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Thank you for the direction. I tried a previous pineapple mash but ended up making a great wine but not a wash. I will keep experimenting as long as I get cheap fruit..

Ok so I'm looking into a pineapple run. Anyone else had any luck or insite?

Hey gang just want to say hey.. been gone for awhile but back in the groove. This site has never let me down. Running a 30 gallon pot still with a 10 gallon slobber .. all 100 % copper. Since covid crap I cant keep it.. Thanks for having me.. happy mashing to all 20191124_132537.jpg 20191124_132528....

should I heat and add sugar or finish up with water?

ok so I have a lot of apple sauce and canned fruit, is it possible to take all the stuff and mix it in a trash can and ferment for a distillation??? and yes I said apple sauce..lol

hey i had that same issue or what i thought was an issue.. i had that vomit smell and i surely figured i had screwed up a batch by putting in some back wash from my last run, turns out thats the first part to sour mashing.. it will go away as the more back washes you do.. my issue was there was a po...

i started with a 16 quart stock pot and i use flour and water and make a thick paste and put a small layer on the inside of the lid... set the lid on the pot and put a few big rocks or bricks.. if there is any leaks put some paste on the leak,,,,it will stop the leak

well hell fire. wish i had read this before last week.. lmao i use 2 - 30 gl plastic trash cans to ferment in and i did a half boil corn wash.. i heated water to 150 degrees and let my cracked corn sit in it for a few hours stirring with a drill and paddle mixer.. added 25 lbs or sugar and filled wi...

the first run i did was cracked corn 5gl , 3 lb of caramel malt , i boiled the water and added it to a bucket with the grains and let them soak for a few hours before i added any sugar and filled with water and then pitched the yeast at about 75-80 degrees.or per the yeast packets.. i used a danstar...

It's a sugarhead wash not a mash. And nothing really special about it. So you won't get much comments. Basically UJSSM or sweetfeed with different grains. well mr piss thank you that's what i was trying to tell him and i just needed confirmation on it to prove him wrong, one of them guys thats neve...

wow so out of 20 people here and nobody has even had a thought about the recipe.. thanks for the help..

ok so i am using an old friends mash recipe and it goes as follows.. 30 gallon trash can ( safe plastic ) so i use a 5gallon bucket of cracked corn, 4 lbs of rye,2 lbs of caramel malt , 25 lbs of pure cane sugar and 6-8 tbl spoon of bakers yeast.. heat 5 gl of water to melt sugar. pour hot sugar wat...

i used a bit close to the same size as a male screw in fitting and just screwed the connector in the top of the lid with no issues, it will leak a little and so does the lid BUT instead of buying gaskets just make a lil paste and lay a SMALL layer in the groove of the lid and when you set it on top ...

i have been running my pot still outside and i let my worm container freeze over nite so its a block of ice when it starts to condensate 8) i actually believe you get a lil reflux out of yer still when its that cold out. hell i even sometimes take a piece of ice and set it against my upper column to...

hey if that is your still in the pic. set it up on your stove and run it.. this way as stated above you keep a steady temp..and you have a cold water supply for the condenser

cheap meaning $5 thats it no tri-clamp just one piece of copper from lowes and your good.. CHEAP and easy.. not buy a bunch of stuff to make it easy.. this is the CHEAPEST way to connect to copper.tri-clamps are $10 plus what ever else to do a flange..

wow doesn't take long for a topic to get hijacked and turned to someone else thread.. thanks..

thank ya for the how do.. good to see another blue ridge mtn man in the mix.. ive spent many a day in the boonies of them hills in nc.. did a 2 year stay at raliegh's finest holiday in regional jail..lmao.. they don't take kindly to growing weed in there state so i paid for it.. :lol: but thats 20 y...

ok so for dumb ass sake.. is it ok or safe to ferment in 30 gallon storage totes from walmart???????

well how do folks, just want to say hey and intro meself .. i am a long time beer n wine maker from home to jailhouse hooch.. now i am livin in the middle of the woods on the side of the blueridge.. i am a self sufficient family man and i grow my own and brew my own.. just gettin in the likker stil ...

ok so these are very great ideas and thank you for the links and such BUT for the NON handy people and the easiest way to convert to copper WITHOUT doing a bunch of beating and banging soldering and anything else. with the 1'' male copper threaded piece will just screw in the top of the keg without ...

ok so here is the cheaper way to go from the keg to a copper column without buying a very expensive flange or welding anything to the top.. so here is a pic of the current lil pot still that i am running even in the snow.. well it won't let me load the pics so its a 16quart stock pot with 2 . 1/2'' ...

you wouldn't have a link to this site would you?

superdaveva wrote:They sell kits online all pre cut, its worth checking out, no waist. S d.

hey thanks for the info.

ok so i am a diy person from hell..lol :D i want to take a shot at building my own copper pot still but i don't know what guage copper sheet to buy.. what is a proper gauge copper sheet should i buy to build my still with the easiest workability... thanks for the help.. i currently have a stainless ...