Schmickl's Seminars ONLINE

The original Schmickl seminars ONLINE: distillation of alcohol & spirits, distilling essential oils & hydrosols, and how to make fruit & spice vinegars at home.

Distillation of Alcohol & Spirits at Home

Learn in our seminars the preparation of a perfect mash, the construction of a still, and the distillation of alcohol & top-quality spirits.

Distilling Essential Oils & Hydrosols

Extracting, distilling & enjoying plant essences: distilling essential oils & hydrosols from the plants of your herb garden. Learn in our seminars the pretreatment of the plant material, the process of a steam distillation, and how to build simple stills by yourself.

How to Make Vinegar at Home

Make vinegar by fermentation with your own fruit and herbs at home. Learn in our seminars simple methods, but also sophisticated processes for top-quality vinegars.

Spirits, Essential Oils & Hydrosols, Vinegar

In our seminars you learn the distillation of alcohol & spirits, distilling essential oils & hydrosols, and how to make vinegar at home.

Schmickl's ONLINE Seminars: The Distillation of Alcohol & Spirits, Distilling Essential Oils & Hydrosols, and How to Make Vinegar at Home

Welcome to the homepage of Dr. Schmickl and Dr. Malle!

In addition to our books on crafting distilled spirits & brandies, producing essential oils & hydrosols by yourself, and fermenting vinegar at home we host practical workshops on these topics - distilling spirits, distilling essential oils, and fermenting vinegar - since many years. By means of the stills, vinegar generator, and analysis devices we offer, putting knowledge into practice can be done with ease.
On this site you find also online seminars on distilling spirits, producing essential oils, and fermenting vinegar. Additionally there are shorter films on special topics.

If you also have videos about interesting or new subjects, just contact us.


We wish you fun and success,
Bettina Malle & Helge Schmickl

Schmickl's Stills, Vinegar Generator, and Books

Stills and equipment to produce superior spirits and brandies
 

Stills and equipment to produce superior spirits and brandies

At our distilling schnapps webpage you'll find stills, all necessary equipment to produce high-quality spirits at home, and information about our workshops. www.schnapsbrennen.at
Stills and equipment to produce essential oils & hydrosols
 

Stills and equipment to produce essential oils & hydrosols

Our unrivaled LEONARDO® still is available at the essential oil homepage. Furthermore you'll find necessary equipment and information about our essential oil workshops. www.aetherischesoel.at
Vinegar generator and equipment to produce superior vinegar
 

Vinegar generator and equipment to produce superior vinegar

At the vinegar site you'll find our vinegar generator to produce top-quality vinegar, equipment to analyze the acetic acid & alcohol Content and information about our Workshops. www.essigherstellung.at
The Artisan’s Guide to Crafting Distilled Spirits
 

The Artisan’s Guide to Crafting Distilled Spirits

Bettina Malle / Helge Schmickl
Publisher: Spikehorn Press U.S.A., © 2015, 150 pages, hardcover, full-color photographs & illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-943015-04-7
Table of Contents
The Essential Oil Maker’s Handbook
 

The Essential Oil Maker’s Handbook

Extracting, Distilling & Enjoying Plant Essences & Hydrosols
Bettina Malle / Helge Schmickl
Publisher: Spikehorn Press U.S.A., © 2015, 132 pages, hardcover, full-color photographs & illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-943015-00-9
Table of contents
The Artisanal Vinegar Maker’s Handbook
 

The Artisanal Vinegar Maker’s Handbook

Bettina Malle / Helge Schmickl
Publisher: Spikehorn Press U.S.A., © 2015, 178 pages, hardcover, full-color photographs & illustrations, ISBN: 978-1-943015-02-3
Table of contents