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- Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: New member
- Replies: 2
- Views: 643
Re: New member
Welcome
- Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:58 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3060
Re: Merry Christmas
Cheers guys,
Have a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
Me
Have a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
Me
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:34 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Lend me your figures, please.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1513
Lend me your figures, please.
Hey Guys, doing a bit of research. Based on the achievement of obtaining 95%+ out of your still. Because I appear to be hovering at 93%-94%+@20C at the moment I would like to know others figures to compare against. Hopefully with some more experimentation I will come to a conclusion sometime soon an...
- Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: beer stripping stats?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1220
Re: beer stripping stats?
I have kept a few notes from my first runs, just to check consistancy.... will post the details for you later on when I get back to my still .... I mean home
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:06 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Do you air BEFORE a spirit run
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2194
Re: Do you air BEFORE a spirit run
I store all my low wines open to atmostphere, mainly becuase I don't have any corks, only rubber bungs! I cant see how it it would hurt, other than the mirco % you are going to lose to the angels. :roll: If anything I might help drive off any low boiling point volities, meaning less on your final ru...
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:25 am
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: Going to buy an old boiler for copper
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1080
Going to buy an old boiler for copper
I am looking at buying a 110ltr copper boiler. I know of all the issues regarding lead etc, but I am planning, due to the still high cost of copper sheeting, to use the boiler as the donor for my sheeting. Does anyone know how thick the copper is in these boilers? example of what i am looking at: ht...
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: pulled my best distulation the other night
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1317
Re: pulled my best distulation the other night
Well done, Love hearing sucess stories!
Shouldn't worry about your %, after all, if you enjoy it then quite simply, f what anyone else thinks!
What was your wash made from?,
What % was it before you did the run?,
How many times did you run it through the still?
Shouldn't worry about your %, after all, if you enjoy it then quite simply, f what anyone else thinks!
What was your wash made from?,
What % was it before you did the run?,
How many times did you run it through the still?
- Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:17 am
- Forum: Beer, and Wine
- Topic: On the Quest for cheaper yeast
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5356
On the Quest for cheaper yeast
I have been searching for a source of Bakers yeast to try some nice plain washes Cheapest I have found so far is 240x5g packets of baker's yeast. It works out to be £13.75 / $20.54 per kg How's that sound? What prices do you guys get? I usually use Gervin No.3 Champagne / Restart Yeast - A varient o...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:52 am
- Forum: Beer, and Wine
- Topic: port
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6607
Re: port
I did a bit of research on port a while back and came to the conclusion, that...... there are loads of techniques you could use. Port by definition is fortified wine. This means that something is added to the wine thats stronger, often a brandy. You could brew a wine of 18%-22% but it would probably...
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:24 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Another new guy with still
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2387
Re: Another new guy with still
Wow awesome creation, shame about that lead.... looks a little like a very basic pot still that uses plates to capture condensate, just like the bok does....
- Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:29 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Orange wash on striping run observations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1082
Re: Orange wash on striping run observations
I'm no expert, but what you have probably done, due to the large quantity of juice you processes, is managed to extract an essential oil from the oranges. .... something I would like to do myself, but probably with a few less oranges / fruit! :lol: If I am right, try and remove this oil as it is an ...
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:36 pm
- Forum: Resources and Reviews
- Topic: AVOID www.easybrew.co.uk
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2676
Re: AVOID www.easybrew.co.uk
I recommend:
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Both have excellent service and short delivery times!
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/
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Both have excellent service and short delivery times!
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:34 pm
- Forum: Resources and Reviews
- Topic: AVOID www.easybrew.co.uk
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2676
Re: AVOID www.easybrew.co.uk
Yes, exactly how I was fooled by them!
Parted with £160.
Got it back though, with some rather blunt letters
Parted with £160.
Got it back though, with some rather blunt letters
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:54 am
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Still with Doubler and heat recycler sugestion..
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7107
Re: Still with Doubler and heat recycler sugestion..
Looks cool, I want to watch and see how this goes, I am still working on theory myself so can't add much constructive at the moment.
Me
Me
- Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:09 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Toasted Oak
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2894
Re: Toasted Oak
Cheers CoopsOz Useful photo for reference!
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Brown sugar vs molasses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5639
Re: Brown sugar vs molasses
As in animal feed?Best place for bulk molasses is a stock feed store.
- Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:32 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Brown sugar vs molasses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5639
Re: Brown sugar vs molasses
Thank for the advice guys! Blanik, the dark brown is different to Raw, its about the same colour as the ever-popular mission brown paint of the 60's era. Cheers. EDIT: Is this interpreted as off topic posting? LMFAO ;) We have the same 'brown sugar' and 'dark brown sugar' in Oz. The difference betwe...
- Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:41 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Brown sugar vs molasses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5639
Brown sugar vs molasses
I want to make a surprise present for a friend who loves dark rum unfortunately I cannot find an easily available source of raw molasses :( Ok I was in the supermarket and found bown sugar, read the back and said it contained molasses. Also found some slightly more expensive stuff that was Muscavo s...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
How'd you know about that?!Kinda like keeping a fast car under the speed limit... Sure, it'll go 140 MPH, but that's 85 MPH over the speed limit... Sooner or later it's gonna come back and bite you in the ass...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Ok I listened, worked out I had max of 1 litre of ethanol left in the still. I turned the temp up a lettle to get some forced reflux going, and turned down the drips. The column stablised at 79.3C and I got some non oily stuff off at 95% @20C :) Then on the last bit....bang temp sarted rising abour ...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:17 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Hawke, Do you mean here?
This is the head in pot mode btw (without column attached, I am running it with it attached atm!)
This is the head in pot mode btw (without column attached, I am running it with it attached atm!)
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:06 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
You said your takeoff rate was fluctuating? Sounds like you are having a syphoning problem. I had this problem on mine. If you install a vent right after the valve, you will be able to get a more consistant flow. Nah that was me playing with temp and the valve :oops: I can achieve a stedy droplet r...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:39 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Minime, I'm afraid you might just be right, lol I for some reason though 34ml/min was slow..... thats like 2l an hour :shock: I was being inadvertantly impatient :lol: I shall re run it REAL slow :D Like a small kid I tells you! Thanks for the heads up on the oily effect!- you know I learn something...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:38 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
When I rubbed it between my fingers it was slightly oily.... damn these things aren't straight forward at all!
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:27 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
INFO: I am pretty certain the condensate is not falling back into the column and it is all heading out the take off The run has varied between 7ml/min to 120ml/min ....just me playing about....The boiler is running between 1000 and 1600W respectively The sample i refer to in the above post was taken...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:22 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Ok I just tried some, and I know I haven't let it air yet, but this stuff has a burn to it and isn't quite as neutral as I would have hoped. when I watered it to to cira 40% I notices the swirls in the water and Kinda knew it wasn't going to be as good as I first hoped. what has happened here, temp ...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:54 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
I suppose I just like to try and understand what im doing.... if I do x it will cause y to happen becuase... etc.
I am never happy unless I know why changing x affected y !
I am never happy unless I know why changing x affected y !
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:23 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Weather shouldn't be an issue for me, the temp ranges from 12C-19C.
Just increase the temp again, running at 78.5 now just to see what the output is for it. <- what I look like at the moment!
I think the sensor is at the tip... it seems to react the quickest there
Just increase the temp again, running at 78.5 now just to see what the output is for it. <- what I look like at the moment!
I think the sensor is at the tip... it seems to react the quickest there
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:40 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Re: Column Temperature
Right so it appeared to have stablised, afer 45 minutes, so I decided to crack open the tap. After 70ml the temp plumeted from 78.3 to 77.6 and stopped there for ages. What caused this? :? I decided to slowly increase the heat, and got it to 78.2, after 125ml it went up to 78.3. The first collection...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:25 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Column Temperature
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3662
Column Temperature
Ok I'm in the process of my first decent run. I am currently attempting to equalise the column. :) The temperature was fluctuating between 78.0 and 78.7 and is now 78.2-78.4 is this normal for a run or is something else causing the fluctuation? :? Im thinking that condensate might some how be involv...