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Yeap it is big, Thinking to big... Sitting here wondering how much $ is all this 3in copper going to cost and what the hell am i going to heat it with Might try the ole school tricks and build a fire under her ass.

Boiler... Probably going to make my column out of 1 1/2 copper 18- 24in long.. (y'all think that big enough)? Trying to figure out if i want to use a thumper or not... Never had any experience running a still without one...

Holly shit wasnt expecting 72 gallons.. Yes it is stainless it's 1/8 in thick and weighs 125 pounds... found it at a scrap yard they was going to cut it up.

What do yall think ? Going to cut it in half and weld the bottom and top together. Wonder how much it will hold ? It's going to be 30 in long 28 in wide and 20 in tall.

Don't forget to put a tablespoon of A1 in it...

Hope you have better luck with the rice than i did... Wont never try it again. Lot of work for some funky shit....

Hi all, Been meaning to buy a pound of enzymes from milehidistilling.com, but I'm poor and haven't gotten 'round to it yet. I want to do some experiments with rice, sake, and eventually rice vodka or whiskey (is there even such a thing as rice whiskey?). I was in the homebrew store the other day an...

I'm not really sure why yer rollin' yer eyes at me. I re-read the whole thread twice and you no-where mentioned the rice sproutin'. I simply wanted to clarify things for folks new to all this. It would be awfully frustratin' for a Newbie to go to the store and buy bags of rice only to find out it c...

theholymackerel wrote:So it was intact grain, with the husk and everythin'?

ya husk and everything

Ok. Maltin' is grain is actually sproutin' the grain to a specific point, then dryin' it. This activates the enzymes present in the grain that convert starch to sugar. When ya buy rice it's polished and no longer can be germinated... it's "dead". Soooo... how the hell did ya malt it? ha h...

Grind it, if you don't you will get a crummy yeild. Also how hard was it to malt rice and was it brown rice? I have been thinking about malting some instead of using enzimes. It was no big deal took 5 or 6 days. i soaked it for 2 days changing the water twice a day, then put it in a buket with smal...

Got all my rice malted 5 gallons of it and dried out. Don't ask why was going to malt a gallon or 2 but got drunk and did all of it ( dam pantie droppers) :roll: Any how do you think i should grind it all up threw a grinder or leave it as is and bring some water to about 150 for a hour or so ? Any s...

Good one Dunder. Here's a good link mupfo - the whole site is good. bd. http://www.tibbs-vision.com/maltrice/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow Thanks blind drunk but that's the koji shit might try it out later wanted to do a rice with out m...

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Thanks dnder

if i take 8 gallons of wine (already fermented) and run throught my pot still will any thing good come out the other end is this stuff distillable what will i have when it is through ????????????? will it taste worth a hoot new to this, big thanks for the help ps second run of corn meal turned out ...

HookLine wrote:

I looked it up, what I found was malted rice has about the same amount of enzymes as malted barley.

That is interesting. Wonder why it is not used as much. Is barley cheaper?

Hard to find unless your in Ark or La.

Dnderhead wrote:I looked it up, what I found was malted rice has about the same amount of enzymes as malted barley.
should make some nice clean vodka.

Thanks Dbder Where did you find that info, looked last night for hours (if ya don't mind) Sure am glad i dont have to malt all the rice

Was wondering if it could be malted to covert enzymes instead of using koji or alpha amylase. FYI - the malted rice converts the rice's starch, it doesn't covert the enzymes. The rice enzymes in the malted rice do the work of conversion just like with malted grain. Cheers, bd. Thanks it was early t...

Got some rice coming from Arkansas straight out of the grain bin. Was wondering if it could be malted to covert starch instead of using koji or alpha amylase. Its probably going to be a big mess :roll: I'm thinking i will have to use it green (if it works) or if it don't work guess i could set a buc...

I am a vodka drinker to the core, i have drank many of bottles of grey goose. the truth is, you cant make grey goose......only the grey goose can make grey goose. So it is a smooth tastless neutral you are on a quest for. I too have been on this quest. I find it is not an easy task to master. I hav...

Thanks scarecrow. was checking out '"deathwish wheatgerm recipe" what your thought on that one ?? Got a 15 gallon pot still with a thumber I tried DWWG on my first attempt at making a wash. The boiling and inverting drove me nuts and was extremely time consuming. From memory it frothed an...

rad14701 wrote:Is the distillers yeast active or nutritional yeast...??? If it's active then it sounds like you have just enough nutrients for a full ferment... Keep us posted on the progress... Good luck...

Its a active dry yeast Superstart

To wet to work today so I used what i could find :esurprised: (small town the closest brew shop is a hr drive) so hear it goes 12oz wheatgerm and 3 tsp lemon juice boiled for 90 min. Yeast bomb 2 vitamin b crushed, 5 tsp 20/0/0 . 1/4 tsp epsom salt, 1/4 cup distiller yeast. boiled for 15 mins. 22lbs...

I just make a 20 litre sugar wash (pick one on here)and throw in 2 Kg of cracked wheat as the only grain. I triple distill though a pot still. Makes a nice smooth, dry Vodka. ( Not as dry as DWWG but smoother) scarecrow Thanks scarecrow. was checking out '"deathwish wheatgerm recipe" what...

Anybody ever malted rice ? Got some buddies in Arkansas (duck hunting) they are going to bring me some rice out of a grain bin going to give it a try.. Any suggestions

rubber duck wrote:It's just wheat vodka with ok cuts and it's been carbon filter a heck of a lot. It's good vodka but if you want to make somthing realy good check out uncle remuses rice vodka. You can't go wrong with that recipie.

Believe I'll give her a try thanks.

Anybody have any ideas about how to make grey goose vodka ? There web site say they use wheat. Just wanting to make the wife something nice to drink. God love her for all the patience and help since I've started distilling. :ebiggrin: The dam garage is a wreak , got a feeling she going to lost it be...

We was all sitting around sampling the p-droppers and a friend suggested pineapple thought they where crazy put it turned out the best Used caned pineapple and left the syrup in it

Dnderhead wrote:would not work, high alcohol whould kill the yeast.

Dang dnderhead come up with something to do with all this fruit I've accumulated !! lol

sitting here looking at a gallon jug 3/4 full of blueberries that i made panty-droppers with. Has anyone tried to make wine with there leftover fruit ?? If it works bet it will be potent stuff !!!