Hobby Distiller

Hi folks I'm one of a growing number of hobby distillers here in New Zealand, where we are fortunate to be able to legally distill spirits for your own use. This channel hosts my videos showing my experiments and discussions on the hobby of distilling fine spirits at home. The aim is to share what I have learnt and to encourage others to also share, so that together we can improve the spirits we create. In time I would love to see a term such as 'homestill' become accepted, in the same way we regard 'homebrew', with knowledge and products readily and legally available worldwide. What you will see here are my attempts to learn the skills and techniques about fermenting, distilling, and ageing spirit, to craft fine spirits comparable to 'top shelf' or quality products. My personal goal is to produce an aged spirit similar to whisky, but there is a lot to learn to achieve this.