Comments on: Distilling https://distillingliquor.com Home distilling Mon, 03 Apr 2017 23:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: admin https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-26109 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:59:15 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-26109 You will get close to a gallon of “low wine.” You will need to save u your low wine over several runs (about 5) before you have enough to do your “spirit run.” You will get about three quarters of a gallon of drinkable spirits depending on how picky you are and how much you dilute it for drinking. It also depends on the alcohol content of your mash.

]]> By: Mark https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-26088 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:58:38 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-26088 How much spirit should you get out of 5 gallons mash.? Thanks

]]> By: admin https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-23157 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:32:04 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-23157 How much whiskey did you get before it dropped down bellow 65%. How much did you distill?

]]> By: Jeff https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-20040 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:53:31 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-20040 A new topic… I am having problems fermenting… My sugar shine works beautifully but I have tried 2 grain mashes with no sugar and have had little success… Maybe 12 hrs of a good roll then nothing… I tried to run one of them today and my first jar (after 1.5 hrs) was about 95 proof and now its at 205 degrees and getting about 1 drip a second… I used #2 malted barley at 150 degrees for 90 mins.. Cooled and pitched yeast….The beer smelled good but the shine is $shit.. Any Ideas??

]]> By: admin https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-1273 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:43:08 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-1273 Yes it can cause blindness. No you don’t have to worry. All distilled spirits have some traces of methanol. However, most of the methanol is concentrated at the beginning of the run (the first to come out). That is why you throw out the first 150ml or so. Most of the stories of people going blind comes out of prohibition. The reason for this was that some moonshiners would use industrial alcohol to cut their product and up the alcohol content. The government got wise to this and unwisely decided to require all industrial alcohol to contain methanol. The idea was that it would scare people away from consuming alcohol.

As previously stated, all distilled spirits have some methanol. However, you would have to drink a lot of it before going blind. So much, that you would be at a larger risk of alcohol poisoning. You will be fine as long as you throw out the first little bit. Home distilling is legal in many countries such as New Zealand, and they haven’t had any issues with people going blind.

]]> By: kurt https://distillingliquor.com/home-distilling/#comment-1264 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:06:10 +0000 https://distillingliquor.com/?page_id=17#comment-1264 When you start getting your first bit of shine i have been reading to throw the first part out. Is that methanol? and does it really cause blindness like i have read?

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