Kurt's garden grows up the side of a steep hill. At the top is a shed built out of galvanized metal lined with drums. In the drums Kurt brews up... rum! Above: Sugar Cane from the garden fermenting (being eaten by yeast).
When the yeast has done its job, the alcohol is distilled in this coil.
The brew is placed in the vat to the left. Kurt stokes the fire under this vat until the alcohol evaporates out the top, then cools and condenses in the coil. The rum is dispensed out the spout in the bottom right. As primitive as it looks, Kurt explained the process in technical detail and showed us pieces of equipment that must be kept strictly sterile.
Of course I don't remember which pieces those were because then I got to try the rum. Strong and smooth! The backyard distillers on the island pool their product to form a bottling co-op.
Kurt's garden grows up the side of a steep hill. At the top is a shed built out of galvanized metal lined with drums. In the drums Kurt brews up... rum! Above: Sugar Cane from the garden fermenting (being eaten by yeast).
When the yeast has done its job, the alcohol is distilled in this coil.
The brew is placed in the vat to the left. Kurt stokes the fire under this vat until the alcohol evaporates out the top, then cools and condenses in the coil. The rum is dispensed out the spout in the bottom right. As primitive as it looks, Kurt explained the process in technical detail and showed us pieces of equipment that must be kept strictly sterile.
Of course I don't remember which pieces those were because then I got to try the rum. Strong and smooth! The backyard distillers on the island pool their product to form a bottling co-op.
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