How to Make Alcohol - Craft Vodka

In this video we show you how to make alcohol. Specifically, we're making vodka. Vodka is a high proof spirit that was traditionally made from potatoes. However, most modern vodka is made using corn, primarily. We're making an upscaled craft vodka using corn, barley, rye, and more. We'll run you through the entire process while answering a lot of common questions, as well as thoroughly explaining many of the intricacies of making vodka.

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Here's a detailed guide to the various sections of the video as well as the questions we answered:

0:42 adding water
1:23 recipe
1:32 weighing corn
2:01 adding rye/malted barley
2:27 milling the grains
2:37 mashing
2:42 adding oats to the mash
2:56 begin 60 min mash/relax
3:57 pulling grain basket
4:36 chilling
5:15 transferring
3:34 adding yeast beads
7:01 transferring wash to still
8:44 adding butter to wash
9:28 setting up still
9:50 heating
11:06 temp/offtake speed
12:58 methanol concerns
14:04 foreshots in the stripping run?
15:29 passive reflux
17:13 first drips of stripping run
15:52 drip rate
21:05 safety
22:35 (link to Jesse’s safety video)
25:14 vodka clarity
25:55 stripping run set up explained
27:34 what is a parrot and how does it work?
29:37 end of stripping run
30:56 low wines
31:35 transferring wash
34:09 covering your element
34:48 spirit run still set up
35:18 problem solving
37:37 explaining the configuration
43:15 Cuts
44:07 heads
48:32 Not blowing your senses
49:13 Hearts
52:30 Tails
54:42 Blending