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by Beerswimmer
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Type of yeast best for corn
Replies: 18
Views: 903

Re: Type of yeast best for corn

NZChris wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:17 pm Read the bag. It's probably a sterile food ingredient, not active yeast.
I second this
by Beerswimmer
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Badmotivator Tribute Rum
Replies: 38
Views: 6523

Re: Badmotivator Tribute Rum

Filled the L1 with 65% :thumbup:
by Beerswimmer
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Looking for a good and easy Whiskey recipe
Replies: 18
Views: 1126

Re: Looking for a good and easy Whiskey recipe

I recommend a 100% cracked corn and Yellow Label Angel Yeast to dip your toes into all grain with a super easy method. No mashing is required.
by Beerswimmer
Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739840

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Final distillation of the panela rum. All of the little figertip samples during the run have been heavy on caramel aroma, nice!
by Beerswimmer
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739840

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Stripped a panela rum, cleaned out the fermentor and added 25lbs of milled oats and 55lbs of milled corn added 30 gallons of water and pitched YLAY 8)
by Beerswimmer
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Badmotivator Tribute Rum
Replies: 38
Views: 6523

Re: Badmotivator Tribute Rum

Finally stripping mine today. I used a bag of panela bought from Christopher, Fleishman's yeast, dead yeast from a prior rum ferment, and some seashells for buffering. The only difference with mine is that I'm stripping with a thumper that has a gallon of what was left in the thumper after a high es...
by Beerswimmer
Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: confessions from a new stiller...
Replies: 14
Views: 731

Re: confessions from a new stiller...

The 8 gallon MileHi milk can was the first pot I bought, still have it for storing low wines! A very nice milk can, the head it came with was trash though.
by Beerswimmer
Thu Jan 04, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Knockoff Cousin's Method for High Ester rum
Replies: 4
Views: 577

Re: Knockoff Cousin's Method for High Ester rum

Pretty neat. Could definitely use some warnings about that sulfuric acid tho. Shitll right mess ya up Yeah, I was hoping that all of the large brightly colored warning labels all over the packaging and the bottle itself would be enough for most adults here. But then again.... :lol: Small warning ad...
by Beerswimmer
Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Knockoff Cousin's Method for High Ester rum
Replies: 4
Views: 577

Knockoff Cousin's Method for High Ester rum

This is how I made my slightly simplified Cousin's Method to make some seriously high ester rum at home. This is for anyone wondering how to make a crazy high ester rum based about 95% on the Cousin's Process, but a bit easier for home use. No dehydrating, no double retort. Not the full deal, but yo...
by Beerswimmer
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Thumper?
Replies: 624
Views: 265424

Re: Thumper?

Awesome! That must have been a heck of a large run! I'm getting 1.5 gallons of hearts from ~ 10 gallons in the boiler and 2 gallons in the thumper. That's because you're running a size that the community supports and is common. Because ... Juzsayn... 7 Gallons of hearts equates to a 45-60 Gallon Wa...
by Beerswimmer
Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: Rum
Topic: Hampden - high ester jamaican rum recipe
Replies: 20
Views: 1733

Re: Hampden - high ester jamaican rum recipe

I have done the Cousins method with a few tweaks for the smaller size of my little operation. I was amazed at how powerful it was! Absolutely incredibly high esters!! You can search my bio and find the thread, I made a few mistakes along the way but it all worked out in the end. Even just putting t...
by Beerswimmer
Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739840

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

OtisT wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:26 pm

Beerswimmer, I would love to try your tribute rum when it’s done aging in that L1 barrel. Hopefully I’ll see you again at the next regional gathering and we can swap some more spirits. Happy new year.
100%! I also just now ordered a hammer mill! :D
by Beerswimmer
Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739840

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Today I filled the 5 gallon barrel with high ester rum @ 67%, checked the FG of the panela ~1.008 ish. Going to give it a few more days before I check it again.

Steve Broady wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:36 pm IMG_4410.jpeg
Nice, mine will also be going into an L1 barrel!
by Beerswimmer
Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Meet & Mingle & Events
Topic: PNW Meet and drink 2023
Replies: 155
Views: 12917

Re: PNW Meet and drink 2023

Just filled my BadMo that Chris generously gifted us with some high ester rum, not DOK level esters but very very high. Not sure if it will be ready for the next meetup, but it's reserved for a meetup only!
by Beerswimmer
Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Best yeast for a very grainy flavour?
Replies: 23
Views: 1451

Re: Best yeast for a very grainy flavour?

Saltbush Bill wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:09 am I'll nominate Yellow Lable for grainy, if the right grains are used.
I'll second it. YLAY gives almost zero yeast/fermentation flavor to my washes and spirits so all I taste is the grains.
by Beerswimmer
Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:14 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: ? on oats for "mouth feel"
Replies: 19
Views: 1591

Re: ? on oats for "mouth feel"

de a lot of oat whiskeys using YLAY and can't get enough! I us I have mae rolled oats from the feed store. They have a huge hearts fraction too! Really?... I was looking at whole oats the other day when I was in TSC getting a bag of corn. I almost bought a bag, and passed thinking I had too much gr...
by Beerswimmer
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: ? on oats for "mouth feel"
Replies: 19
Views: 1591

Re: ? on oats for "mouth feel"

I have made a lot of oat whiskeys using YLAY and can't get enough! I use rolled oats from the feed store. They have a huge hearts fraction too!
by Beerswimmer
Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Whiskey
Topic: Help me fill a surprise Badmo
Replies: 7
Views: 1159

Re: Help me fill a surprise Badmo

I'd do a 60/40 corn oats bourbon. I can't get enough oats in my whiskies!
by Beerswimmer
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling
Replies: 25
Views: 1063

Re: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling

The calculator on Jesse's site is darn close to those numbers
by Beerswimmer
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling
Replies: 25
Views: 1063

Re: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling

13%. I was playing with it just now. 1.4 gallons of the wine added to 3.6 gallons of the 85% rum will proof it down to 65% according to the chart.
by Beerswimmer
Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling
Replies: 25
Views: 1063

Re: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling

The hydrometer did not work with the wine. I had my test tube with my hydrometer and rum in it, as I added more wine the proof was way off. I was able to get a ratio of wine to rum that I thought worked well, 1 part wine to 5 parts rum. The rum was the main show and wine was complementing it nicely....
by Beerswimmer
Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling
Replies: 25
Views: 1063

Re: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling

I went and bought a small amount of red wine, nothing crazy just a down the middle table wine, to experiment with tonight. I will be adding some rice whiskey I put in a barrel back in August to the rum, the whiskey is so bland it shouldn't change the rum flavor at all just add the barrel flavors. Ju...
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: 26 gallon still build for running on solids
Replies: 9
Views: 982

Re: 26 gallon still build for running on solids

I don't understand, how are the elements not burned??
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:01 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Thumper Attachment Thingy for New Boiler
Replies: 6
Views: 687

Re: Thumper Attachment Thingy for New Boiler

And this design is perfect for that, the infinite height adjustment!
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper
Replies: 20
Views: 1244

Re: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper

Thumpers do not put tails in hearts cuts! They will if you put the tails in the thumper. Think about why heads then hearts then tails come out in the order that they do on a normal run. Why in that order? What would mess it up?

Don't put the cart before the horse.
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper
Replies: 20
Views: 1244

Re: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper

If you like tails in all of your hearts jars, then go for it. But I don't run plates, I run a potstill with a thumper. I prefer my jars to be like any other run where heads come out first and then a long hearts fraction before the tails, so I put everything in order. Tails, mixed low wines, and wash...
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling
Replies: 25
Views: 1063

Re: Using red wine to lower proof before barreling

It will need a lot of dilution, currently it's at 85%, I'd like to have it around 65% before it goes into the barrel. I don't even have any red wine, so when I buy some I'll do a small sample and play with the % of wine to rum to see what I like.
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper
Replies: 20
Views: 1244

Re: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper

Tōtōchtin wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:16 am Why would you exclude tails from the thumper on a bourbon run?
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So that they don't end up in every jar
by Beerswimmer
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:16 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper
Replies: 20
Views: 1244

Re: Pot Still Head with Reflux and Thumper

Or.....have the potstill go to the thumper, then put the deflag with no plates or a few plates after the thumper but before the PC. Only put what has no tails into the thumper. Use high proof heads cuts from the previous batch, the first part of strip runs, or just high proof spirits or water or all...