Burn wash leaving burnt taste

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kiwi Bruce
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Re: Burn wash leaving burnt taste

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Chris is right! Whether it works or not you should put down another ferment anyway. Always stay one step ahead. This way, if it doesn't work, you'll have a glass of home made to cry into. Kiwi Bruce
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Re: Burn wash leaving burnt taste

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kiwi Bruce wrote:Chris is right! Whether it works or not you should put down another ferment anyway. Always stay one step ahead. This way, if it doesn't work, you'll have a glass of home made to cry into. Kiwi Bruce
haha for sure Bruce, whipped up rad's All Bran recipe last night from the tried and true section came highly recommended for the novice distiller its bubblin away as I type excited to see how it turns out
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Re: Burn wash leaving burnt taste

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You makin a dry wine. If it sweet you wastin money if you
usein table suger. You say out is same level
As wine? You gotta have some room if you
aint got a fire under the doublein keg cause
It gonna fill up some it it gets hot. Mite be readin it
Wrong but if not you best not do that.

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Re: Burn wash leaving burnt taste

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When mashing corn I've come to be lautering before the ferment instead, seems easier to manage than separating beer from heavy sediment. My third rinse is still about 8°Bx so boiled that to reduce it, with some sugar.
Forgot to stir, burnt its bum. Yes I chucked it. Could it have gone into the ferment and got cleaned in the strip and spirit runs?
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