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I've never had anything come out good at 190 degrees!


Maybe your ferment produced very little alcohol for some reason, I've never seen anybody pull hearts at 190, I guess sea level matters, but not THAT much IME.

170s more normal fer me, 190s be tails land. Backenz

Use SuperStart yeast by Lallemand, they enjoy up to 105 degrees, no off flavors, I been sold on them for quite some time.


Hydroponic chillers are expensive

Love the site-glass in there like that, I'm about to go to 3" myself on the keg pot. 4" for the barrel.

Now is the time for all great men and women to make moonshine !

When you realize ya can produce something better than you can afford at the liquid store, you will then be addicted to your new hobby.

Be forewarned.


Welcome from Missourah

I saw the vidya of 'Bearded and Bored" where you was malting in yer shed. Nicely done.

if it was easy, everybody be doing it


....though in this world nobody should be bored

Very smart, sulfur is arch enemy of fungus, not sure it is of yeast because they are not fungus. They are more akin to bacteria. Magnesium destroys fungi and so does sulfur, yeast loving magnesium kinda supports the fact they are not fungi. I wanted to know this myself, in my observation, the extra ...

True ShadyLane magnesium and calcium work like yin and yang for balance. The magnesium/calcium war is very visible, it is tied to plants, humans and i suspect yeast, that's why I add plenty of coral calcium with the excess magnesium sulfate. Thanks shady for that great input! The output being: You c...

Maybe we have an English translation barrier, but what I said is true. What is consider'd fungi besides mushrooms in your country? Please use something scientific not wikipedia. This is why people are misled, fools posting things on wikipedia. Wikipedia is fake news wake up. Edit: I am kinda concern...

fungi are multi-celled, yeast are single-celled and are not classified as mushrooms, they are classified as yeasts. The only mushroom I know of that is most related to yeasts is the morel mushroom. You think you been drinkin mushroom ferment for 50 years I guess.... Pikey there is no problem, just s...

Usually magnesium thwarts fungal growth, but yeast are not fungi, yeasts thrive on magnesium, potassium and phosphorus among other things like nitrogen, just like plants and humans. I'd never worry bout adding too much magnesium, I've used so much epsom salts that even I was amazed it had no ill eff...

I aerate the piss outta it with a medical air compressor with filter'd intake, used to power drills and saws, it will almost blow the water out of a 55 gallon drum, I aerate for a minute or so then as popcorn said add a grain cap to keep the heat in, wheat bran, roll't oats, anything floaty to cap t...

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I have been really considering using worm castings in my in sugar washes for more nitrogen and plenty of other nutrients. It does wonders for the towering tomato plants. Be cheap shine nutrients for someone with a worm compost bin feeding the worms only organic materials. 8) Commercial castings are ...

Personally, I would add some of your wood charr'd to preference, but I would also add some raw white oak if ya want that twang... I guess they attribute that raw twang to TN whiskies. I LOVE raw oak "twang" (tannins?) yep.... sapwood and heartwood are easily identifiable, just split some w...

I see...... this is a jackass diagram, if you need an LED to see your flame is lit.....

Troll'n for spoonbill, make likker, yer not solving anything

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For a sugar wash with desire'n corn flavor I'd use plenty cornmeal and you will not need as many nutrients, however I highly recommend adding wheat germ (mega flavor + nutrients) and lots of magnesium sulfate, keep pH stable at 5 for first 24 hours. I toss in handfulls of oyster shell if it gets too...

I toldt ya

Nice pictorial, the same way I break down the pin cherry here to preserve the heartwood for age'n purposes. I love Japanese maples, they are majestic and their leaves remind me of the ultimate medicine. Personally I had never considered Japanese Maple, but after using pin cherry and red oak I am fin...

I have the exact same issue jonnys_spirit, messing around wastes gas, setup time and pisses away the cool weather season we use to make prime swill. weuu! Not wanting to hijack this thread, but please do a writeup on your rig sometime RedwoodHillBilly! So you use a 30 gallon boiler and a 50 gallon t...

20 oz an riveted bottom w/silver solder fer fire be my choice

That's pretty sharp, thanks for the pic

well do it, report back!

Thought your thread was a question.


let me understand, you want a place for new people to talk thumpers for rum, but all you find on HD search is new people talking about thumper designs for rum?

WOW, love how the glass parrot intake bowl perfectly fits the output of the condenser. Sweetest i've seen here... but remember, glass bad. lol

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Yep, I clean mine with Borax and polish them with lard

Do some malting, why not?

Yes rye has diastatic powers IF you malt it, otherwise not.

I'm only seeing 420 potatoes there... great photo!

Never seen such well-cared-for cast iron cookware. Reminds me of chuck wagon days.

Thare is more thumper design threads on this site than you could ever imagine (shake a stick at), do a HD search and read read read. As for rum, use real unsulfer'd blackstrap molasses, put some in your thumper, start a dunder pit and use that for your thumper and boiler. As Larry the Cable Guy woul...

Dutch ovens are amazing, I became a bean cooking pro with one.

Ya'll keep using yer Teflon, I'll stick with cast iron thanky much