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by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:08 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Leopold Brothers 3 chambered still
Replies: 113
Views: 5047

Re: Leopold Brothers 3 chambered still

That's a really good link Larry , just spent a fair while looking at it and re-looking, some interesting facts there , not just about three chamber stills. ABV's that rum is drawn off at varies a lot from what I see there , some interesting footage in places for the"sanitizer freaks".....l...
by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:56 am
Forum: Beer, and Wine
Topic: Wine question
Replies: 46
Views: 7581

Re: Wine question

Your story made me laugh ....yes late at night here to ,and had a couple of drinks, nice that you married and got to drink the wine that you made for another wedding. FWIW I was once told by an old and wise man , that regarding university's , the words intelligent and educated should never be confus...
by Saltbush Bill
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Need a little help
Replies: 12
Views: 258

Re: Need a little help

Yummy has pretty well covered what I was going to say,....he's not joking, tape over the thermometers so that you can't watch them.
Run your still by watching how much product is leaving the still not a temprature.
by Saltbush Bill
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:38 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Need a little help
Replies: 12
Views: 258

Re: Need a little help

So you ran the T500 by the manurfacturers instructions ? The ones that say to run by water temp leaving the reflux condenser? The same instructions that say that a T500 won't produce tails? Are you making proper cuts or just the fores cut as recommend by the manurfacturer? How much experience do you...
by Saltbush Bill
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: I like to join the distiller group
Replies: 17
Views: 426

Re: I like to join the distiller group

You'll find your way around eventually.
I'm still finding things after 11 years or so here.
by Saltbush Bill
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: First spirit run
Replies: 30
Views: 561

Re: First spirit run

I'm 100% with the two posts above, I've done many runs that took longer than 8 and 10 hours. Boiler size, ABV of boiler charge, still type, heat up times, fores and heads take off times are all individual choices. Only experience will tell what is right for you. In short, way to many variables to st...
by Saltbush Bill
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:14 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Shady's Sugar Shine
Replies: 623
Views: 121665

Re: Shady's Sugar Shine

https://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Shady%27s_Sugar_Shine Metric Translation for 25L Ferment 4.5 kg Sugar 1.2L Boiling water +1/4 cup yeast 3 Vitamin B crushed Pinch Epsom Salt 1 Tablespoon DAP 1/2 cup crushed oyster shell/coral shell grit 40 grams baker's yeast to pitch
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New member from New Zealand
Replies: 9
Views: 169

Re: New member from New Zealand

They can be a bit of a.shit to run Normandy, the same as some other CM stills......it just takes time, patients and practice/experience.
They hate water pressure fluctuations such as when someone in the house turns on a tap or flushes the toilet.
Best to run them on thier own water system.
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:18 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New member from New Zealand
Replies: 9
Views: 169

Re: New member from New Zealand

Welcome MK. 59th birthday good age to enter the hobby :thumbup: Lots of terms and info to get my head around first! Thats true , learn the language of the craft, wrong wording only leads to confusion for newbs and experienced distillers a like. recently found a guy who has automated a t500 still wit...
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: My First Alcohol Run - What a disaster
Replies: 19
Views: 692

Re: My First Alcohol Run - What a disaster

Have just spent the last 6 days laid up in a hospital bed Sorry to hear that, shit happens at the least expected moments, I know that from personal experience. Seriuosly considering adapting to an electric element How do you think that will make it easier ?...or better ?...learn to control what you...
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: New member in France
Replies: 9
Views: 221

Re: New member in France

Coming from the brewery scene, I firmly intend to produce my own base spirit, but that will wait until I get a stable market. Buying in base spirit will need some scrutiny, Ive seen and tasted supposed NGS in bulk "200L" barrels that ranged from really good to really bad ...quality will a...
by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Just checking in, first time, got a question
Replies: 10
Views: 194

Re: Just checking in, first time, got a question

Last distillation was a Vodka mash, came off my T500 at 94 % really clean, next day i proofed down to 60 and the spirit turned white, 5 days later its all dropped out of solution and is clear, run it through the carbon filter and crystal clear. What was the mash recipe ? what grains used ? How are ...
by Saltbush Bill
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: New distiller reading Lounge
Topic: Best Top Shelf Vodka Recipe ?
Replies: 24
Views: 738

Re: Best Top Shelf Vodka Recipe ?

I agree with HDNB , time takes away the burn, 5-6 year old barrel aged UJSSM can be quite smooth .
by Saltbush Bill
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Some questions on 1 litre mini Alembic still and how to control hot plate?
Replies: 25
Views: 686

Re: Some questions on 1 litre mini Alembic still and how to control hot plate?

Otis I've read many times that an excess of DAP like nutrients are a major cause.
by Saltbush Bill
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:51 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: The liar's bench
Replies: 6675
Views: 479421

Re: The liar's bench

Sorry to hear of the lose of your good friend Crow, may he rest in peace.
by Saltbush Bill
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Some questions on 1 litre mini Alembic still and how to control hot plate?
Replies: 25
Views: 686

Re: Some questions on 1 litre mini Alembic still and how to control hot plate?

I really don't understand how people manage to make blue distillate.
In ten years of regularly distilling using 3 different all copper stills I've never managed it.
Nor do I ever clean my stills other than a rinse with fresh water after use.
by Saltbush Bill
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast
Replies: 16
Views: 501

Re: Yellow Label Angel Yeast & Rum Yeast

Jesse likes most things he uses, because he's getting payed to like them. As for using enzymes on unfermentable sugars in Rum fermentation , from what I've read the gain is very small. It's not worth the effort or cost unless you are fermenting many many thousands of gallons a year. Somewhere around...
by Saltbush Bill
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:32 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 2" to 3" boiler adaptor
Replies: 17
Views: 390

Re: 2" to 3" boiler adaptor

Simple answer is, going from 2inch to 3 inch won't cause any problem what so ever.
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: would you run it?
Replies: 43
Views: 1461

Re: would you run it?

squigglefunk wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:47 am angels are not allowed in my booze sorry, worked too hard for it lol
Then I guess you are stuck with ageing and oaking in glass for ever more.
Try barrel aging one day and you may well change your mind.
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: My First Alcohol Run - What a disaster
Replies: 19
Views: 692

Re: My First Alcohol Run - What a disaster

The colour is because your still puked, to much power under the boiler. Degassing the wash might have helped with that as would a blob of butter in the boiler. As for control of the gas ring using one of these helps a heap.......more is to much.....and hard to regulate. Stick to this type suited to ...
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:03 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 678
Views: 174199

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

Recently picked up a 200L drum of molasses. Its time to top up the barrels. Background noise is cicadas chirping. https://youtube.com/shorts/3STdqe9pAZ0?si=Dw61KSG5XqGXB8oJ Then someone got sidetracked and wasn't paying attention. 20240304_213513~2.jpg This is my latest happily fizzing along. Turn u...
by Saltbush Bill
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: would you run it?
Replies: 43
Views: 1461

Re: would you run it?

I don't air rum or whiskey either. I want my hard-won esters in my final product, not wafting out the shed door I think you worry to much Chris, if your hearts are loosing that much flavour that easily, just by a bit of airing , then maybe you need more flavour to begin with. Airing for a day or tw...
by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: would you run it?
Replies: 43
Views: 1461

Re: would you run it?

A couple of days won't hurt, I've often left them longer.
The bit you loose will be very minimal.
Personly I find it easier to make cuts after a couple of days airing.
Coffee filters make great reusable covers for jars.
by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Mashing, fermenting, flavoring and aging related hardware
Topic: Final gravity reading issue with sugarwash
Replies: 13
Views: 435

Re: Final gravity reading issue with sugarwash

Divide the washes between a couple of fermenting containers, add water to dilute the sugar content.
You'll have more and a happier wash.
by Saltbush Bill
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:28 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe
Replies: 678
Views: 174199

Re: SBB's All Molasses Rum Recipe

Temprature related is my guess, at this time of year here it's hot , 4 -5 days and they are done.
I wouldn't worry to much about slower, it should still finish OK.
by Saltbush Bill
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: would you run it?
Replies: 43
Views: 1461

Re: would you run it?

Keep the jar separate, experiment a litte, add a small
amount, to a sample of hearts... see what you like.
Warning, may contain a headache.
by Saltbush Bill
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices
Replies: 21
Views: 994

Re: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices

Yes I think your right SaltyStaves, I had another look at the original thread.
Never the less, it's a good example of just how easily things can go wrong.
by Saltbush Bill
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices
Replies: 21
Views: 994

Re: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices

SaltyStaves wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:47 pm There isn't any footage from that Feb 21 incident (at least not publicly available).
Then why does that clip work for me and Normandy....the link came from youtube.
The link was supplied originally by another professional distiller very soon after the accident.
by Saltbush Bill
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices
Replies: 21
Views: 994

Re: Gone to distill some gin at a distillery and shocked by some practices

So the distillery distilling 80% + ethanol as the boiler charge isn’t actually dangerous in an air still and on an electric hot plate? I’m assuming the air still and hot plate counts as bane Marie? I mean the government clearly didn’t mind their process as they are a fully registered distillery' ht...
by Saltbush Bill
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Continuous Stripping stills
Topic: Automated continuous still
Replies: 9
Views: 496

Re: Automated continuous still

The old posts about this thing are worth a look.
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