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Hi there, welcome to StillSmart!
This website is devoted to home distillation, including tips about fermenting a wash, how to distill safely and effectively, getting better results from your distilling, tips and tricks, technical information and scientific details of the processes involved, etc.
The main focus of the site will be upon the SmartStill/EasyStill range of electric tabletop stills. The reason for this is simple – I own one! I saw that they were available, and I managed to find enough information online for me to work out all the various procedures involved. However, this took me a while and a good bit of trial and error, so I decided to make a website for people who are thinking of buying a SmartStill or EasyStill, or those who have bought one recently and are having trouble getting their head around how it all fits together.
That doesn’t mean that the site is no use to other home distillers – quite the opposite in fact! If there are any articles that are purely aimed at the SmartStill/EasyStill, then those articles have a big graphic at the top to signify as such. Anything else is relevant to anyone who is distilling alcohol at home.
I’m having a lot of fun experimenting with my SmartStill, so I hope that this website encourages you to get hold of one and see for yourself what can be done with it.
If you have anything you’d like to contribute, we’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to get in touch, leave comments on our articles – the more you tell us, the better we can help you out!
Hello, What a great website, I shall ensure we link to
Graham | June 10, 2008Hello,
What a great website, I shall ensure we link to it from our front page on our new site if thats OK with you? We are working on a new site which will be live by 1st August and the SmartStill is going to be front of house on the whole site as we too think it is a fabulous product.
Kind Regards
Graham
Hi Guys I have just been reading your comments on the
Richard Blackwell | April 11, 2009Hi Guys
I have just been reading your comments on the oak chips.
We have three types that are available on our web site. These are Tennessee (which should be used for Jack Daniels style), Kentucky (for Jim Bean style) and Gobblers which is another popular one. These are oak chips which are soaked in alcohol and really add to the taste. There is no definate way they should be used and how long for, but I tend to add it to the bottle when I add the flavouring and leave it to soak for about 4 weeks. Its very much trial and error and they cost £3.49 per packet. They have a really fantastic smell to them and are well worth using. The only other way to get the affect is to store the drink in an oak barrel. The link below will take you to the product section on the web site.http://www.wineworks.co.uk/department/oak_chips/.
There are other oak products available (most of them are more like sawdust) but these are mainly used for wine making.
Let me know how you get on with them.
Richard Blackwell
Great site! Keep up the good work!! Cheers, StillCooker - still
StilCooker | August 25, 2010Great site! Keep up the good work!!
Cheers,
StillCooker – still cookin’