This was by far the weirdest distillation I’ve done from a process perspective. I’m a fairly green distiller but usually I can tell when something is hearts or heads or tails but this? Strong Cheeto flavor the whole way through. I’ve never seen color come off a still but it came out with a yellow tint the entire time. Split it into two batches, one just straight on its own and one sitting on a handful of dehydrated Carolina reaper peppers and some other hot peppers. Clocking in at 48% abv. What’s it taste like you might wonder? Wash all the powder off of a Cheeto and suck on it for 5 minutes. After that take a shot of vodka. I think the flavor will be almost dead on to what this tastes like. Admittedly, I poured 750 mL down the drain, I can’t justify using another jar to store a meme. Over all, 10/10 would science again.

    • poleslav@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      23 days ago

      Hey now no need for hate, let’s sit down with a nice glass of flamin hot eldrich horror and hash out our differences lol. But don’t worry, it’s only going to get worse from here, I don’t know what’s worse than fermenting and distilling Cheetos but by god I’ll find something even worse than this.

            • poleslav@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              2·
              21 days ago

              Funny thing is I actually made milk wine (called Blaand) and it’s actually similar to white wine. That and the one gallon i made giving me enough cheese to last a lifetime, I dunno if I’d be able to pull off 5 gallons. The fun dip someone else posted is looking mighty tempting though…

    • poleslav@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      23 days ago

      I may have to cross off any oily items from my memes to distill list, my still continues to reek of Cheetos lol. Have it soaking in vinegar now. Gonna run my blueberry brandy through it in the next 24-48 hours and hope it works and the stench goes away, if not I have some copper cleaner coming in tomorrow but honestly I’m half expecting to need a new pot still column, whoops.

        • poleslav@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          10·
          23 days ago

          As my old teacher used to say, you can do stupid shit, just write it down so you can call it science. This is definitely a science moment and I look forward to many more

          • verity_kindle@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            23 days ago

            Based teacher. Documentation makes all the difference. Your descendants will need a record of your stupid shit mixed with brilliance.

            • MuteDog@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              23 days ago

              Instructions about things to not do is as equally helpful as instructions about things to do.

              • verity_kindle@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                22 days ago

                Precisely! Don’t make wine with Concord grapes and canned applesauce, which I am doing right now. What’s another one? Don’t let your airlocks run dry?

  • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzMEnglish
    7·
    23 days ago

    I wonder if something can be done using cocoa or chocolate. I would call it “kilo of shit + kilo of sugar”