Frequently Asked Questions
For any questions or concerns, please read through our list of FAQs. If not, feel free to get in touch and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Beer FAQ’s
Ideal temps:
Ale yeast 18-22 deg Celsius.
Lager yeast 12-14 deg Celsius.
You may have put too much sugar in your brew when you bottled it or it had not finished fermenting properly.
Always use a hydrometer to check the beer has finished fermenting and use the correct amount of carbonation drops or priming sugar.
Most beer benefits from using a clarifying agent. This is most commonly a gelatine based beer fining, used 1-2 days before bottling or kegging. Dissolve the beer fining in 125ml of lukewarm water and gently stir it into your fermented beer.
Absolutely. Sanitisation is the most important part of brewing and should never be overlooked. The easiest no rinse sanitiser we sell is the Atomic 15 foaming sanitiser.
Distilling FAQ’s
If you use 8kg of sugar and a packet of Turbo Yeast in 20L of water, you will get a wash of approximately 19% alcohol.
When this is distilled, you will end up with about 4.5L of 92% alcohol.
When you dilute this back to 40%, you will have approx. 10L of drinkable alcohol.
Filtering with activated carbon removes impurities in the spirit and water that is used to proof down the spirit or dilute the spirit.
By removing impurities the spirit or alcohol will become much smoother with less odour.
Yes! Much like beer, using a hydrometer to tell when your wash is finished. For best results and highest yield, making sure your wash has finished fermenting will also prevent boil overs and puking while distilling.
Use a dilution calculator. Find one here:
Wash Calculators (aussiedistiller.com.au)
Absolutely. Sanitisation is the most important part of brewing and should never be overlooked. The easiest no rinse sanitiser we sell is the Atomic 15 foaming sanitiser.
Fermenting FAQ’s
Absolutely. Sanitisation is the most important part of brewing and should never be overlooked. The easiest no rinse sanitiser we sell is the Atomic 15 foaming sanitiser.
