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- Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:31 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Apple Brandy Recipe
- Replies: 143
- Views: 56687
Re: Apple Brandy Recipe
Can you get these from epay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1LB-Toasted-White-American-Oak-Chips-Sticks-Distilling-Moonshine-Beer-Wine/190834648120?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 They have worked for me. I just got 1/2 of a wine barrel and am going to toast my own. I am cur...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:58 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Sweet Feed Mash - No sugar added
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1848
Re: Sweet Feed Mash - No sugar added
So, maybe try hitting the sweet feed with boiling water, give the corn time to gelatinize, allow to cool to 150 or so and add quite a bit of malted barley for enzymes. Yes sir that's my plan exactly. I do have some Sebstar and Sebamyl on hand. Might do a batch only using malted barley and another o...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:31 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Sweet Feed Mash - No sugar added
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1848
Re: Sweet Feed Mash - No sugar added
My understanding ( and I am just getting started with AG) is that the temperature to gelatinize the corn (190ish) would denature the enzymes in the barley. Since none of the grain in sweet feed is malted you are going to need serious additional enzymes to convert the starches. So, maybe try hitting ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:56 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Apple Brandy Recipe
- Replies: 143
- Views: 56687
Re: Apple Brandy Recipe
I leave my white brandy at room temperature. However, plum is the only brandy that I leave white. I did a pear/apple brandy a few weeks back and it was good white but was asking for some oak so it is sitting on it now. I like the mangrove jack yeast. I think I like it better than EC1118. Bummer is t...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:50 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1239
Re: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
Once more into the breach... Well, the second attempt was very similar to the first. Either the equipment was colder this time or I had a recto-cranial inversion reading the thermometer last time but in spite of mashing in the corn with boiling water we ended up at 185F. Next time I will pre-warm th...
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 7:33 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Questions for those that lauter
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3328
Re: Questions for those that lauter
But... But... I thought this was the fast, easy road to cheap liquor?!
I think we will try lautering without the bag and then if that fails brew bag it.
I think we will try lautering without the bag and then if that fails brew bag it.
- Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:40 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Questions for those that lauter
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3328
Re: Questions for those that lauter
We are going to take another shot at it today. I do have a brew bag but how does one stir effectively in a brew bag?
We'll see how it goes. I have the Sebstar GL to use this time.
We'll see how it goes. I have the Sebstar GL to use this time.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: Beer, and Wine
- Topic: Fruit wine under airlock?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1242
Re: Fruit wine under airlock?
What is the ABV? If it is actual wine with 12% or so it will keep longer than cider. Also, it will begin to lose flavor after a year or so. I have left some cider for almost 2 years, it was still fine but had lost the apple character and could have been a light white wine. Not bad, just not what I w...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: New copper still
- Replies: 8
- Views: 746
Re: New copper still
Starting with a funnel is a great idea. I made a little container I guess I'd call it first. I wish I had found the article you linked Bushman, good starter project. A parrot might be another starter project. And yes, I like using my parrot for stripping runs. Lets not get into that. But working wit...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:00 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: New copper still
- Replies: 8
- Views: 746
Re: New copper still
Just to be a contrarian... You can find the copper you need online. There are plans available by pintoshine that have the template for a pot still ready to print, no math required. I love my home made copper pot still, had a lot of fun making it and it works great. Copper is very forgiving and unles...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:35 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Questions for those that lauter
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3328
Re: Questions for those that lauter
Up, how much water did you start with for the corn? I may get a pump to recirculate with but I am hoping to avoid it. I had a very fancy RIMS system I built for beer way back and I hated when a pump would act up, leaving me %&#* on brew day. What pump do you use? My still buddy couldn't make it ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Safety and Related Issues
- Topic: My Pot Makes A Nice Sound When It Crashes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1131
Re: My Pot Makes A Nice Sound When It Crashes
Second run with my home made copper pot still, I had a stupident. Not accident, which is something you can't avoid. I had left the pot on the edge of a bench and was just going to grab a sponge. I heard the horrible, clanging, gut wrenching noise, turned around with a brick in my stomach, picked up ...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:41 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: The Americas Cup 2021
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3238
Re: The Americas Cup 2021
Exciting video! Really good to see some good sportsmanship.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Construction Site
- Topic: My 12 gallon copper still build
- Replies: 65
- Views: 9977
Re: My 12 gallon copper still build
No problem! Roll on back with some pics of your build.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Can I freeze unusded fermented wort?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 997
Re: Can I freeze unusded fermented wort?
Another option would be to up your ferment to say 30l and then do two stripping runs in a day.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:25 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1239
Re: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
A little update... Tried to rack the beer we had going as it was done. Nice and dry. Clearly it kept converting as it no longer had any starchy flavor. It passed an iodine test too. Tasted like 5-6%. So while the lauter was a fail at least the mash was OK. The oyster shells showed some wear but were...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:13 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: The liar's bench
- Replies: 6676
- Views: 487705
Re: The liar's bench
The more you drink, the more you save!ismbardbrunel123 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:14 pm Been about 4 months since i paid for Whisky.....but i find i drink more.....oh well, even more savings....
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:11 am
- Forum: The Construction Site
- Topic: My 12 gallon copper still build
- Replies: 65
- Views: 9977
Re: My 12 gallon copper still build
I over lapped the entire thing with the base pan on the outside. I riveted and the soldered. Strong and leak free, no problem. For some reason I can't find my entire build thread?! Here is a pic of the bottom. 20191018_091417_resized.jpg Found my build thread: https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtop...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1239
Re: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
Firstly, my apologies for not listing the wheat as malt. It is and sorry for wasting folk's time on that. MCH, we did stir a fair bit. Maybe should have done more. We were using a drill with a mortar paddle and a spoon. I do know the enzymes need help perambulating. As to pH, we didn't measure. Sebs...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1239
Re: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
Thanks Set and SS. Lemme try to get some of this straight. Since we used flaked maize, we didn't need to get it to 190 and use the Sebstar HTL? I thought that it was pre-gelantinized but needed some help from enzymes to convert into something that the enzymes from the grain could work with. The whol...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:30 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1239
First lauter/ all grain. Didn't quite go as planned...
Howdy All, Welp, me and my still buddy made or first foray into all grain. We were using Honey Bear Bourbon as as our starting point. 16.6 LB of Breiss flaked maize 3.3 pounds white wheat 3.3 ponds of red wheat 3.3 pounds of pale malt 1.6 pounds of honey malt 2 pounds (I think, I have to check) rice...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:44 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Proof and oaking question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1038
Re: Proof and oaking question
I put some 40% ABV on oak. It tasted like licking a stick. Same whisky put on the same oak at 65% came out great, lots of vanilla and caramel. So I age at 65%.
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:38 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: New Years. What Did You Sip
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2323
Re: New Years. What Did You Sip
Hard apple/cherry cider. Followed by a couple of apple brandies.
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: low wine stripped smell
- Replies: 65
- Views: 3811
Re: low wine stripped smell
On reflection, could my problems be due to the fact that the alembic was new and I didn't do a sacrificial run on it. I honestly didnt know I had to. Its not in the rules or any papers ive read. Yup, that is a practical, real world experience type of thing. As SS said, probably it was your wash. On...
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Worst Christmas ever
- Replies: 2
- Views: 283
Re: Worst Christmas ever
I like to say that distilling (and many other things) are at the intersection of Art and Science and the objective is to master the art and learn the science. Welcome!
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:04 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Christmas greetings and happy holidays
- Replies: 11
- Views: 971
Re: Christmas greetings and happy holidays
Merry Christmas all! This will be my first Christmas ever with my own spirits and I have this group to thank for it. Merry Merry!
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:33 am
- Forum: My First .....
- Topic: My first F@#k Up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1185
Re: My first F@#k Up
Ouch! But don't worry, your biggest mistakes are probably still ahead of you...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: whats your music
- Replies: 2657
- Views: 240343
Re: whats your music
Listening to Bird and Diz on vinyl. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich and Thelonious Monk. Talk about the All Star team. As a bonus, my wife's father did the cover art. I have a glass of apple brandy in my hand and some chicken parmesan in the oven. Today is my last day of quarantine, I ha...
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Tanic taste from oak chips
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1222
Re: Tanic taste from oak chips
What ABV did you put it on oak? I made the mistake of putting some 40% on oak and it tasted like licking a stick. The same whisky put on oak at 65% tasted great, vanilla and yummy. If it was at cask strength then I'd say just too many chips and I would redistill. I use 1/2" x 1/2" x 4"...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:06 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Foreshot Hand Sanitizer
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2695
Re: Foreshot Hand Sanitizer
Foreshots have more than ethanol in them. They will dry your hands like a mother! Also, being more volatile they will evaporate more quickly than ethanol. This is part of why they don't recommend higher ABV. So what I did was grab some feints, run it through the still and used the "hearts"...