May I recommend a book? (non-beer, but close enough)

Home Production of Vodkas, Infusions & Liqueurs - by Adam Marianski

I am not interested in spirits and have not reached the point in brewing where I would experiment with spices, etc. I did however buy this book about two years ago because I thought it would be fun to read and I think it contains useful information for many of you experimental brewers.


A couple of other non-beer titles which I have found interesting are:

The art of fermentation - by Sandor Katz (this chap will ferment everything, give him your monitor and he'll ferment it)
The bread builder - by Alan Scott
Meat smoking and smokehouse design - by Adam Marianski

Just to clarify, I do not have any affiliation to either of the authors .. I just found those books quite interesting to read and somehow relevant to what we are doing here

If that first book is really about distilling liquor, expect this post to not be here long. That's a no-no here.

slym2none said:

If that first book is really about distilling liquor, expect this post to not be here long. That's a no-no here.

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No it is not. It is a book published in US about making tinctures and extracting flavor from spices, etc. The author then combines these tincture to create spirits, etc. which is the part I think could be interesting for brewers. The starting point is duty-paid vodka.

Flavoring spirits is quite common in continental Europe, where the author originates and where he conducted his research. Over there you can legally buy 96% & 70% alcohol which is necessary when creating some of the fruit based vodkas, where the water extracted from the fruit would dilute standard 40% vodka to the point where it is not vodka anymore.