good books to brew whiskey ?

[Fazz]

I was looking at "the Alaskan bootleggers bible" .
not sure though . Im looking for the "mushroom cultivator" of alcohol brewing . (specifically whiskey) .

although please share good websites .

I've done my own searching and I find a lot of contradicts itself (hence why I want to buy a book) .

any ideas ?

 

[shepj]

here is a site that may help:

homedistiller.org

 

[Fazz]

thanks dude ! looks good .
+ rep.

 

[l333t]

if this is your first time brewing make brandy,safe as can be,other wise as a pole i must say whiskey lol homemade 95 % alcohol is were it's at knocks your socks of and goes down like razor blades,going to take a swig now.but i assume you want the flavor of nice sipirt still my recomdation before mading whiskey since it involes mash wich stinks alot, is to make brandy first to get some practice in and doesn't taste half bad before rushing into things.remember there are many different types of whiskey. good luck and if red then dead

 

[Fazz]

if this is your first time brewing make brandy,safe as can be,other wise as a pole i must say whiskey lol homemade 95 % alcohol is were it's at knocks your socks of and goes down like razor blades,going to take a swig now.but i assume you want the flavor of nice sipirt still my recomdation before mading whiskey since it involes mash wich stinks alot, is to make brandy first to get some practice in and doesn't taste half bad before rushing into things.remember there are many different types of whiskey. good luck and if red then dead

nooot flavors not a major issue .
I just want something for me and some of my friends to have a good time every once in a while .

brandy though . that is a good idea . + rep for you .

 

[l333t]

yea it's a good starer since it easy all you need is pot still,and wine which can be made easily,and no chance of methanol poisoning ,which scares people but remember the cure for wood alcohol poisoning is the good alcohol,ethanol who says the answer is not in alcohol.If you want to know how to make my version of grain alcohol the 95% stuff pm me or i might make a guide once i get a good batch going again

 

[Fazz]

^-- very interested . ya thats what scares me . (methanol poisoning) . Im so pumped to build this thing lol .

 

[growwwww]

nooot flavors not a major issue .
I just want something for me and some of my friends to have a good time every once in a while .

brandy though . that is a good idea . + rep for you .

If u want to do it for/with mates. Make some wine its bloody easy to make! Do it in big Containers get ur mates round to mash up fruit (unless u use grapejuice already brought ) and its so cheap. Ive been making wine for a year now, its nothing special but its certaintly fun.
I followed this - http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-wine/

worked well and gets you wankered.

 

[Fazz]

If u want to do it for/with mates. Make some wine its bloody easy to make! Do it in big Containers get ur mates round to mash up fruit (unless u use grapejuice already brought ) and its so cheap. Ive been making wine for a year now, its nothing special but its certaintly fun.
I followed this - http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-wine/

worked well and gets you wankered.

ya sound immature but thats all I want . get hammed with some friends lol .

 

[growwwww]

ya sound immature but thats all I want . get hammed with some friends lol .

Its all good stuff the key is moderation

 

[l333t]

If u want to do it for/with mates. Make some wine its bloody easy to make! Do it in big Containers get ur mates round to mash up fruit (unless u use grapejuice already brought ) and its so cheap. Ive been making wine for a year now, its nothing special but its certaintly fun.
I followed this - http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-wine/

worked well and gets you wankered.

that is what brandy is distilled wine so no chance of methanol poisoning,but you still get drunk quicker!! which i think is the whole point i believe

 

[shepj]

yea it's a good starer since it easy all you need is pot still,and wine which can be made easily,and no chance of methanol poisoning

That is not necessarily true.

A simple (but effective) rule of thumb for this is to throw away the first 50 mL you collect (per 20 L mash used) for a reflux still. If using a potstill, make it more like 100-200 mL. Do this, and you have removed all the hazardous foreshots, including the methanol.

Methanol evaporates at a lower temperature than Ethanol, when you distill alcohol (using wine in this case), Methanol will still be produced.

 

[l333t]

yea that is the general technique for distill brandy you reuse the head,the first amount,keep the heart the good stuff and reuse the tail the end part of the batch. Now a better rule to use is run your batch at 85 Celsius first then to 80 ish for your drink,then blew at 75 to get rid of the methanol(general numbers) .run it a couple times.never liked the throw of the first bit it risky and does not scale nicely.For the brandy i just distill it couple times and i'm still standing,even if methanol is still produce there would be not enough methanol to ethanol not to kill you in the wine ,so how would it kill you when all your doing is getting rid of the water.your argument lacks logic.since your keeping the ethonal to methanol ratios the same.but i keep out the head and tail out of your heart since it tastes bad and smells bad.I personally like the temp way better safer but it's your choice educate yourself,and if any thing you can make pretty strong wine up 20% if you get a good strain of yeast,try some small batches to get some experience first,and to learn how to make them drinkable ,wine or spirit.If this methonal debate has got you scared just make wine get a sterile bottle, some sugary liquid mix with water and yeast put it in the bottle on the top add balloon on put a pin hole on top and let it inflate.or cheese cloth works better yet check valve.Stop wasting time sober ,get a little wet already.you should proabbly make wine at first anyway since you may fuck it up,latter on try distillation
(wait 2 weeks ,filter out floating particles and enjoy )


shepj
was right there is small amounts of methanol made when producing wine,but it's till not deadly since, ethanol is the antidote to methanol poisoning,and it takes at least 100 ml to be deadly by it self,so if producing some distilled spirits that might have too much methanol drink some of the wine,and you'll be fin

 

[shepj]

shepj
was right there is small amounts of methanol made when producing wine,but it's till not deadly since, ethanol is the antidote to methanol poisoning,and it takes at least 100 ml to be deadly by it self,so if producing some distilled spirits that might have too much methanol drink some of the wine,and you'll be fin

I was very skeptical when I read that, but it is true. You do learn something new everyday:

Ethanol is given as an antidote for methanol poisoning because ethanol competitively inhibits the oxidation of methanol.

 

[l333t]

i guess back in the 30's moonshine makers were really cheap to have enough methanol in moonshine to kill or bad at making.
wonder what the ratio is for the antidote

 

[shepj]

i guess back in the 30's moonshine makers were really cheap to have enough methanol in moonshine to kill or bad at making.
wonder what the ratio is for the antidote

I didn't see the ratio.. I will look into that.

 

[Fazz]

"ethanol is the antidote to methanol poisoning" .
well that's pretty convenient isnt it ? lol .
I got quite a bit on my plate .
garden , alcohol , hotdog cart .
working on the garden atm . which will hopefully have some good stuff for brewing .
corn Im thinking . and some tomato's , gotta love that pasta .