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by The Baker
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: Legalization of Home Distilling
Topic: Things l love to hear
Replies: 12
Views: 852

Re: Things l love to hear

There is a legal term, dies non, which means the days that are not counted...

Geoff
by The Baker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: whats your music
Replies: 2656
Views: 239540

Re: whats your music

That's the one, yummyrum.

Geoff
by The Baker
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: whats your music
Replies: 2656
Views: 239540

Re: whats your music

Travelling a different road, as usual.
On you tube:

Polyphony: Motets and Madrigals (15th - 20th Century .

Easy listening.

Geoff
by The Baker
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Legalization of Home Distilling
Topic: A bit of good news for home distilling
Replies: 54
Views: 8437

Re: A bit of good news for home distilling

Probably the situation where federal law overrides state law will still apply...

Geoff
by The Baker
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:54 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: An easy little trick with hot oak
Replies: 17
Views: 739

Re: An easy little trick with hot oak

MooseMan wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:50 am I'm sure all of that would work Geoff, to an extent at least. Does sound a bit of a faff though.

All I'm doing is getting further use out of the energy that I'm already having to put into the still anyway.

Yes, I'm a tight ass!
The explanation is much longer than the experiment.
Geoff
by The Baker
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:38 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Fortified Apple Wine
Replies: 9
Views: 786

Re: Fortified Apple Wine

WiAppleOak wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:40 pm You may want to look into pommeau. It's more or less pressed juice dosed with brandy and then aged.
I could look into that...
Commercial apple juice from the supermarket, preservative shouldn't matter?
And I have plenty of brandy from wine that was past its prime.

Geoff
by The Baker
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:21 am
Forum: Alcohol as Fuel
Topic: Fire starter pellets/slugs
Replies: 31
Views: 6248

Re: Fire starter pellets/slugs

TwoHedWlf said, 'I've used methanol in the containers on its own'. I think you would mean 'feints'. The idea that the first liquid off the still is methanol has been discredited for a long time now. Incidentally my son used to buy 205 litre drums of actual methanol when he was making diesel from use...
by The Baker
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: Liqueurs
Topic: Lemoncello Making (Odin's Recipe)
Replies: 25
Views: 2297

Re: Lemoncello Making (Odin's Recipe)

Some have suggested slightly less ripe lemons if I remember right.

Geoff
by The Baker
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: An easy little trick with hot oak
Replies: 17
Views: 739

Re: An easy little trick with hot oak

I wonder how effective a vacuum chamber would be at removing any moisture from the wood. Not everyone owns a vacuum pump & chamber , but it should be more energy efficient if it would actually work. Just suppose you warmed the wood somewhat (dead cold would work against the plan); And suppose y...
by The Baker
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:37 am
Forum: Stills and still building information
Topic: Copper washing machine still
Replies: 9
Views: 374

Re: Copper washing machine still

You could use an old copper wash boiler insert.
No solder, they are just shaped.
Tried to copy and paste but that didn't work for me.

Geoff
by The Baker
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:30 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
Replies: 747
Views: 277983

Re: strawberry panty-dropper

1-2qts frozen strawberries white granulated sugar bottle of clear brandy or vodka lemon juice I'm planning to try making a batch of limoncello this weekend, so after removing the peels I'll have a bunch of lemons left. I was thinking of trying this recipe except with lemons. Anyone tried/have any t...
by The Baker
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:26 am
Forum: Other Hobbies and Projects
Topic: Wine Cellar Build
Replies: 12
Views: 709

Re: Wine Cellar Build

Yeah, I ran quite a lot in '22. There is 45 gallons of last years Pinot that has not been sulfited that I could run, but I already have enough brandy to last a while. All the wine in bottles has had sulfite added, so they are out. I made what seems to me to be nice brandy out of ordinary bottles of...
by The Baker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Meme’s
Replies: 1364
Views: 135938

Re: Meme’s

Dunno quite how anyone goes this far through life without knowing who all three are. kinda easy. weird thing is i don't really recognize anybody, save people i see like all the time. even people from high school that i knew well for years. I've sat in las vegas and chatted with actors and thought &...
by The Baker
Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:18 am
Forum: Resources and Reviews
Topic: What is your favorite distillation series in social media ?
Replies: 15
Views: 749

Re: What is your favorite distillation series in social media ?

Dougmatt wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:27 pm
The Baker wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:10 am I don't do social media.

Geoff
This board is a form of social media….. so yes you do :clap:

D
Okay, Doug.

Geoff
by The Baker
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:38 am
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: New Keg Still Build
Replies: 38
Views: 1208

Re: New Keg Still Build

If you have piped gas propane may be the go. Bottled, probably not. Depends on the price too. Geoff Bottled propane is all we’ve got access to in my area. It’s the standard $20 to fill a gas grill sized tank. It’s really tempting to just say screw it and go with gas for the time being since it’s a ...
by The Baker
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:23 am
Forum: The Construction Site
Topic: New Keg Still Build
Replies: 38
Views: 1208

Re: New Keg Still Build

If you have piped gas propane may be the go.
Bottled, probably not.
Depends on the price too.

Geoff
by The Baker
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:15 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Closing up the shed...
Replies: 29
Views: 1374

Re: Closing up the shed...

And the fun part will be building out the new shed as the dust settles and the maiden run in the new shed. I'm moving from a crowded subdivision out to the sticks here pretty soon myself. The wife already gave me the go-ahead to build a dedicated still shed so now I'm trying to figure out what the ...
by The Baker
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:30 am
Forum: Boilers
Topic: Old tin plated boiler
Replies: 11
Views: 599

Re: Old tin plated boiler

Years ago bakery mixing bowls, which commonly mixed 150 lb of flour into dough, were tinned. And a fellow used to call from time to time to re-tin them. By wiping hot solder on the surface. Solder which contained lead. And when he was finished he collected his money and retired to the pub. So anythi...
by The Baker
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:20 am
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Pre-prohibition yeast
Replies: 21
Views: 799

Re: Pre-prohibition yeast

I've been searching old NZ newspapers of the era. Bakers and householders were getting their yeast from brewers and distillers. I would speculate that they were using cultures imported from Europe, mainly Germany. When I started my baker's apprenticeship, in 1958, the master said his father used to...
by The Baker
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:58 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: my first link added
Replies: 8
Views: 526

Re: my first link added

Computer fuction baker. I'm not good at translating whats in my brain and what comes out as text, didn't mean to sound rude about elderly member's. I've learnt all o have from the older generation. Its where I'm heading now but dont have knowledge to hand down :lolno: Hell, I'm happy. Just didn't k...
by The Baker
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:50 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Impact of forest fire smoke on fruit for distilling
Replies: 13
Views: 1434

Re: Impact of forest fire smoke on fruit for distilling

We have had severe bushfire smoke damage in wine in this district from time to time. And the wine is awful. I have made brandy (not sure if it is Good brandy but I like it) from unsaleable wine both red and white. But I can't remember if any of that was smoke damaged. Renkoekk's comment was interest...
by The Baker
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:39 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: cheers all
Replies: 11
Views: 660

Re: cheers all

Miss you, goo.

Geoff
by The Baker
Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: My First .....
Topic: my first link added
Replies: 8
Views: 526

Re: my first link added

What is a comp function?

From an old member.

Geoff
by The Baker
Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Pears and natureal yeast
Replies: 14
Views: 1070

Re: Pears and natureal yeast

I've had this theory that when God made fruit trees she arranged for a suitable yeast on the outside of each variety of fruit.

Geoff
by The Baker
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Methanol and foreshots in the neutral spirit bought in a supermarket ?
Replies: 27
Views: 3540

Re: Methanol and foreshots in the neutral spirit bought in a supermarket ?

robotfunk wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:21 am I don't think anyone is suggesting to add sugar before distillation. Wouldn't that burn to caramel and mess up your still?
Very small quantities should not burn if thoroughly incorporated.

Geoff
by The Baker
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Downtime
Replies: 12
Views: 16234

Re: Downtime

Thanks,
It was really slow for me and I was blaming Telstra (my provider).
I had been spending hours deleting old stuff from the phone I (literally) inherited from my wife.
So much that I thought they had put me on a go-slow.
Thanks, Uncle, for everything.

Geoff
by The Baker
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
Topic: 100 ways to cool your condenser...according to ChatGPT
Replies: 12
Views: 761

Re: 100 ways to cool your condenser...according to ChatGPT

But I didn't read it all either I doubt that many will ......its hardly an asset to the forum. There are plenty of simple ways know to work perfectly well, without trying to reinvent the wheel. Okay, I didn't either. Read it all. But I think it is maybe an asset to the forum. It gives an idea what ...
by The Baker
Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Stills and still building information
Topic: Advice for my first still setup
Replies: 42
Views: 3487

Re: Advice for my first still setup

Salt Must Flow wrote, 'I like having 4 swivelling casters attached to my boilers which makes it super convenient to be able to roll them around very easily.'

Three castors can handle an uneven floor better.

Geoff
by The Baker
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:18 am
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Hi from Brisbane
Replies: 6
Views: 337

Re: Hi from Brisbane

And welcome from Northern Victoria.

Geoff