Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

But you cant buy a new face if your in close doing something when it explodes... :angry-banghead: if your in a lab with it sitting on a rangehood flame table then I say go for it. if its in your kitchen or lounge well...

I hear but I don't see you. I have never produced ethanol in my 2 litre Pyrex Glass still which is heated by an electric hot plate. So please tell me why I might be in danger of BANG. I have never heard of this happening in essential oil production. The flash point of most essential oils is much greater than 100C.

Even now I intend producing an essence from botanicals to make Gin. So ethanol will not be involved in that phase.

If you consider this to its, quite ridiculous conclusion, how the hell would you fight a bush fire which was flashing at below 100C?

He's not saying it will explode with essential oils, he's pointing out the fact that these cheap stills you are talking about could be used to distill alcohol by someone that might be new to the hobby and not understand the consequences of doing so. We are all about safe home distilling here so people pointing out the dangers is a good thing. People aren't having a go at you mate, don't take everything so personally.

Not talking about the solution exploding am talking sbout the glass failing. I can show you a pic of the result
When a pyrex roasting dish exploded just two days ago. Perhaps if the glass fails it will just leave a wet stain on the carpet, but on the flip side perhaps since its already at vaporization point it will expand in gas form then ignite from electrical or open flame heat source toasting everything around it. :think:

Your thread is gin which is an ethanol solution. Isnt eseential oul moot point since they are made with water, steam disttaltion anyway??

Anyway I have put forward my point do what you want Im not your mother just dont come running screaming if something goes pear shaped...

bluc wrote:Anyway I have put forward my point do what you want Im not your mother just dont come running screaming if something goes pear shaped...

Goes without saying. You would be 110 years old if you were my "mother". Please relax Bluc, I can't run without a wheelchair and I don't do screaming, and am not fussed about pears.

Sorry to say Arismac but this has turned completely off topic. This thread needs to continue as a discussion of gin recipes or it’ll be removed.

Sam. wrote:

Rolls912 wrote:A raid from the cops would be fun... imagine the commotion.

I highly doubt they would take Arismac away in cuffs being the fine model citizen that he is... :laughing-rolling:

I wouldn’t joke about it mate, at the end of the day you are tax dodging federal government excise.

If the ATO wants you it will be the feds kicking your door in not the local copper coming over for a chat.

That’s highly unlikely providing you make it for personal consumption only.

Oops. Just read the post before mine. I guess we all agree safety is always paramount.

Back to gin recipes... had anyone got any exotic hero ingredient suggestions? I’m ready for another run and need some inspiration!

woodduck wrote:Forget the pressure cooker unless it's stainless and has a alcohol tolerant seal like silicon or epdm. Aluminium isn't any good for stills.

A reflux still is no good for gin mate. You will need one to make the neutral that you use for gin but then you'll need a pot still to make the gin.

This reflux still makes great gin

P3T3rPan wrote:This reflux still makes great gin

Completely different beast Mr Pan and can not be compared in any way :laughing-rolling:

10 BASIC GIN RECIPES Bob Emmons, in “The Book of Gin & Vodkas,” provides nine basic recipes in g/l measures:

Recipe 1 – BASIC GIN Juniper 22.5g Coriander 11.5g Cassia 2.5g Angelica root 2.5g Lemon peel 0.25g Cardamom 0.25g

Recipe 2 – BRITISH GIN Juniper 15g Coriander 15g Bitter almonds 12g Angelica root 0.25g Licorice root 1g

Recipe 3 – CORDIAL GIN Juniper 10g Coriander 7.5g Bitter almonds 1.5g Orris root 0.25g Angelica root 0.25g Cardamom 0.06g Licorice root 1g

Recipe 4 – CORDIAL GIN Juniper 10g Coriander 7.5g Orris root 0.25g Angelica root 0.125g Calamus root 0.25g Cardamom 0.05g

Recipe 5 – FINE GIN Juniper 10g Coriander 0.5g Grains of paradise 0.5g Angelica root 0.5g Orris root 0.25g Calamus root 0.25g Orange peel 0.25g Licorice root 10g (optional)

Recipe 6 – LONDON GIN Juniper 10g Coriander 10g Bitter almonds 1g Angelica root 0.25g Licorice root 1g

Recipe 7 – BASIC GENEVA Juniper 10g Coriander 12g
Cassia 0.6g Angelica root 0.5g Calamus root 0.6g Bitter almonds 1.2g Cardamom 0.05g

Recipe 8 – PLAIN GENEVA Juniper 10g Coriander 10g Calamus root 0.25g Bitter almonds 0.5g Orris root 0.25g

Recipe 9 – FINE GENEVA (highly recommended) Juniper 20g Coriander 8g Angelica root 1g Calamus root 0.25g Bitter almonds 3g Cardamon 0.125g Grains of paradise 1g

Recipe 10 – ENGLISH GENEVA (from “The Household Encyclopedia”) Juniper 35g

The Gin Wheel

For the OCD people
X juniper
X/2 coriander
X/10 angelica, cassia, cinnamon, licorice, bitter almonds, grains of paradise, cubeb berries
X/100 bitter & sweet orange peel, lemon peel, ginger, orris root, cardamom, nutmeg, savory, calamus, chamomile

If we use X = 20g, then X/2 = 10g, X/10 = 2g, X/100 = 0.2g (200mg).

Multiply by the number of finished litres. Using only one of each division provides 32.2 grams/litre, leaving considerable room for adjustment and addition.

This is only a guideline, so keep in mind that variations to this pattern bring out different flavours and back-flavours, a different nose, a different aftertaste and mouth-feel. Also remember that the spirit, regardless of the distillation method used, must be as clean as possible (absolute minimum heads and tails) because re-distillation is for the purpose of adding the botanicals, not fixing the wash.

Doubleuj wrote:Sorry to say Arismac but this has turned completely off topic. This thread needs to continue as a discussion of gin recipes or it’ll be removed.

Very sorry about that ... I should have PM'd the member asking about the still. I will take more care in future.

Excellent info there P3T3rPan.

Rolls912 wrote:Oops. Just read the post before mine. I guess we all agree safety is always paramount.

Back to gin recipes... had anyone got any exotic hero ingredient suggestions? I’m ready for another run and need some inspiration!

Tasmanian pepperberries? I got some when there but have yet to try.

I found this page for people thinking of having a go at developing heir own flavours

https://www.ausbushfoods.com/bushfoodso ... TILLER.htm