuss a little more about cooling and issues relating to alcohol content in your still’s output. Our previous Beginners’ Gems posts containing helpful hints, tips and techniques for home distillers, include the following:
The Story Behind Australia’s First Red Corn Whiskey: from Paddock to Barrel
A PERTH-BASED distillery and second-generation farmer from Western Australia’s far-north, have teamed up to create the first red corn whiskey in the country. The collaboration has seen rare, heirloom corn grown by Ord Valley farmer Christian Bloecker, picked and trucked more than 3,000 kilometres to Whipper Snapper for distilling, where it will be poured into…
Custom Kit for Home Distillers: Get Your Spirits Tasting EXACTLY How You Want!
AFTER A FEW runs, quite a few of our regulars mention in comversation that, while they love our Global Flavors Spirit Essences, they like to tweak their final results. Some like to add a little Liquid Oak. Others have experimented with some Toasted Oak Chips.