Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
Curious about doing some home distilling. I was watching a show called "Moonshiners" and the concept of being able to create your own alcohol flavors is intriguing. Now, just to be clear, I understand that moonshining and bootlegging are illegal, I'm not talking about setting up an operation to make booze for sale, just something small where I could maybe buy a 5 gallon bucket for mashing and distill it down to a gallon or so of liquor for personal use/gifts.
I was thinking about maybe getting something that can be used indoors. I have an electric stovetop, so I could generate heat (enough?) to get a mash boiling/distilling without any open flame, which I imagine reduces the risk of me blowing up my house to almost nil. I also see there are small countertop distillers that use air rather than water to cool the distillate vapor to liquid, but I have no concept of how good/effective these things are. Is stainless steel truly inferior to copper in regard to the end product? I see some of these things tout a 190 proof distillation - I don't think I want something like that as the whole point would be to commute flavor from the mash kettle to the finished product.
Wondering if anyone has tried this and has a few words of advice for your old pal EG. TIA....
I was thinking about maybe getting something that can be used indoors. I have an electric stovetop, so I could generate heat (enough?) to get a mash boiling/distilling without any open flame, which I imagine reduces the risk of me blowing up my house to almost nil. I also see there are small countertop distillers that use air rather than water to cool the distillate vapor to liquid, but I have no concept of how good/effective these things are. Is stainless steel truly inferior to copper in regard to the end product? I see some of these things tout a 190 proof distillation - I don't think I want something like that as the whole point would be to commute flavor from the mash kettle to the finished product.
Wondering if anyone has tried this and has a few words of advice for your old pal EG. TIA....