Some authors maintain that the ancient Egyptians already distilled alcohol, others credit the Sumerians with being the first, others still the Celts; there are even those who attribute the invention of alcoholic distillation to this or that barbarian population of the steppes. Recent archaeological

STEP ONE: THE WASHFirst things first we need to make alcohol. To achieve this, we start with a wash/mash. This is done using wheat, corn, barley, sugar or molasses and adding water to make a sweet sugary fermentable liquid.Once we have our mash or wash, we are ready for the next step, adding the yea

The Distillation of Alcohol – A Brief HistoryIf you like good alcoholic drinks (such as whiskey), you probably asked yourself more than once where and how everything started. And, if you are one of the people so fascinated with good spirits, you probably also have a moonshine still somewhere, in you