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by CuWhistle
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:43 pm
Forum: Liqueurs
Topic: Baileys Irish Cream Recipe
Replies: 4
Views: 6427

Re: Baileys Irish Cream Recipe

Thanks. I'll check it out.
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:09 pm
Forum: Liqueurs
Topic: Baileys Irish Cream Recipe
Replies: 4
Views: 6427

Re: Baileys Irish Cream Recipe

This recipe, with slight variation, (no egg) abounds on the internet. I've just made it with a double shot of espresso instead of instant coffee and it's not bad. I'll only use a single shot next time. There are loads of Youtubers telling us that their recipe is better than the real thing, and it is...
by CuWhistle
Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1282
Views: 352783

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Can MAP (mono) be substituted for DAP (di)? I believe it is used mainly for nitrogen so having half the phosphate shouldn't matter.
by CuWhistle
Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:32 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hi from Brisbane
Replies: 6
Views: 1232

Re: Hi from Brisbane

I only did it once and counted it as an extra cleaning run.
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739028

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Have you read it now?
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:19 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739028

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

I started it. Still, it would be great to know if you've made any significant alterations or discoveries if you've been doing it regularly. I finished mine off a couple of years ago and wasn't producing for a while. I'm about to go down that path again as I now have enough of everything else and I a...
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739028

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

What i meant was, have a look at who the 2 main (only) contributors to that thread were.
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:14 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739028

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Thanks. But nothing new there then.
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:15 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Kettle souring with Lactobacilius
Replies: 16
Views: 4552

Re: Kettle souring with Lactobacilius

I have a healthy lacto flower growing on the surface of some leftover sugar over used grain. When I last emptied my fermenter I didn't remove the grain as I intended on putting another sugar wash over it with some fresh corn and micronised barley. I covered the grain back over with a bit of water an...
by CuWhistle
Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:04 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
Replies: 6949
Views: 739028

Re: What'd ya'll make today?

Do you have your ouzo recipe handy NZC?
by CuWhistle
Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:21 am
Forum: Liqueurs
Topic: White sambuca
Replies: 12
Views: 5425

Re: White sambuca

A while ago I researched and made ouzo that turned out great. Louched properly at below 40% and tasted brilliant. It was bit more work than you describe but we'll worth the effort. There is a thread on it here somewhere and I've bookmarked it as I intend on making another batch soon. It ends up bein...
by CuWhistle
Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:58 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Do I throw out all of the first spirit run?
Replies: 13
Views: 2055

Re: Do I throw out all of the first spirit run?

Been using pickled brass unions for years without issue. We can't buy copper ones over this side of the pond. Once the copper tube is pushed in from both sides there is very little brass surface area remaining exposed in the vapour / product path. I also use 2" brass equestrian harness / scuba ...
by CuWhistle
Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:49 am
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Let's talk Foreshots
Replies: 194
Views: 19978

Re: Let's talk Foreshots

What a load of shit. Really?
by CuWhistle
Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:51 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Let's talk Foreshots
Replies: 194
Views: 19978

Re: Let's talk Foreshots

If your running a pot still only, you'll have by-product. Keep the good gear and do whatever with the rest. If you have a reflux as well, you can salvage something. I keep 50 ml out, then another 100 ml, then make a cut after 16.666'% of the total ABV is out, then taste it all and make more cuts bas...
by CuWhistle
Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:31 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: My first UJSSM
Replies: 143
Views: 12615

Re: My first UJSSM

I just follow the instructions on page 1 of the original thread. The only problem I've ever had is with pH. All you gotta do is reduce backset and / or add some Calcium Carbonate, ie; egg shell, shell grit, oyster shell or whatever other form you wish to find it. The only other thing I found is that...
by CuWhistle
Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:40 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4220
Views: 672054

Re: sweetfeed whisky

Hard to say from where I sit, but if you read far enough through the question and answers section I think I'd be ok about using it. Corn oats barley molasses.
by CuWhistle
Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:36 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: All Grain Variations
Replies: 13
Views: 3671

Re: All Grain Variations

Once it is then, if at all.
by CuWhistle
Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:19 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: All Grain Variations
Replies: 13
Views: 3671

Re: All Grain Variations

I have a question for you Vintage (or anybody else who knows the answer). Approximately how many times can you run a sugar wash over spent grains before it becomes exhausted of any flavour or body value? UJSSM is apparently perpetual by replenishing a portion of spent grain throughout the process fr...
by CuWhistle
Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:03 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4220
Views: 672054

Re: sweetfeed whisky

I cant get it in my location either but the ingredient list makes it pretty easy to copy.
by CuWhistle
Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:34 pm
Forum: Safety and Related Issues
Topic: Soldered joints and acid
Replies: 20
Views: 5730

Re: Soldered joints and acid

Why did you soak it in vinegar? I have never soaked a soldered joint in acid, be it vinegar, citric acid or anything else. Step 1 Mechanically clean the joining copper surfaces back to new metal. Step 2 Apply flux. Step 3 Assemble the joint. Step 4 Apply heat and solder. Step 5 Allow to cool and sol...
by CuWhistle
Wed Nov 20, 2019 12:11 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4220
Views: 672054

Re: sweetfeed whisky

This is what you want. https://www.walmart.com/ip/C-O-B-With-Molasses-Three-Grain-Mix-Farm-Animal-Feed-40-lbs/10449501 Ingredients: Guaranteed Analysis: Protein, Min - 8.00%. Crude Fat, Min - 2.50%. Crude Fiber, Max - 5.00%. Rolled Barley, Cracked Corn, Rolled Oats, Cane Molasses, Calcium Propionate...
by CuWhistle
Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:30 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: First Bourbon Make
Replies: 8
Views: 2254

Re: First Bourbon Make

Probably leave it be. Ferment requires oxygen at the start but then leave it alone. If the yeast has what it needs it will do its thing without you doing anything.
by CuWhistle
Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:04 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: How bad did I screw this up?
Replies: 10
Views: 1470

Re: How bad did I screw this up?

They were possibly telling you to boil it thinking you were going to make beer (as in ale or lager). Boiling is a required step in the process unless you are using a kit where it has already been done for you.
by CuWhistle
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:58 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Amylase
Replies: 54
Views: 8140

Re: Amylase

It will depend on exactly what it is. Amylase is a broad description of a group of enzymes.
by CuWhistle
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:55 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: First Bourbon Make
Replies: 8
Views: 2254

Re: First Bourbon Make

Hope the lid isn't airtight. You'll be in for a surprise if it is.
by CuWhistle
Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:06 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: sweetfeed whisky
Replies: 4220
Views: 672054

Re: sweetfeed whisky

It doesn't exist here mate.

Lots of stuff in the USA can't be had out here. Copper unions, 153 everclear grain alcohol, recharging your own auto A/C. Etc.
by CuWhistle
Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:30 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Cornflakes whiskey
Replies: 1031
Views: 262003

Re: Cornflakes whiskey

Go up a little bit to posts around #900. Water hardness, pH and nutrient all discussed not long ago.
by CuWhistle
Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:20 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: mash
Replies: 13
Views: 2825

Re: mash

It takes as long as it takes. Is the 1 gallon at 130 p everything combined, or is that only what you kept after cuts?
by CuWhistle
Sun Oct 06, 2019 12:08 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: First still
Replies: 38
Views: 5846

Re: First still

OK. I apologize for my choice of words. I make no apology for what they said.
by CuWhistle
Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:11 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: First still
Replies: 38
Views: 5846

Re: First still

And of course, that's what we all have plenty of. I wonder why I still don't have a plated column? What a dumb f##k thing to post googe. I might build a petroleum rig tomorrow. The title of this thread is "First Still". Get it? FIRST STILL!!! Truth is I've got plenty of brown stuff from on...