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[Big Country]

Greetings all:
I'm new to the whole home distilling gig and have a Mr. Distiller for my rig. Tiny I know but due to my circumstances (somewhere in the Middle East) I need it for camoflage as well (my employer thinks it's a juice machine) as it's strictly for personal use. I've been using turbo yeast t the mix of 3.8 ltr of water to 1.3 kg of sugar with 3 1/4 tbs of turbo and sometimes the batch comes out even after carbon filtering tasting like bullocks. Its potency ranges from 140 to 160 by my meter, and I let it fement until the bubbles have tapered off to almost nothing (48-72 hours). I usually get it to feremnt at an average tempature of 2-30 C. I KNOW it's a poor method, but it's all the instruction I got from the youtube vid of the Mr Distiller. It's potable only in the most desperate of definitions.

I've been using (when I can get the gerber) the recipe posted on here using the "one liter water/1cup sugar/1/4 cup cereal/ 1/2 tbs REGULAR yeast" measurements, and it produces a FAR superior 'white dog' as it was refered to. The problem is supply of the cereal is impossible (getting the wife to send it from home is a pain) and also, because of the authorities dim view of this, I have to keep my whole operation damned near undercover. Buying more than 5 kilos a week of sugar from the local isn't wise, especially buying yeast to go with.

ANY recipes/suggestions/advice would be GREATLY appreciated as this booze is critical to my survival... I think of it as medication LOL!! What with radical religous issuesand such I know I'm risking quite abit by posting, butat this point, I can't say that I' not desperate to improve my product, if only to avoid the horrible flavor.

Also: What the bloody hell is 'racking' and how do I do it?

Thanks In Advance
BC (somewhere in the Middle East)


"Damit...I'm a Drunkard: Alcoholics go to meetings!"

[Dnderhead]

Yeast can be reused,,, next is what you can git that is with sugar? some kind of juice? preferably something local no one will pay attention to.
and by the way walcome.

[Big Country]

Thanks for the input and definition of racking. Question: Can I filter the wash thru a coffee filter in order to speed the process? How about a brita water filter or such to increase the clarity?

Also: How does one utilize juices and what types in a wash?

Thanks again for the help!
BC

[rad14701]

No, running wash through a filter doesn't work well as the filter plugs up way too much... Racking is the way to go...

If Gerber is difficult to find, and you also can't find Beech-Nut or Malt-O Meal cereals as substitutes, then perhaps one of the other recipes would work... With Wheat Germ you could make DWWG... Or if you can locate either Total or All-Bran cereal you can crush that up and use it like Gerber...

As you've discovered, a simple recipe without turbo yeast yields better product with a lot less effort and expense...


@LWTCS

Easy mistake to make... Not a problem...

[kiwistiller]

that vegetarian sugar wash that is being developed could be exactly what you want. "No sir, I'm just cooking lentils for dinner..."

link is here: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 38&t=11567

[Hawke]

Just about any fruit juice could be substituted for the water and about 1/2 the sugar.