THERE ARE a few myths linked to the ancient practice of distilling your own spirits at home.
These myths can make some people unreasonably scared to give it a go… or it can cause unnecessary stress during the process.
Category Archives: Stills & Distilling
How to Taste Wood Flavors in Whisky
IT’S NO SECRET that the wood casks or barrels in which whisky ages contribute color, aroma, flavor, and complexity, but it takes practice to sort the oak notes from more obvious cask influences such as spices, caramel, and vanilla.
Know the wood, know the whisky; look for key information on the label to identify subtleties in flavor such as the oak species, coopering methods, filling history, and cask size (barrel being a specific size, different from a hogshead, butt, and others).
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.
Winner! Wow! No Smell: Global Express Yeast Test Results Continue to be 100% Positive:
AS WE CONTINUE our Home Distillers Club members tests the results continue to remain 100% positive.
We sent out some 150g packs of Global Express Fast & Clean Distillers Yeast to some of our regular customers and everyone without exception says they are very happy with the product.
Global Express Fast & Clean Distillers Yeast Exclusive for Global Flavors Customers
INTRODUCING A NEW yeast to the home distilling market – Global Express Fast & Clean.
Global Express Fast & Clean has been developed to produce high levels of superior alcohol without producing unwanted or hazardous byproducts.
How to Use Oak in Your Spirits
ALL DARK ѕріrіtѕ (rum, whisky, bоurbоn, brаndу etc), whеn mаdе using traditional methods, аrе water-clear when thеу соmе оut of thе ѕtіll.
The spirit іѕ then stored іn оаk bаrrеlѕ tо mature. Uѕіng оаk results in a darker соlоur, ѕmооthnеѕѕ аnd еnhаnсеd flаvоur in thе fіnіѕhеd spirit.
Can You Make a 10-year Malt Whisky in Weeks? The Chemistry Says Yes
OVER THE past fеw уеаrѕ thе whіѕkу-drіnkіng wоrld hаѕ bееn introduced tо several nеw рrоduсtѕ that claim to рrоduсе hіgh-ԛuаlіtу lіԛuоr іn just a frасtіоn оf the tіmе uѕuаllу rеԛuіrеd tо аgе ѕіnglе mаlt spirits.
Inѕtеаd of mаturіng thе whіѕkу fоr a decade оr mоrе in оаk barrels, some dіѕtіllеrѕ say they саn rерlісаtе the quаlіtу аnd tаѕtе іn a matter оf weeks, if not days, as in the example of Global Flavours’ new Premium Toasted USA Oak Chips range.
SHOP’S OPEN: Genuine USA Toasted Premium Oak Chips NOW AVAILABLE
THE FIRST offerings of Global Flavours’ Genuine USA Toasted Premium Oak Chips is now available in our website Shop.
Available in 200g, 400g, 1 kg and 5 kg packs, these oak chips are outstanding value and result in a wonderful vanilla/oak flavour and spectacular colour, needing so little mass and such short time to work.
BRAND NEW: Superior Genuine USA Oak Chips Now available at Global Flavours
Look at this colour! Just 20 grams of Global Flavours Premium Oak Chips in a litre of neutral 40% alcohol, and left for only 15 hours, then filtered.
AMERICAN MEDIUM premium roast oak chips will be available from Global Flavours by late Friday.
At Global Flavours we are really excited going into the oak chip market, with a genuine oak chip from one of the world’s largest import/export wine companies.
Online Discussion Deals With Wash Yeast Question
OVER AT the mighty Reddit website a member using the name FireWater recently asked the question, “What happens when there’s too much yeast nutrient in the wash? How much is too much?”
Veteran home distilling expert Sillycyco scored the highest points for his succinct answer: “You can definitely have too much yeast nutrient.