We get a lot of people hitting this site from the search engines with queries such as ‘How do I make alcohol with my SmartStill?’. The short answer is that you can’t. But don’t despair! The good news is, you don’t actually need to. To understand why, you need to understand the process of alcohol distillation - here is a guide that tells you everything you need to know to make spirits with your SmartStill or EasyStill.
StillCooker is a site about building your own still and producing your own alcohol. It has some great pictures of various types of still, information about building your own, how to make a moonshine wash, safety tips, and lots more useful information - check it out!
Here you’ll find liquor and liqueur essences, candy shots, turbo yeasts and supplies for distilleries, home distillers and home brewers. Our goal is to produce the worlds best essences and turbo yeasts and to sell only top quality. Our assortment of essences is the world’s largest and the same top quality we sell to distilleries. You can also get the best activated carbons, Rashig rings, supplies and German glass instruments here.
We gladly share our 27 years of knowledge. Many inventions in this field (like Turbo Yeast) originate with us. Read about Turbo Yeast. Learn more than some competing turbo yeast manufacturers. Learn our new method for using activated carbon with 100-150% better results – only by knowing how and why to use the activated carbon in this new way. Learn everything about the hydrometer - with illustrations.
In their own words :
Infusions of Grandeur is a blog of vodka infusions and mad science. Your hosts, renowned mad scienticians Brendan and Wayland, begin an experiment each week, infusing vodka with a new flavor. We began this blog in December 2006, and before that point, we had never attempted to create an infused vodka before.
We are learning about infusions through experiments, research, and the kind suggestions of our readers. By blogging every step of the process, we hope to teach others to create their own infusions (and hopefully entertain them in the process).
In my words :
Two silly men make lots of drinks with vodka, some good and some bad. Great attention to detail, loads of pictures and a suitably scientific style mean that this is both an amusing and useful resource.
Hi everyone! This is just to let you know that we have setup an Amazon store featuring lots of books and other items that may be of interest to the home distiller. I must point out that we are not selling these ourselves, we just collected the Amazon items into one place for your convenience. However, we do get a small commission if you buy through our store, which goes towards supporting this site.
Here is the link - enjoy your shopping!
After our recent article about preventing the top popping loose on your SmartStill/EasyStill, I’ve received some more detailed information about the issue. It seems that all stills now come with a set of Raschig rings, as I recommended earlier. If you have one of the older models, then my advice to purchase some for yourself is still valid.
Continuing with our mission to demystify the SmartStill/EasyStill range, here is a guide to the various parts of the machine showing their location and what each part does. Yes I know, it’s a boring theory lesson rather than a tale of booze and glamour but the more you learn, the better you will understand what is happening!
I was drinking a bottle of tasty Vimto the other day, when the thought suddenly struck me that Vimto syrup would be an excellent basis for a fruity wash - it’s high in sugar, contains lots of interesting fruit flavourings, even some barley malt and spices.
I did some research online, but I couldn’t find anyone else who had done anything similar. This set off warning bells in my mind, surely someone else had thought along the same lines? I did find one post where someone mentioned that a friend had made delicious wine from Vimto (and Ribena!) but with no further details. Being a bit silly with this kind of thing, I decided it should be my mission to make Vimto brandy!
In the interest of helping others, I now present my guide to completely failing to make apple brandy. The keen-eyed amongst you will quickly spot the folly of this method, but perhaps it will serve to educate those who are as stupid as myself and prevent more innocent fruit giving their lives for nothing. Luckily, I only did this on a small scale as a test!
If you’ve done your research about distilling at home, I’m sure you’ve come across the many different types of spirit essences that are available to flavour your drinks. Generally speaking they are added to plain vodka, sometimes with sugar or cream additives, to make approximations of various different drinks.
