The Artisan’s Guide to Crafting Distilled Spirits, 2015, 150 pp.
If you would like to know how to make moonshine yourself in the best quality, you can learn the art of distilling hands-on with the help of our book The Artisan’s Guide to Crafting Distilled Spirits:
- Making a mash – the foundation of homemade moonshine
- Distillation
- Distilling spirits at home – the copper still
- Dilution of schnapps (alcohol dilution calculator)
- Numerous moonshine recipes for mash, spirits and infusions
Making a mash
To obtain a good distillate, you must first of all make the perfect mash. The quality of the mash is decisive for homemade schnapps. Using rotten and dirty fruit can never lead to high-quality schnapps. In the book, you will find precise guides and recipes to make these mashes easily yourself, and you will find out everything about possible problems during fermentation and what measures can then be taken.
Distillation
The book contains a detailed description of how to separate the heads, hearts and tails. When is it necessary to double-distil the mash, and under what conditions is single distillation adequate for homemade schnapps? You will find out exactly how you can distil a good brandy at home yourself.
Making schnapps yourself – the homemade still
How does the optimum still have to be setup correctly from a process technology perspective? What materials can I use? How do I construct or alternatively recognize a functional still? Regardless of whether you build the still yourself or buy it, here you can acquire the necessary know-how to end up with the perfect moonshine still for your homemade schnapps.
Dilution of schnapps
Detailed description of the dilution process including calculation for making the perfect schnapps yourself. Furthermore, you will find tips on the storage and artificial aging of your homemade schnapps.
Recipes
Numerous moonshine mash recipes and distilling recipes for homemade schnapps with precise information for mashes, infusions and spirits. Discover how you can make the greatest variety of mashes and distillates at home yourself.