Need Jars? Strawberry Jam Shine

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Need Jars? Strawberry Jam Shine

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New to distillation and in need of jars faster than I could consume things to get them I looked at buying empty jars, turned out the cheapest way was to buy value strawberry jam from the supermarket. £0.29 a jar I bought 18 of them.

Throwing the jam out seemed a waste so I put all the jam in a carboy, added 5ltr of near boiling water, dissolved the jam, added another 15ltr of cold water, threw in handfull of bakers yeast and left for 3 weeks.

Stilled off just under 2ltr of 50-60% spirit in a pot still with a nice flavor, and made the cuts in the jars provided :D
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That's so cool..hats off!
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Ohhhhh much better then pickles. 16, 1 gallon jars filled with pickles... I have a bunch of nice jars, with out lids, was never able to get the taste out of them, but still cant look at another pickle. Can you sat pickle soup, pickle ala king, pickle casserole? Ugh lol.
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Sherak glad that worked out for you, sometimes things do just fall into your lap.
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that’s a brilliant idea. wish i had read this post before i put an order in for mason jars. at least i know for next time im out of jars.

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Lmfao...pickles..eh? I will tell you you CAN get the smell outta the lids. Ive got large "valasic" jars. I had to soak them everytime i had a sink of soapy water. I use them for whiskey back set.
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oxiclean free is what i use. i put up many quarts of pickles, once i have a empty jar, i fill the jar with a oxiclean solution. works for me.
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many lol's re pickle jars! I have a large pickle jar and a couple of large vinegar jars, they are a couple of years old and have been soaked numerous times, I have used them a couple of times to collect the stripping run and I'm sure its just paranoia but man I'm sure I can still smell the vinegar :)
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What was the SG of the jam?Just curious.
But what the heck do I know.....I am still learning.
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you can order lids from numerous online sources for jars of various mouth sizes just a mater of figuring out what mm lid you need...
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One of my fermenter drums was used for pickles. It was extremely hard to get rid of the smell I had to wash it a lot with just about every soap I could get
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Lemon juice squeezed from lemons, not the bottled stuff will take the smell out also.
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StillLearning1 wrote:What was the SG of the jam?Just curious.
I'm not 100% as I write it on a label and stick to side of carboy, which I remove when I put new stuff in, off the top of my head thou about 1.09 roughly.
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