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by paps
Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:36 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Why is the strength of the spirit I collect so low?
Replies: 13
Views: 1753

Re: Why is the strength of the spirit I collect so low?

Hi Calica, I make rum with a pot still and use Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash from Tried and True section. It is by far the best sugar wash I've found. It utilizes a 'yeast bomb' and all the nutrients needed to produce a finished wash every time. I modified it a bit using cane sugar and molasses but alw...
by paps
Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:23 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Spirit or not to spirit?
Replies: 2
Views: 684

Re: Spirit or not to spirit?

Thank Tater, my common since told me if I’m happy with stripping run, leave it at that, making propper cuts is the key, just didn‘t what to be wasting my time and effort going in the wrong direction. :P

Cheers, paps
by paps
Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:00 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Spirit or not to spirit?
Replies: 2
Views: 684

Spirit or not to spirit?

I have been making rum with my pot still (photo) and producing some very fine rum with lots of flavor from a modified Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash, I love his recipe. I use raw cane sugar and molasses, starts at 1.080 and ends at .980 in 10 days, witch produces just under 1 US gallon at 50 to 55% from...
by paps
Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:29 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: a few hundred dumb questions
Replies: 13
Views: 1917

Re: a few hundred dumb questions

Welcome agent86, I just wanted to jump in and assure you that ALL of your questions have been answered many times over, Joe and BantemBrewer said it all. I too am new to the art and have read the parent site over and over, then the forum and read each and every one of the topic posts. Just when I co...
by paps
Tue May 06, 2008 7:19 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1282
Views: 352819

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Yes, yes, Husker, Wineo has a winner. I have my third wash going in as many weeks. His recipe is simple, clean, and predicable. I have been too busy to get my notes together and as soon as I do will post more details. Wineo, thanks for everything, your recipe is now at the top of my list. :D :D :D :...
by paps
Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:01 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1282
Views: 352819

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Me too, can’t wait. Mine has been sitting for 5 day now, tomorrow I have all day to myself so in she goes. I was going to through in some molasses back set but really want to see the results unencumbered. I will post the outcome.

Cheers, paps
by paps
Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:26 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1282
Views: 352819

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Thanks for your replies, far be it from me to question the guys who know. But I am still in a quandary about the info from the parent site about “measuring alcohol content of the wash” This is a quote from parent site – fermenting section: Alcohol Content of the Wash You can easily calculate the str...
by paps
Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1282
Views: 352819

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Hello Wineo, just wanted to tell you I tried your sugar wash recipe from previous posts, started it 11 days ago. I followed it to the letter with the following exceptions: -I used 8 large size red potatoes (the wife wanted to use the cooked ones for Italian potatoes salad, and yes it was delicious) ...
by paps
Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:14 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: First pot still... Comments please!
Replies: 33
Views: 13407

Thanks phanmo for the report, I will try the chokes and run it through my reflux column. Sent the Mrs out to buy some at the local international market but they haven’t come in yet in my area. BTW your rig looks great and it works…..’simple is as simple does’. I am a tinker and a builder, enjoy the ...
by paps
Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:15 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Sunchoke/ topinambour recipe anyone
Replies: 29
Views: 13344

Hi FM, rum and tequila are my spirits of choice. I have a 2 acre plot of land also (Old_Blue) :shock: just sitting there wanting for something to be planted. I started some sugar cane this winter and just put it in the ground. The sunchokes sound like a good companion for the cane. I have lots of su...
by paps
Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:37 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Keeping Records
Replies: 8
Views: 1479

Your right punpkin, I wanted to go thru the whole process and learn how to run the pot and make any changes. I have an extra carboy, will start it going next week. Thanks again for everyones help.

Cheers
by paps
Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:33 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Keeping Records
Replies: 8
Views: 1479

Froggy, punkin, Dnderhead…ya, we call them prawns here also and there are better ways to cook them, I couldn’t resist the “shrimp on the Barbee” thing. :D Looks like I did OK on my still build and results, no one told me to go back and read, rear, read. :lol: :lol: :lol: Just started my second wash ...
by paps
Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:02 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Keeping Records
Replies: 8
Views: 1479

Thanks Big worm for the kind words, this is a fun hobby, and you are in luck, they are rear. LOL. The only thing that would make it better is ‘A shrimp or two on the BarBee’, right guys down under?
by paps
Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:55 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: First time distilling help
Replies: 45
Views: 7851

Keeping records

Thanks Big worm for the kind words, this is a fun hobby, and you are in luck, they are rear. LOL. The only thing that would make it better is ‘A shrimp or two on the BarBee’, right guys down under?
by paps
Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:55 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Keeping Records
Replies: 8
Views: 1479

Keeping Records

Hello again, I just finished my first run, you might be interested in seeing how it came out. Here’s how it went . . . . Reference: Possum Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 – Rum recipe 1 gallon (3.8liters) Food grade molasses (from Smart & Final) 5 pounds white cane sugar (2.3kilo)- 5 pounds white cane ...
by paps
Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:18 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Just a thought..
Replies: 39
Views: 11203

Hi alice, I do use a submersible pump to get water out of my pool to cool the worm coil. It comes in at the bottom of the 5 gal bucket and exits at he the top and returns to the pool by gravity. I was worried about chlorine on copper but in my pool heating system water is pumped into the heater in c...
by paps
Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:39 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Ferment temp control
Replies: 7
Views: 2503

PUGIDOGS, Pikluk – Thanks for the ideas, I do use a carboy fermentor, both of your suggestions would be a better way to control temp, from the inside, than fiddling with voltage control on the outside. Looks like a trip to the aquarium store. Thanks for the picture ( it’s worth a thousand words) I w...
by paps
Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:08 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: vapors escaping out column during first water run???
Replies: 8
Views: 2173

barrelcreator, I'm sorry I confused you, the second coil was probably an over kill. With the second coil no scrubbers are necessary. As for the still, it takes some getting use too, but boy does it work great. :lol: :lol: P.S. Without the second coil I still used the scrubber even thought I saw very...
by paps
Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:05 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: vapors escaping out column during first water run???
Replies: 8
Views: 2173

I built the exact still you did, moonshine-still.com/ and my first water run did the same thing. PUGIDOGS and junkyard dawg is exactly right, I put a copper scrubber in the top of the condenser and all is well. As-Ol-Jo, You probably can't run enough cooling water to condense all the vapor from boil...
by paps
Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:12 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Ferment temp control
Replies: 7
Views: 2503

PUGIDOGS, The aquarium heater sounds like a good idea also, but I am so goosey about letting air into the wash and keeping everything clean, how do you fiddle with the adjustments without handling the heater? Just call me paranoid about keeping everything clean and sterile, maybe I don’t have to be ...
by paps
Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:33 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Ferment temp control
Replies: 7
Views: 2503

Hi frikz, I did read that a lot of you use some kind of insulation witch would work in a stable ambient temperature. As I noted the wife LET me set up the fermenter in the house but next time it’s going to be out in the cold :( so I figured I would find a way to control the temp. I think with the in...
by paps
Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:21 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Ferment temp control
Replies: 7
Views: 2503

Ferment temp control

Greetings everyone, I want to thank and complement all the regulars and newbees for sharing their knowledge and experiences, it is a treasure trove of information unattainable anywhere else, I spend the first 2 hours of every morning reading, reading, reading. :shock: That being said, I am fermentin...
by paps
Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:22 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Set up and first trial run
Replies: 1
Views: 981

Set up and first trial run

Greetings everyone, this is my first post, recently retired and coming from a Smokey Mountain family heritage, my great grandfather was a moon shiner and I guess it runs in my veins. It all started with a visit to wine country in California to a wine maker from Hungary. He makes distilled spirits fr...