I think making your own liquor is a cool concept that you can make at home with only 4 ingredients. This tutorial by cuoredicioccolato on YouTube shows a technique on how an at-home 10-year-old whiskey in just 10 days. This is such an informative tutorial because he talks about the different options of alcohol if you cannot find the high-level percentage. All of these ingredients are sold at shops or online without needing to use expensive tools. Also, the 10 day homemade whiskey method gives off the same satisfication as a whiskey aged for 10 years.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of food alcohol (96%) – ethanol or ethyl alcohol
- 10 oz water
- 1 tbsp cane sugar, brown sugar, or caramel
- 3.5 oz oakwood chips
Directions:
First, prepare your wood and place them in a sealed tight jar. Cover with hot water for at least 12 hours. Check in on the jar of wood the next day, and empty out the water. Place the wood in a tray and let them dry for about 12 hours and bake in a preheated oven at 300F for an hour. Continue to watch cuoredicioccolato tutorial on YouTube for full instructions and details.
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Next, pour the water and alcohol into the jar over the wood chips and let it sit for 10 days. Add the sugar into the jar and shake. Drain the whiskey into another jar without the wood chips. Let it sit for another day and taste test it.
Overall, whiskey is normally made in huge barrels, but this recipe calls for the wood in a jar that will soak up all the alcohol. My boyfriend loves whiskey, and I think it would be a great gift idea to make homemade whiskey. Plus, you can make the whiskey however strong you like with other flavors added too.
