Saturday, 4 June 2011

Homemade Spirits Part 1 : Fermentation

PLEASE NOTE: Home distillation may be illegal in your country - I live in NZ where the government allows this. Make sure you check local and/or federal laws before attempting to follow this procedure


OK here's part 1 of the guide I promised - this part deals with fermentation. To make your own spirits, first you must ferment sugar to alcohol, then you must distill the mash into alcohol. Fermentation is achieved by mixing water, sugar and yeast together in a fermentation vessel, and keeping it relatively warm.





In this batch, I used ~7 KG of sugar, and 1 pack of Still Spirits Turbo Classic Yeast. The sugar was dissolved in hot water, then the yeast added once the 23L mix of water and sugar hit 30 degrees Celsius.


This is the batch as of now, 5 days after fermentation began.



It'll be ready to be distilled soon, so watch out for part 2 of this guide.
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15 comments:

  1. M Fawful4 June 2011 at 16:35

    Is is legal to distill on your own property? Do you need a lisence?

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  2. Breakingbrokers4 June 2011 at 16:42

    Ahhhhhh, ooooohhhh, might have to try this one day. Made beer in a bath a long time ago, didnt really work.

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  3. Bunny Hill4 June 2011 at 16:47

    Very informative and interesting stuff here, I will be back for part 2

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  4. HuntStuffs4 June 2011 at 16:54

    This is awesome, looking forward to more.

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  5. Beer Blog Barry4 June 2011 at 16:55

    @M Fawful

    Hey, yes you will need a licence in most countries, I live in New Zealand which allows people to make their own personal spirits at home with no licence, but with the exception of Canada I think all other countries need a licence.

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  6. Kunta Jay4 June 2011 at 17:34

    I always wanted to try brewing my own. NZ here I come.

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  7. LinksZee4 June 2011 at 18:15

    sweet, I want to brew now!

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  8. Unknown4 June 2011 at 18:40

    this makes me want to try am brewing

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  9. Joe4 June 2011 at 18:46

    Just found your blog! Following' along with your progress. Really liked the Tactical Nuclear Penguin vid, haha. Thanks for sharing

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  10. supearmy4 June 2011 at 19:43

    Thanks for the guide, will have to try it when it's all up

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  11. Alexis4 June 2011 at 21:30

    That's a hell of a lot of sugar. I would love to try this.

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  12. Jesse Crows4 June 2011 at 21:50

    oh man that is going to be a tasty brew

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  13. Nathan.6 June 2011 at 13:29

    Looking delicious as ever, sir.

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  14. Liger_XT56 June 2011 at 13:47

    Looks interesting, thought I'm not much of a drinker to say the least.

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  15. Solsby Kid7 June 2011 at 04:58

    This looks pretty fun! Cool blog :)

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