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Bogdan wrote:You need to make sure the wood is dried before you try to use it - guess you can easily do that in the oven for a small amount.
Let me know how it goes.

will do once im able to be in full swing im in the middle of moving at the moment and only making small amounts of spirit

i plan on using this strain soon ill be taking a v log as well for youtube not sure if ill shair it with all of youtube and just post a direct link from my thread i have started asking about this one or what yet

hear is just a thought and would take a few gens to work but buy some turbo even 2 packs make some crap a few runs till you have depleted the nutrients that are in the slurry also in between add clean boiled and chilled water add to yeast cake (will be much easyer in a glass carboy) let the yeast an...

i didnt read all th comments but id try taking heads and tails out and just still it till the smell goes it should clean it up but still wont be as good as using a simple sugar recipe from hear and bakers yeast

There have been a couple of WL yeasts that have peaked my interest reading about them, but I've never had a problem with plain ole bakers yeast, and its a whole lot cheaper. if you split and refrigerate you yeasts should be able to get 10 lots out of 1 vial and they can be used like 5 to 10 times e...

The only way round this is to make all payments in cash and for the sellers to offer pickup points In regards to why, this is happening, lets be honest with ourselfs , since the internet this hobby has grown AND becoming VERY VERY PUBLIC , how many online sellers offer Still's , Boiler's , Turbo Ye...

thanks odin and crazyk78 i cant wait to be sippin on this but that a little while away yet

Hi Chris I have done a range of testing with Australian hardwood - mainly with wine but the results will be similar with spirit. The first thing is that none of the Eucalypts give a very satisfactory result - too many dominant off flavours. The thing I had some success with are some of the larger t...

i went and brought a 800g pack of cornflakes today just a home brand they sell its near identical to the kellogs one when i was reading ingredient's and nutritional stuff so going to make a batch with it once i have the time im also going to add 400g of wheat-bix im actually looking forward to tryin...

You could move to Oz... its legal to have a still as long as it's not over 5 litres capacity, however larger stills sold openly even from licenced liquor outlets. it is still illegal to run alcohol through it and i cant find who was commenting on legalization and safety but my piece to add to that ...

Usually my sugar all ran gets to .97 ish I also have an aquarium heater in there so temp is good i usually let it sti and once it slows down or stops i run it usually around .97 to 1.005 just depends on unfermentubles and sugar ability as well as if the yeast has fermented to its maximum nutrients ...

crazyk78 wrote:Guys I think my wash has stalled.

SG is 1.01

What can I do to get it going again?

check that as that is where it stops usually i get to 1.000 or little under on sugar washes though

i just guess it a bit well educated guess and with use of calculators (google search) of my expected volume of water i use and just use a approx amount as long as my brew is under 50% with say a flavored vodka or less depending on what im making as some things need to go as far as 20% all depends on...

in all honesty im just trying to save a few buks i really don't mind spending the dollars but if i can hit something close to the american oak or french oak profiles of flavor but if i discover a wood that makes a nice flavor well who can say no to that

do you have any fruit woods? most are pretty safe. +1, the part of any tree you choose should be the heartwood. Currently I have been aging from some older wood given to me that is the trunk of a plum tree. I cut, then chopped, then finished my stick size on a bandsaw. well id be doing it all by ha...

i can get tasmainian oak really cheap but american oak etc is expensive as hell after you account for shipping now i was wondering if tasmainian oak is safe to use or another local hardwood to Australia like pine red gum gum etc ill do a total list of what is avaluble but im not really finding any l...

Well now that the TTB will have everyone who purchased a distillers Name and address, why not apply for a AFP permit? Then you wont have to worry. The big deal all along with most people as far as applying for a permit was disclosing your information. They are about to have your information anyway....

I have not tried that one Chris, but looks like a great experiment. Ill keep a close eye on how things go here. You might want to add a fruity English Ale yeast to the list of test yeasts. IVe heard good things, and tried it on my last batch of wheated bourbon to bring out more fruit with a WLP023 ...

im wondering if anyone has used this yeast what are your experiences what recipe did u use any other notes you would like to add what im planning on doing is a recipe iv stuck around and done alot of its 65% malted corn and 35% malted barley and any sugar that may be needed if any im going to mash u...

I would not pay one damn red cent for anything I make for myself, to hell with that and yeah In Oz it is for all intensive purposes impossible to get a licence for personal use, technically you can but in practice no one has ever been issued with one. Worries me not either way why should I have to ...

on 1 note you can go legal on making your own hootch in OZ but you need to register your still pay tax on each liter of spirit that it produces its like $80 per liter something like that at 95% i cant remember all details but that is the basic outline of it

Firstly thing that needs changing is the media's approach and through them public perception. No one bothers to report the thousands upon thousands of backyard mechanics those cars catch fire or blown up half their shed every yr but some clueless shiner that has a mishap is front page for a week. I...

looks good i personally if i was to electrify a still would be a 50l keg or a bit bigger and you could addapt a fitting for that im planning on a shotgun condenser for my pot still i have all the parts just the price of the gas + oxygen is a killer and im moving soon i want to mod my keg fully first...

From another thread on malting. green malt will have more of a earthy flavor , more DP. the roots will attribute more protein,this leaves beer cloudy but this does not bother if distilling. By "Green Malt", dunderhead is referring to malted grain that has not been dried and still has all ...

nodollas wrote:Oliver90.... I'm sure chris means 5.5kw or 5500 watts

i think that is is sorry im not a sparkie id have a mate who is do the installing of the wires for me anyway

Litebread wrote:Posted a thread in the "My Still" section with more images. Looking forward to your input and critique.

-Litebread

cheers ill have a look

ill be trying this recipe soon but will be doing it with yellow corn but ill throw it on the oaks and keep a little white lightning to try and show some friends

do i need to knock off the little sprouts off the corn iv malted about 15kg of my corn about 80% malted fine this is no problem as ill be adding some 2 row in the recipe im going to use more just wondering will it matter if i leave the sprouts on it i used to do a no malting but figure i have all th...

the drain and refill sounds great and some nice copper porn you have their you do brilliant work sir i can only hope to come close to this standard of finished work

keep us updated im thinking of something like this at the moment bit bigger but would be a good learning experiance to watch and read through your experiments and see what you come up with