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Pillowcase or homebrew grain bag?!? To be honest the extra work involved wouldn't be worth the trouble for really no gain in the quality of the final product (in my opinion). I am going to stick with the wheat germ ( a little more careful about what i buy) and the rum. Although some experimenting i...

The corn meal had about six inches of sludge on the bottom of the carboy at the end of fermentation. Until I get a way to strain or press the tailings I won't be making it again.

I have a supply of 304 stainless but was wondering if it would do for a still?

I did look around and found many replies but none just stating it was or was not.

what would the detrimental effects be of using 304 instead of 316?

I was just looking for the correct spot to post this same question. I have been reading all the flute threads and think they are just awesome and was wondering why the deflag couldn't be replaced with a coil.

How did it work?

It seems that I have missed a couple dozen threads pertaining to this subject.

thank you for the PM

I brought up a bottle of rum i had in the basement to share with some friends and watered it down to %45 and it turned slightly cloudy. The original percent was 75 and it was crystal clear I did search the site but couldn't find anything to answer as to why this was happening. Any comments would be ...

I am baking another batch and ran out of my lalvin ec1118 all i have is the red star premiere cuvee will this yease suffice?

I have never used the red star for anything before

It certainly doesn't ferment quite as vigorous but it is fermenting fine. I added some yeast nutrient and dap as well.

well that was one reason i am experimenting. I went to buy wheat germ at the store and bought wheat bran by mistake.

I had some corn meal here so it is in the works as we speak. We'll see how it turns out

thanks for your reply

I tried a couple batches and they turned out great I have to say. I have one rum on fermenting now and one dwwg ready to still. I was wondering if anyone has tried the dwwg recipe with say barley or corn meal? I am making one right now and decided I would try the corn mean instead of wheat germ and ...

Do you have measurements for this still design? I would like to try making one.

I stilled my rum a couple days ago . It turned out really good. I am most pleasantly surprised as this was my first attempt at a certain product without the flavoring packs. I tossed the first 50,75ml snagged 375 ml of 90% off the top then gathered 1x 750ml of 70% 1 x65% 1X60% 1x55% I saved two 750 ...

Dark rum on ice, or dark rum and seven.
dark rum and dr pepper is also a good drop for me.

I usually buy Blask seal, Cruzan gold or Screech

A decent rye whiskey on ice helps at times.

I just put on my first stab at a rum, I put the recipe i made4 up in the recipe development section. ya can't live in this area and not want some rum eh.


I tried it a few weeks ago but I used turbo yeast to ferment the wine. I know I know ! But this one seems to be working good now.
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bakers yeast? ok I figured the lalvin to be a hearty yeast for this but i'll give it a try.

It will be easier for me to get also.

I did rehydrate the yeast but only for about ten minutes and with just plain water.

Fermentation seemed slow this morning but it was fermenting.
Maybe because I only used i pkg of yeast.

I added a thinly sliced apple to the fermenter

Hi I've been reading this site for quite some time and decided to join to help me out in this hobby. I got rid of my pot still a number of years ago and just purchased a ps11 extractor, I have a friend who is going to put together a design for me as he is a machinist and has access to materials. I d...

Hello all, I first want to say that this site is great. I have decided to try my hand at a new still I had a pot still years ago and made one from a design from this site years ago also. I recently bought a ps11 reflux from smileys here in Canada After reading on designs i am ready to try a new boka...