Still Works and Brewing is showing how to distill our Peach and Oat whiskey making the cuts and blending the cuts and adding toasted oak for aging the whiskey.
Enjoyed this video! Best to switch jars either when you start detecting the tails or if your head temp is closing in on 90°C or 194°F and collect at 100-150ml per jar from there. Just my 2c.
Thanks for the great video. I am glad to see we share some of the same style and that our “Processes” are the same. I look forward to seeing the end results. cheers
Thank you SO much for the detailed still walkthrough, Randy! I'd picked up two good tips before you even built the still. I wanted to wait to comment until I'd had a chance to do a run, and I can say my experience and results were 95% better than previous attempts!! Definitely identified what I'd been doing wrong...running too hard, too fast. I really appreciated your being miked up during the run section of the video too...kinda missed that in the latter part. Much appreciated, my friend!
Another very informative video. Although I do cry a little every time you spill some. What does it tastes fantastic actually mean? Do you taste the quality of peach? Do you taste the oats? Can you describe what you taste? Was going to the effort of processing peaches worth the effort if you can't taste a difference in your final product?
Hey Randy, I know you typically don't do 2x distillation, but did you ever try the 1.5 technique? That's where you combine some wash with 1x distilled low wines. Brings over more flavor than 2x distillation, but overall less time spent in stripping runs. You'll get better quality heart cuts than just 1x.
+1 I agree. When running a pot still with a fruit wash. Make the complete run... Then RE-RUN the entire batch with FRESH WASH. This Will improve ABV and Flavor. Running a Thumper will also increase ABV and Flavor. (Thumper same size as boiler) Load thumper with high wines. And if possible shoot the thumper with fruit after collecting heads. Collect down low into 30% abv with small cuts. There is flavor down there. It's hidden and you can find it. Anything that does not make the cut dump it back in the boiler and re-distill it again on the next run. Cheers Duck!
I oak at 70% to 80% abv, in quart jars with PTFE lid covers for six months to a year. Proof down to drinking strength when bottling depending on style. Flute running x3, 4 inch plates. Toasted heavy Charr White oak staves 3/4 x 3/4 x 5 inches.
