I Made A Historic 1700's Absinth

I'm excited to make Absinthe. But not just any old absinthe. This recipe is 250 years old! Today I'm making historic absinthe from the 1700s. Sign up to Clocks And Colours newsletter to be in to win a $500 voucher and a CTC goodies bag: https://www.clocksandcolours.com/pages/stillit-1 A HUGE thank you to Alan Bishop for making this project possible. You can listen to the full podcast where Alan goes into much more detail here: https://youtu.be/paidQIT8kxw Spirits Of French Lick: https://www.spiritsoffrenchlick.com/ Alans Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/hipgnosis2/videos "Brandy" Recipe (this is scalable): 95 L (25 gal) of water 14kg (30,9 lb) of sugar 1kg (2.2 lb) of raisins 1kg (2.2 lb) of oats Macerate for 24 hours starting at 170 f / 76 c 2 L of 170 proof / 85 % "brandy" 90 g of wormwood 53 g of anise 53 g of fennel 26 g of mint 53 g of Lemon Balm 5 g angelica seed Proof the maceration down to 40% ABV and pot still it. Take a small amount of "foreshots". Collect down to 60% abv and keep as "hearts" 60% - 40% can be kept to distill again with the next batch of brandy 40% and down can be kept to distill again with the next botanical distillation. Separate 48% of your hearts and heat to 140 f / 60 c and colour with: 2 g of hyssop 3 g of spinach I macerated for 12min. You should either macerate much longer or double or even triple the amount of coloring botanicals as my absinthe was not colored heavily enough. ---------------------------------------- Because I lost 3L of the upper hearts my spirit was under proofed. I took some of the lowest hearts and redistilled them. Then blended them back into the highest abv hearts I had. Just don't spill your spirit and you won't need to do this. Sigh. Be careful people! ============================= Links for stuff in this video ============================= CTC Glencairn Glasses https://chasethecraft.com/shop/ctc-glencairn-glass Still Spirits Air Still https://amzn.to/3OqW9JC Use the code "STILLIT10" to get 10% an EasyDens at: https://www.easydens.com (Discount code valid until December 17th, 2022) ============================= Popular Series ============================= Safety Net Want to jump into all grain but worried about the process or the amount of gear you need? This series is perfect for you. Real all grain mashes with a safety net and minimal equipment: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEGsXzw_6OCMkAuGU8yu7NtDZ4t8GK2w Meme Spirits Goofing off with a mini still and some fun ingredients. Sometimes you just need to have some fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue6wM9yX4EU&list=PLZEGsXzw_6OBMNyTtRwBAdd2nqJfgCJOV Distilling fruit and veg Want to know what happens when you distill a potato, banana or apple? https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZEGsXzw_6OARr_CFyEC8e02yT1kQv_Jr ============================= Merch And Products ============================= For hats, shirts, coins, Glencairn glasses and general paraphernalia visit the CTC shop https://chasethecraft.com/shop Still Its Teespring Page (Shirts and hats) https://teespring.com/stores/stillit CTC - Into The AM Collab Shirt http://intotheam.com/CTC-TEE ============================= Merch And Products ============================= For hats, shirts, coins, Glencairn glasses and general paraphernalia visit the CTC shop https://chasethecraft.com/shop Still Its Teespring Page (Shirts and hats) https://teespring.com/stores/stillit CTC - Into The AM Collab Shirt http://intotheam.com/CTC-TEE ============================= More From Chase The Craft ============================= Still Its Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/stillit Support Me With Youtube Memberships https://www.youtube.com/c/StillIt/join CTC Podcast On Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/chase-the-craft/id1489147767 CTC Podcast On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/39ItzOaQaDx5lfc9Kk0oyc CTC Podcast On Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/chase-the-craft Subscribe To The Channel Here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ChaseTheCraft ============================= Things & I Use &/or Recommend ============================= Check out Badmo's Awesome Wood And Stainless Barrels: https://badmotivatorbarrels.com?aff=2 The Cool Trippy Shirts Im Always Wearing: https://intotheam.com/CTC T500 Turbo Reflux Still https://amzn.to/3KDkucq Refractometer - Sugar https://amzn.to/3OFLxGI Refractometer - alcohol % https://amzn.to/37fAZNx IR Thermometer https://amzn.to/3J8ktNx Induction Heater https://amzn.to/3nAW75M Fruit Press https://amzn.to/3q0jhUI #distilling #homebrew #whiskey I often include affiliate links in my videos and descriptions. This will not change the price for you at all, but the seller will give me a small kickback. Cool eh?