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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: La brewski on June 06, 2019, 01:21:05 PM

Title: Vodka
Post by: La brewski on June 06, 2019, 01:21:05 PM
Was thinking of trying to do a batch of vodka any one any info to help I would be thinking  of making 5 to 20 liters of 30abv hopefully
Title: Re: Vodka
Post by: Simon_ on June 06, 2019, 01:31:59 PM
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Seriously though it's illegal in Ireland without the correct licenses and doesn't get discussed here. There are other forums that discuss distillation
Title: Re: Vodka
Post by: Water_Wolf on June 06, 2019, 03:37:17 PM
Best you can do legally is use a very high abv generating yeast:

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=turbo+yeast&autocomplate_id=&search_in_description=1

http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/vodka-kit-25-litres-p-1872.html
Title: Re: Vodka
Post by: Tom on June 06, 2019, 04:17:31 PM
You a cop?  ;D
Title: Re: Vodka
Post by: La brewski on June 06, 2019, 06:59:03 PM
Oh my mother f###ing god how what why????what is up with this country legal to make beer not legal to make vodka but u can make wine mead and seriously  strong beer man this is messed up right apologies I really did not know sorry that is not going to happen

Title: Re: Vodka
Post by: TheSumOfAllBeers on June 07, 2019, 12:06:02 AM
You dont get to freely make your beer (or wine, cider, mead etc.). You have an `excise exemption` on domestically produced alcohol.

As the amount of beer that homebrewers can make is tiny, and its not possible to make in any significant quantity for excise fraud purposes, the government let you make it rather than pointlessly enforce a ban.

Distillation on the other hand commands a hefty amount of tax, and it is possible to make a profitable amount of product on a 100L kit, so excise fraud is a real problem (for the revenue). Thats their justification for splitting the line along fermentation only/distillation. Makes prosecutions easier too, if you have no/little legitimate reason to own a still.