Introduction Chapter 1: Distillation - Is it Good? Is it Safe? What is Distillation? Is it Safe? Is it Good? Is it Legal?
Chapter 2: What Do You Want to Make? Grouping Distillers
The Azeotrope
"Brown" Liquors Chapter 3 A Potstill in a Day, for under $30.00 Build a Simple Potstill
Functional Description of the Coffeepot Still
Cooling the Coffeepot Still
Perform the Vinegar Cleaning and Test Chapter 4 Your First Still Run - Making the Cuts Your First Still Run Additional Equipment You'll Need Prepare the Collection Glasses Set up the Still Set up Your Recording Page Turn on the Stove Burner Collect Distillate and Record Add Alcohol by Volume Values to Your Recording Sheet Making the Cut Blend and Dilute Your Brandy Aging Your Brandy?
Chapter 5 More Still Runs with Coffeepot Still Making Gin Extract Maceration Distillation Blending Making the Gin Tasting Distinctive Fractions Turn on the Heat Making Whiskey Observations What We've Learned From This
Chapter 6 Your First Fermentation Where Does the Ethanol Come From? Aerobic (With Oxygen) Yeast Action Anaerobic (Without Oxygen) Yeast Action What Stops Yeast Action? How to Use These Facts Distilling Your Sugar Wash What Did We Learn, and What Would We Do Differently Next Time? Summary
Chapter 7 The Next Step - a 5-Gallon Still The "Next Step Still" Design Criteria Modified Pressure Cooker Accepts Still Plumbing The Still Head The Lyne Arm Assembly The Liebig Condenser The Still Boiler and Lid Forming and Cutting the Liebig Support Hanger Soldering and Choosing Solder and Flux Soldering Torches and Techniques Assembling the Still Head Assembling the Still Cleaning and Testing the New Still
Chapter 8 Various Wash Recipes Single-Malt Whisky Washes, Easy and Harder The Easy Single-Malt Wash All-Grain Single-Malt Whisky The Wonderful MUM Wash
Chapter 9 Aging Your Spirit General Aging Principles Historic and Modern Aging OK, So How Can We Fake It? Aging Woods and Preparation
Chapter 10 Instruments, Measuring, and Calculating The Instruments, Their Capabilities, and Their Limitations The Hydrometer The Refractometer The pH Meter Alcohol by Volume and Alcohol by Weight
Chapter 11 Where Do We Go From Here? Improving and Enlarging the Still Bigger and/or Better Boilers Fancier Still Head Construction Purchasing a Ready-Made Still Washes to Distill
Chapter 12 The (Distilling) World at Your Fingertips Web Groups, Forums, and Lists A Great Web Site One Great Library of Distillation Books
Index Glossary of Terms |
