Me wearing a glass helmet made by Marc Barreda

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Distracted physics student

I started studying art and technology at the HKU, but switched to Physics and Astronomy at the UvA. Now doing a master's degree in Theoretical Physics, but taking half a year off to see if I can...

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Me being electrostatically fermented

The potential difference between my nostrils is speeding up the apple fermentation in the bottle
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Apples fermenting

The crushed apples fermenting in a beer keg.
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Bottled spirit

Some bottled spirit from the fourth run of the still. A distilled pale ale beer with surprisingly fruity odours.
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Adding activated yeast to the apples

The yeast was activated by starting a small culture in some juice pressed from the same apples with some added sugars. It was then added to the fermentation keg together with the crushed apples.
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Electrostatic fermentation setup

A 15V potential difference between a copper tube in the fermenting liquid and an isolated wire around the bottle is established, potentially drastically speeding up the fermentation process.
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Running the still for the first time.

During the distillation process the temperature of the vapours will slowly climb to 100 °C. The thermometer at the top of the column helps with monitoring the vapour temperature and tells you how far...

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