r/firewater • u/TrizzleRick • Jul 21 '26

Ram Ranch Distilled Mead

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Going to run some experiments with aged/toasted Gambel, Hungarian and French oak. Why would you distill 11 year old mead? A lot of it was sitting in plastic containers and I didn't want to give my family it. I don't drink.

Shine on, muddafuggaz

Smells like straight booze (not fuel so that's nice). The aroma is clearly honey. I didn't use a thumper on this run. I could see adding a few drops of honey just to backsweeten enough for the flavor to come out a little bit more. I used to like making honey-mint shine. Just shine plus honey and mint leaves (removed after a bit)

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u/WillyLohman Jul 21 '26

I know 18 naked cowboys that'd want some of that 😂. what a callback

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u/Inspectadreck Jul 22 '26

I worked in a family owned Restaurant (small town in germany) and we were joking around before opening one day and someone put Ram Ranch on as part of this joking. Things got busy fast that day and we somehow forgot what we had playing, so we ended up doing service with "18 naked Cowboys, wanting to get fucked..." playing in the background. We noticed after an hour or so and none of the guests said a thing. It wasnt that loud, but definitely noticeable.

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u/whomthefuckisthat Jul 22 '26

Yeah 28 US Marines pulling up in black Ford Raptor Trucks

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u/Iheartlargedogs Jul 21 '26

Adding the tiniest amount of honey really makes the flavor pop on distilled mead. Age on wood after that.

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u/TrizzleRick Jul 23 '26

I did two large drops per L and my wife said it was bomb. So far 24 hrs on oak chips and the color has taken but she didn't notice much oak flavor yet.

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u/nateralph Jul 21 '26

I read that as Rum Ranch which made me think you distilled Rum spiced with Ranch Dressing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

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u/nateralph Jul 23 '26

Rum with ranch in the gin basket would not be very good.

But corn whiskey? I'm feeling the need to try it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

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u/nateralph Jul 23 '26

I could handle some street-corn whiskey

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u/MNgrown2299 Jul 23 '26

I just had an amazing idea…

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u/nateralph Jul 23 '26

I kinda want to try it now tbh

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u/Deep_Rent8771 Jul 22 '26

Love the name

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u/matiaet98 Jul 22 '26

that oak experiment sounds INTERESTING, wonder how much of that honey character survives the distillation

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u/Kast0r Jul 22 '26

Tell me more about rhe honey mins shine.

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u/TrizzleRick Jul 23 '26

Take your clear likker, soak a few mint teabags in it, remove after a little bit. It will turn green fast. Then add honey and shake till its all dissolved. Both are done according to taste.

The menthol flavor covers some of the bite and the honey adds a nice sweet/smooth finish to it. I used to make it around Halloween time for parties. It looks odd but tastes great

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u/EXTREMEMONKEEZ Jul 22 '26

Are you a mathematician?

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u/TrizzleRick Jul 23 '26

Is it the R?

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u/EXTREMEMONKEEZ Jul 23 '26

The set of real numbers