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transferred my first batch to my keg and as I type it's slowly heating up for butterfication™

hopefully run it tomorrow!

didn't take OG or FG, but had it set to 90f for a week, and then let it go to ambient (75 or so) for the past day or so

no fizzing left

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I did 1/2” in my 2” column

Initially tried to do a coil but gave up trying to squeeze it in.

Ended up doing a set of nested & crossed U’s plumbed in series and so far has worked great.

Off to feed n farmers store to get some backstrap molasses, never made a Rum before! This Buttery Goodness has got me aroused :lolno: Have been told White Rum is a staple in the US and pretty keen to get it trending in Australia...... :ewink: BTW ShineOn do you use a potstill or Column flute when m...

A batch has been started

And now it’s in my 55 gallon drum with the heater and probe and will hopefully happily percolate away

Don't know if you saw the recipe from Corinne for a 'vanilla' rum with malted red wheat and high quality molasses, I'm planning my next mash after I run this weekend using that recipe, then doing the butter treatment to that. I'm also adding .5lb of honey malt to that, and once I have the distillat...

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Badmotivators bain Marie barrels

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Then math is there for barrel surface area contact

Not sure how you stir but also perhaps

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Use a ldpe liner?

Cheap insurance and easy cleanup after

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Spotted this posted elsewhere and thought it eye opening!

zapata wrote:A mix of copper mesh and lava. It's just what I had in the column for neutral.

Thanks

If you're going for double pot style, I'd blast the first one, and go deeper than 40% low wines. Like at least 30%. Pencil lead steady stream on the spirit run. No need for slow. I've done the butter treatment on a highly refluxed single run, as well as a refluxed 1.5. They are sitting, airing, chi...

Saltbush Bill wrote:Use it like a pot still would be my suggestion, no packing.

So strip, usually averages 40%, and then simply run again thru my Liebig?

Guessing both runs would be slow and steady ones

Curious as I’m getting ready to do a run

I can strip it easily, but then how would you do a spirit run in a column? Minor packing? No packing?

Thanks ShineOn

Yes: I’ve been suspending lemons above my vodka for a while now. Works great. Lovely subtle flavor. I have some lemon essential oil. Maybe I’ll try an experiment starting off with a few drops at a time. White lemonchello. :D Or maybe orange oil in a gin? I’ll have to give it a go. JBC Orangecello i...

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hpby98 wrote:I've made blood orange 'limoncello' and it was great!

Try adding to some neutral and simple syrup

With orange zest or with orange essential oil?
JBC

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floating fruit above high-proof to extract the oils

I've made blood orange 'limoncello' and it was great!

Try adding to some neutral and simple syrup

Mountain glass in North Carolina has about any size you would need. Not bad prices either. Give them a call as they are super friendly and helpful. Not affiliated with them just had good experiences. Awesome link. Much thanks! It would be nice to have the whole condenser in glass... That...would be...

I know 94-95 is an improvement, but 50" of lava can piss out neutral azeotrope. My current config is a little shorter than that, and I keep 2 or 3 plugs of copper mesh in there too. 50" and all screened lava ought to be hard to not get azeo. Fix that liquid trap at the bottom and you'll b...

hpby98 mentions fast heatups. I reckon that's where the major flooding occurs and then never gets the chance to totally drain away. Otis I collect my fores very slowly as well; at 2 drops a second; it took 45 minutes last run. hpby98, once you are collecting hearts it is good to be able to moderate...

ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:Yup. I run around 3000 watts on 15 gallons. No flooding.

good to know - 2" column?

I took some bare copper ground wire I had laying around, bent it into a 3d spiral, 1st wrap around outside of column, subsequent wraps freehand but getting tighter. Overall about 3" high. Point up, like a round pyramid. The first wrap is a friction fit inside the column, like a spring. Maybe i...

So I find this thread interesting and confusing at the same time. When you flood are you talking about a first run or spirit run when you “flood”. I ask because it seems strange to me you are flooding at such a low power setting and think you could be puking, not flooding? Just a guess. If this is ...

JeremiahJohnson wrote:Mountain glass in North Carolina has about any size you would need. Not bad prices either. Give them a call as they are super friendly and helpful. Not affiliated with them just had good experiences.

Awesome link. Much thanks!

It would be nice to have the whole condenser in glass...

There is no need and running a screen at the top, you shouldn't be running so hard as to move your packing that far. Is there any way that you could punch larger holes in the screen that you are using? I put it on the top as well as I puked raschig rings once during heatup at full power. I have a 3...

Anyone come across longer glass tubes for 2” inline sight glasses?

It would be awesome if I could see more of the process...