poleslav

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[–] poleslav 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

For sure! I’m not the most experienced distiller, but I’ve made enough beers to assume this is going to turn out tasting exactly like a white whiskey/cream ale after it’s done fermenting. It smells potently of corn and not much else. I might end up macerating a handful of dehydrated Carolina reapers that I was holding onto for a firey chocolate stout into the still. Who knows, the world is my oyster.

[–] poleslav 19 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I paid for the still, I’m gonna get my moneys worth out of it 😂 and by that I’m just curious what flavors come through the process. While these are mostly horrid ideas, you never know when you’ll be surprised and can make something interesting from it. Hell sour beers were considered bad at one point in history and now people (including myself) make them intentionally!

[–] poleslav 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How’d the coco thing come through? That sounds interesting. And oooh the lemon sounds fantastic. I love super sour drinks. Any chance you have a more or less recipe for it? 😅

[–] poleslav 6 points 4 months ago

Sounds almost exactly like my recipe for my apple pie brandy base lol

[–] poleslav 29 points 4 months ago (22 children)

Be the change you want to see in the world my friend. Here’s the list of what’s on my radar for distilling next lol. Milk wine sounds whacky but I made it before (called blaand) and it’s surprisingly just tastes like white wine.

[–] poleslav 6 points 4 months ago

Most likely lol

[–] poleslav 2 points 4 months ago

It’s a lamp positioned under my desk since that’s the only place I have a plug left for it, so it’s reflecting the light off the edge of my desk lol

[–] poleslav 3 points 4 months ago

Yep, I think the key is to not boil it. Besides that, if it tastes like cucumber, backsweetening it makes it taste like watermelon again.

[–] poleslav 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Reflection on the glass, if you’re talking about the lower part of the glass that’s not chase the craft/stillIts logo lol

[–] poleslav 3 points 4 months ago

For sure! Honestly even as a “wine” (it finished fermenting in a week) it tasted good, but it does require back sweetening. Without any sugar watermelon tastes like cucumber. Before the liquor fairies got their hands on it I added a small bit of simple syrup into a small glass of it and it still tasted awesome. I’m not sure how well the flavor would hold over time though, but with my quick test, it turned out great. I did ferment it rather warm, to get some esters to give it some sweetness to it, but it did require backsweetening to get it to taste right.

[–] poleslav 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I mean I don’t condone breaking the law but also in the US if you don’t sell it the ATF doesn’t generally care if some liquor fairies happen to distill something. There’s plenty of legal reasons to have a still too, for example my clothes steamer calls for only distilled water ;)

[–] poleslav 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you’ve ever had dehydrated watermelon, it tastes almost exactly like it! and if you’ve never had it, I highly recommend trying it, it tastes like candy but isn’t that artificial watermelon taste like you’d get out of a jolly rancher lol

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