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Making Pure Corn Whiskey: A Professional Guide For Amateur And Micro Distillers

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Home distilling is a rewarding hobby that combines skills as diverse as cooking, zymurgy, plumbing, chemistry and thermodynamics. Although it takes no great skill to whip up a batch of 'shine, this is a hobby that can be taken to great depths. The author has made a comprehensive guide to producing top-notch corn whiskey using hardware-store materials. The purity of the product produced using the methods he describes far outstrips any that Grampaw could have made with his old thumper. The author's approach is very informative, without going overboard on technical detail. It is quite readable and should be considered a must-have for anyone looking into the hobby. Bear in mind, though, this is an instructional manual, so it isn't sprinkled with amusing anecdotes or breezy prose. It is simply a perfect 'how-to' manual.

The book is clearly written and has descriptions of how to build a still, and how to control ingredients, mash, fermentation, and distillation. It includes just enough on the history of moonshining ... with a real focus on the how-to.

This book really suited my level. Not overly basic - but not overly complex. Written a bit as though you were talking to a neighbor - being shown what to do.

Couldn't be happier.

This book does exactly what it claims; it gives the reader the ability to firmly grasp distilling on a personal level. The only downside is the history chapter is a little bit choppy and some facts are questionable (which the author makes perfectly clear). I highly suggest this book for anyone interested in the hobby and pleasure of procuring fine corn whiskey.

Great job using basic examples of how to make corn whiskey. Not much variety, as the title of the book implies, but an excellent resource, especially on the blending of the feints, tails, etc. Highly recommended for the novice to mid level distiller.

Very well organized and written. When I started distilling, I bought 5 or 6 books to help me develop my processes. This book has become my bible.

Very well written. A person with no chemistry background cand understand some very complex processes after reading this book.

The book is detail oriented, unlike many books on the subject that deal only in generalities.

I had no previous knowlege of the subject at all. I read this book cover to cover three times before trying my first batch. I consulted it repeatedly while making my first batch.

It was a success. Over the last nine months I've made five batches of whiskey and it is all the smoothest, best tasting stuff around. If you follow his instructions it's impossible to fail.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest.

This compendium explains in simple prose what several other books I have read on the subject failed to demystify; the why and how of alcohol distillation, for beverage or fuel use. Most treatises I have read were heavy on theory and generality, and short on specifics. Thsi books answers the questions.

great book for the beginer in making beer, wine or shine! gives lots of ideas. new ones on a still. easy to follow detailed instructions, along with tech. reasons why you do somethings and to help out even the expert wine and beer maker!! great book