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Accy cyclist
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85% home distilled Polish Spirit
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lutonloony
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Only if they find out
raleighnut
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Used to be an old fella lived up the road from me had a still, anytime he had a batch of wine that wasn't up to much he would whack it through the still. Mind you he had a heck of a lot of wine on the go, he had probably 3-400 demijohns at various stages of fermentation/clearing in the house/cellar.
Used to grow nearly all his own vegetables/fruit and hunt most of the meat he ate too (Rabbit Pheasant etc) and kept a few Chickens and as for fish, his Son owned the Trout Farm out near Ullesthorpe/ Leire.
Used to grow nearly all his own vegetables/fruit and hunt most of the meat he ate too (Rabbit Pheasant etc) and kept a few Chickens and as for fish, his Son owned the Trout Farm out near Ullesthorpe/ Leire.
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User482
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I've had Lao Khao. It smelt of meths...
raleighnut
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subaqua
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You do know the origins of the phrase don't you.
Big Dave laaa
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You can use a wallpaper steamer as a safe method of distilling (allegedly 
). Always pour the 1st half cup away in case of wood alcohol content.
). Always pour the 1st half cup away in case of wood alcohol content.
Globalti
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Wouldn't it be simpler just to freeze a bottle of wine and pour out the un-frozen alcohol?
The dangers of distillation in non-flameproof premises: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...l-during-illegal-vodka-brewing-operation.html
The dangers of distillation in non-flameproof premises: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...l-during-illegal-vodka-brewing-operation.html
Need to remove the glass aspect - just pour homebrew into heavy duty plastic bag - seal the top and put in freezer - pour off and add flavouring of choice - works best as a liqueur style thing - even easier is to buy pure reagent alcohol (bit stressful carting it home in the boot of the car in 40° temperatures - risk of explosion and getting stopped by Kuwaiti police ), cut it down to drinkable strength and add whisky or gin flavouring - best results we found were obtained by adding a 13th of a bottle of real gin to a bottle of 70 proof - flash and tonic with ice and lemon at the end of a dusty day goes down very well - but I have never touched gin since leaving the ME
Big Dave laaa
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Not as much fun and I usually only distill bad batches of homebrew so it's a bit more of a home chemistry experiment.
Yes it will work in a Trangia
Surely it won't ferment, as the yeast gets killed by the alcohol at around 15% abv or so, IIRC (hence distilling and fortified wine in the first place)? It'll flavour the Lao Khao for sure, but fermentation implies a carbohydrate to alcohol reaction.
Gravity Aided
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Yes, the Trangia does run nicely on it, and you don't have to get rid of the red dragon (meths) at the start. You can make the fuel with sugar and yeast most easily, just takes time, water, sugar, and yeast. If you want to increase the proof of an alcohol, just add salt to the current product, which will leach into the water and make salt water, which then sinks to the bottom of the solution. The salting out process does require further distillation to remove the salt, if you are using it in a drink instead of a stove, and find the salt residue a problem. You can also use it to dehydrate isopropyl, so you can use it to rid pets of fleas, or use it in a car for windshield washer fluid, or what have you.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
....sorry, I'm probably not using the correct jargon, just something I had a go at for a bit of fun......
