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@@c.m.8158 really glad to hear and thank so much for the support. Hope you enjoy the videos and let me know how I can make better episodes. Cheers, -Jeff
Do you have any books you would recomend on learning more about distilleries/wineries/awesome destinations to visit and learning how to distil yourself..? Btw this could be a video topic and if so then maybe refrain from listing books right here.. 🥂
@@pietsnot7002 for wine and wineries check out Vince on V is for vino. He breaks down wine really well. Books it depends on what type you are wanting to study. I’m learning about sherry and Armagnac now and got a few books but can recommend for whatever spirit you want to learn about. The video idea is great thanks
Have you done a tour in Portugal yet? I just did a port wine tour yesterday.. And l learned something crazy in belgium about no longer legaly serving table beer to kids in the canteen around 1950 or '60.. the water in Ghent was so dirty that it was safer to drink beer 🤣🤣
@@drinkdestinations Come on over. I'm sure there's loads of video material here 🙂 Macieira, green wine, port wine, Croft brandy, medronho, aguardente, Ginja,... just to name a few. Btw l just brought a 10 yo Belgian whisky and an 8 yo genever over from there, when l'm back home l'll be taste testing those 2 😋
@@pietsnot7002 I need to do a story on Portugal. However, I’ve lived and spent a lot of time in Belgium and agree that a lot of amazing drinks coming from Belgium
------- > The full instructions for longterm storage of Tequila: 1. Store the bottle upright away from sunlight, ideally in a constantly dark location. Sunlight will degrade the tequila dramatically. 2. Store the bottle under 69 degrees. 3. After the bottle is 25% empty, and you plan to longterm store the tequila for more than 6 months, you must gas the inside of the bottle with food grade argon gas. This gas sit on top of the tequila and acts as a barrier, preventing oxygen to touch the juice so no oxidation occurs. 4. Finally you need to wrap the top of the bottle with Parafilm tape. This is a nonstick, self-sealing tape that will not damage the bottle or any paper labels. This tape will ensure the bottle is completely airtight. If you do these 4 steps, you can store the tequila forever.
3:46 All alcohol come from sugar, and different types of alcohols are classified by what that sugar came from. 100% agave means that 100% of the alcohol came from the sugar of the blue agave and nothing else. If it doesn’t say this, up to 49% of the alcohol came from non-agave sugars-including high fructose corn syrup.
That was very interesting Jeff, I never gave it a thought before about the wood usage and the effects on the land of mono culture. Thanks for that eye opener, Oh, by the way 'Nice size GUNS mate' 😉.
Love a good mezcal. When you find a good mezcal bar (La Punta de Agave in Rome for one) and you can try a range of the good stuff it really opens up your palate and mind to them. I think a lot of people sadly have bad experiences with them with the cheap stuff, much like tequila
Wuts up the Bradford!!! Another awesome video. Good stuff...didnt really put much attention to how this affects the planet till recently. Learning something new all the time now. Be safe brother
That’s amazing. I’ve not been drinking many spirits for a few years and just got interested again since my visit to the Cognac region. Now l see all the options out there.. holly smokes 🤩
@@drinkdestinations l know, l think l watched all of those now.. l send the one from the swiss whisky trek to my ant and she loved it! She was like send more of those 🤘
@@drinkdestinations very much so 👌 l just wish the discriptions stayed on screen a bit longer sometimes, English is not my native tongue and l miss a few parts sometimes 🤓
Kriek, rodenbach yes very nice 😋 and my local pub used to have liefmans on tap, a simple regular beer but damn sweet, l often eyeballed the pints of the company l was in and snuck me an extra one in when theirs were still about half full before giving the next round 🤣
So does that mean in certain areas of the world you are lituaraly bound by those limitations or is that only when you have certifications that obviously have rules. So could one make his own wine or spirit for that matter and just try to sell it like it is? Ps has ony of these people ever used chicken tractors between the vines?
Yet an other awesome episode 🤙 I just spend a month in france, 10 days in the cognac region of which 7 days on a camping at a small producer of pineau and cognac. Learned a bit more about the whole procces, very interesting. Too bad many small producers have no one to take the busines over and have to sell to the big names who just absorb them into their own houses in stead of keeping the autenticity and diversity alive.. That way there will be less and less cognacs to choose from..
@@drinkdestinations Thanks. I have a question that dr google doesn’t seem to be able to answer me. Can you use one and the same potstill to distill different types of spirit or is it a pick your poison and stay with it type of situation?
@@pietsnot7002 short answer is.yes you can. Example peated whisky on Islay to unpeated need to be cleaned so traces of the peat won’t end up in the unpeated spirit. You will see rum and whiskey being produced on smalller scale distilleries for example on the same still but will create a production schedule that spends time only on rum and then cleaned and run barley. Hope that helps
Just been binge watching your work in the last couple of days and am now subscribed. Very good and interesting. Maybe in the future you can have a look at the traditional alcoholic beverages of Asia especially in the Philippines. One, 'tuba', is also popular in parts of Mexico. There are also: lambanog, basi, tapuy, bais, bugnay etc...
@@ememe1412 thanks so much for the comment and I appreciate the feedback. I will definitely look into more traditional beverages as you stated. Cheers and thanks for the sub and support. Cheers, -Jeff
What tequila should you be drinking? That title sounds like I can't drink this or that. Sounds like I'm conditioned. Any tequila give it a try don't expect someone to tell you what to choose.
@@user-xp9hu8sg9o couldn’t of said it better. Everyone’s palate is different and here is just a guideline for everyone to explore and find what they like. Cheers and my personal favorites are Cascahuin blanco, Fortaleza reposado.
A lot of people do not know we can help in certain ways to make Mexico and Central America better. Of course there are people in America who will deceive you with negativity. They are very helpful to us in the United States. So see the positive things they have done. Of course they're not perfect and neither are we.
The best Tequilas are the additive free ones made with traditional methods. Labels like G4, Fortaleza, Tequila Ocho, El Tesoro, Arrette, Cazcanes, & Don Fulano are the way to go. There are others for sure but main thing is to stay away from the Mega brands like Patron, Cuervo, Don Julio, 3 Generations & Corralejo. Same thing goes for the most of the celebrity brands they are 💩.
