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    The Home Distillers' Guide
    The Home Distillers' Guide
    The Home Distillers' Guide
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    The Home Distillers' Guide

    By Jim O’Brien

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    The complete guide for a beginner. Learn how to make your own brew at home!

    Everything you need to know to ferment and distill right the first time. Home distillation isn't for everyone. It's for you! While some homebrewers are happy enough with beer or wine, others want to take it a step further, by distilling those grain and fruit mashes and concentrating their alcohol into true spirits worthy of any bar. This is the home distillers guide for them. Go join!


    This book on making moonshine and how to distill alcohol is not just another one of distilling books. - "I enjoyed this book as my best book on the subject. I have no real experience but have been researching home distilling through multiple books. If you are in that category yet, this is the book for you ..." - Martin C. Williams 


    Is covering nearly every facet of distilling

    • The Basic Principles of Distillation
    • The Distilling Process and Techniques
    • Distilling Equipment and Raw Materials
    • The difference between spirit types and how to produce each
    • Legalities surrounding distilling alcohol at home
    • Flavoring and aging your spirits
    • Different methods of distillation and equipment
    • And of course, drink recipes!


    Learn how to make your own moonshine, vodka, whiskey, rum, tequila, bourbon. Get home distilling recipes with latest Distillers book by Jim O'Brien

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Stars Press
    Release dateApr 6, 2021
    ISBN9781393507642
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      Book preview

      The Home Distillers' Guide - Jim O’Brien

      Raise the Bar:

      The Home Distiller’s

      Guide

      and

      DIY Bartender:

      Cocktails for the Homemade Mixologist

      Published by Black Stars Press

      Copyright © 2021 Black Stars Press

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      © 2017 Jim O’Brien. All rights reserved.

      In no way is it legal to reproduce, duplicate, or transmit any part of this document either by electronic means or in printed format. Recording this publication is strictly prohibited, and any storage of this document is not allowed unless with a written permission. All rights reserved.

      Legal notice:

      This book is copyright protected. You cannot amend, sell, use, quote, or paraphrase any part of the content within this book without the consent of the author or copyright owner. A legal action will be taken, if this is breached.

      Disclaimer notice:

      Please note the information contained within this document is for educational and entertainment purpose only. Every attempt has been made to provide accurate, up-to- date, reliable and complete information. No warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. Readers acknowledge that the author is not engaged in the rendering of legal, financial, medical or professional advice.

      By reading this document, the reader agrees that under no circumstance are we responsible for any losses, direct or indirect, which are incurred because of the use of information contained in this document, including, but not limited to, - errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.

      Dear readers,

      For most of you, this is my first book. I hope in this book you can find the answers to your questions and receive some advice. All of this based on the author's personal experience and every sentence in this book is important. It's a book that contains a very few terms. It can be easily understood by anybody.

      Thank you, dear readers,

      I highly appreciate your estimation of my work!

      Sincerely yours, Jim O’Brien

      Table of Contents

      Introduction. Why Home Distillation?

      Should I Try Home Distillation?

      Making Liquor at Home...Legally

      The U.S. States and Territories that Allow Home Distillation

      Chapter 1. The Basic Principles of Distillation

      Types of Distillation

      Simple Distillation in Detail

      Chapter 2. Overview of the Distilling Process and Techniques

      What Happens Inside a Still?

      Distilling: an Overview of the Process

      Chapter 3. Distilling Equipment and Raw Materials

      What You’ll Need for Mashes and Washes

      For Your Still

      Chapter 4. Your Still: Premade, Halfway, or from Scratch?

      Building Your Own Still4

      That’s It! Now, How Do You Use it?

      I Already Got the Wash, Now What?

      Chapter 5. Make Room for Moonshine

      Is the Stuff at the Store Really Moonshine?

      Moonshine’s Start

      How Moonshine Is Made

      Basic Corn Mash Recipe7

      Sugar Mash Recipe8

      Flavored Moonshines

      Apple Pie Moonshine Recipe

      Chapter 6. Viva la Vodka

      A Brief History

      Basic Vodka Wash Recipes

      Potato Vodka10

      Sugar Vodka11

      Making Your Own Flavored Vodkas

      Chapter 7. Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum

      Humble Beginnings

      Basic Rum Wash Recipe13

      Aging Your Distilled Rum

      Flavoring Your Rum

      Chapter 8. Of All the Gin Joints in All the Towns

      Making Gin

      Basic Gin Recipe15

      Other Flavors

      Chapter 9. Where’s the Whiskey?

      The Origin of Whiskey

      Aging: What Turns Young Moonshine into Old Whiskey

      Regional Whiskeys

      Types of Whiskey

      Whiskey Corn Wash Recipe18

      Chapter 10. Tequila Time

      The Painstaking Production of Tequila

      Types of Tequila

      Basic Tequila Recipe21

      Chapter 11. Brandy, Liqueurs, and Other Excuses to Spend More Time in the Still House

      Brandy

      Sunchoke Spirit

      Brandy Recipe

      Aging Your Distillation

      Liqueurs

      Peach Schnapps (American) Recipe24

      Other Uses For Your Distillation Skills

      The Farm Distillery

      Chapter 12. Mixers and Bitters

      Make Your Own Bitters26

      Cocktails to Try

      Chapter 13. Advanced Distillation

      Chapter 14. Some Notes on Bottling, Preservation, and Storage

      Chapter 15. Can I Sell It?

      The Case for Making Non-commercial Distilling Legal

      What You CAN Do (Legally)

      Conclusion. Cheers! The Future Of True Craft Distilling

      DIY BARTENDER:

      Chapter 1. Moonshine

      Full Blue Moon

      Peachy Keen Lemonade

      Shamrock Shock

      Moonshine Mimosa

      Lemon Drop Shine Shooter

      Chapter 2. Vodka

      Classic Cosmo

      Moscow Mule

      Sex on the Beach

      Sweet Vodka Spritzer

      Dirty Shirley

      Chapter 3. Whiskey and Bourbon

      Whiskey Sour

      Old Fashioned

      Mint Julep

      Tennessee Lemonade

      Chapter 4. Tequila

      Mintequila Brew

      Ginger Shooter

      Blackberry Slammer

      Tequila Summer Slush

      Chapter 5. Brandy

      Hard Iced Cider

      Hot Toddy for One

      Vanilla Roobios Hard Tea

      Dirty Mother

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PURCHASING THIS BOOK!

      Introduction. Why Home Distillation?

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