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All About Making Gin

Many of you folks who own our stills may have already experimented with adding botanicals to your column, boiler, or have created macerations with a high proof distillate. For those who are intimidated by gin making, this post will hopefully get you pointed in the right direction!   Gin The reserved and bashful gin is making […]

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Five Tips For A Simple Distillation

When I started working here at Moonshine Distiller, I honestly didn’t have much of an idea of what distilling was about. I like my gin and like the idea of self-sufficiency and home distilling, but I soon learned that distilling requires trial and error, patience, and much research! So far, I’ve come across a few […]

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Controlling Your Heat and Boiler Temperature vs. Vaporization

When talking to folks about their runs, there always seems to be a lot of confusion around why you need a heat controller and how you can use it to control your boil temperature. Simply put, you can’t use it for boiler temperature control, but here is the more in-depth explanation as to why you need […]

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Drinking Traditions in Foreign Countries

Venturing outside one’s home country always involves a learning curve. To blend in wherever you go, educate yourself on the country’s specific food and drink customs before departing, starting with some drinking traditions around the world found below. By the time you get out of Dodge, you might not completely pass for a native, but […]

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