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by W.S.C.beachman
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:31 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Instagram
Replies: 0
Views: 610

Instagram

Hey is any one on here have Instagram? I look for breweries and distilleries all the time on IG. If you are hit me up @Junction26brewery
by W.S.C.beachman
Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:53 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: looking for some partners in new distillery
Replies: 5
Views: 1212

Re: looking for some partners in new distillery

I'm so down if it's near Santa Clarita CA!! I'm in a similar boat! :)
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:08 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: English Chocolate Malt
Replies: 5
Views: 1178

Re: English Chocolate Malt

Good to know thanks!!
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:05 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Is it better to ferment with the mash or just wort?
Replies: 3
Views: 733

Re: Is it better to ferment with the mash or just wort?

For me I would ferment on the grain. I do a stripping run then a distillate run so on the second ferment I do a sugar wash and add that back to my grains from first run. I've had good luck doing it this way.
by W.S.C.beachman
Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: is this a Bourbon Wash??
Replies: 11
Views: 1761

Re: is this a Bourbon Wash??

Should be good :)
by W.S.C.beachman
Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Corn whiskey yeast?
Replies: 20
Views: 7005

Re: Corn whiskey yeast?

Hey Bu77head,
I've ben trying to figure out which one if those yeasts to use my self. Please let us know what you find out.
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:14 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Malted corn and Cracked Corn
Replies: 8
Views: 3660

Re: Malted corn and Cracked Corn

What would be the difference in flavor between malted corn, cracked corn and flaked maize? Is their a difference in the final taste?
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:22 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Wheat or rye?
Replies: 20
Views: 3035

Re: Wheat or rye?

Question about malting corn,
Those prices are expensive so would 1lb of corn be one pound malted? I mean if I do a batch with 30 lbs flaked corn would I replace that with 30lbs malted corn?
Sorry to get off subject,
by W.S.C.beachman
Sun May 06, 2012 7:51 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: A question about thumper design
Replies: 14
Views: 2687

Re: A question about thumper design

Ok so off to the reading material. If any one has a good read for me then by all means shoot me a link...but will do with the heating by the pot first.
by W.S.C.beachman
Sun May 06, 2012 6:50 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: A question about thumper design
Replies: 14
Views: 2687

Re: A question about thumper design

Sorry Prairy, I thought running heat under thumper was optional type of thing. I figure Ill go ahead and use a 2" coming in with a perforated (many smallish holes) stainless piece to create many bubbles instead of one big one come out the input side of the thumper. I guess Ill just use low heat...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat May 05, 2012 6:37 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: A question about thumper design
Replies: 14
Views: 2687

Re: A question about thumper design

Thanks, I thought about the over filling of the thumper as well. I figured is what I could do is put a sight rail on the side of my thumper and if it gets to full just turn up the flame under it a bit more to evaporate a bit more to bring the level down and or turn the burner down a bit on the pot. ...
by W.S.C.beachman
Fri May 04, 2012 4:22 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: A question about thumper design
Replies: 14
Views: 2687

A question about thumper design

I'm planing on running a 25 gal. pot and running that into a 5 gallon thumper. My question is what should be the diam. of the inlet tube to the thumper from the pot? Should the inlet and outlet be the same size diam.?
Thumpety thump thump look at that thumper go!!
by W.S.C.beachman
Wed May 02, 2012 4:24 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Multiple Runs and Foreshot confusion
Replies: 16
Views: 6244

Re: Multiple Runs and Foreshot confusion

I keep about 250ml of foreshots on the stripping run and about 300-350mls on the spirit run and that's on 5 gallons. Then keeps every thing else for the spirit run from the stripping run. On the spirit run I I'll take off about 600ml plus of heads. It all depends on smell and taste.
by W.S.C.beachman
Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:06 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Adding corn to low wines run
Replies: 8
Views: 1296

Re: Adding corn to low wines run

I don't consider it cheating at all Odin. Some might, but what it all comes down to is making a product taste the way you want it to taste. If adding corn to a low-wines run does that so be it. Really, would other people be able to tell that you added corn to the run...I don't think so.
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:58 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Adding corn to low wines run
Replies: 8
Views: 1296

Re: Adding corn to low wines run

It might be a waist of perfectly good corn, but what I was thinking was that it would give more flavor. It wouldn't necessarily have to be corn I mean it could be what ever grains you are using. I figured that as long as you don't put to much grain in there it would not scorch as long as you keep th...
by W.S.C.beachman
Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:18 am
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: Adding corn to low wines run
Replies: 8
Views: 1296

Adding corn to low wines run

I was wondering if any one adds corn(not fermented) to there Low-wines run? That way I don't have to deal with any of that nasty yeast going into my still for the run. I would gather that the corn should be precooked to gelitinize and that way it would not soak up any of your distillate while in the...
by W.S.C.beachman
Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:01 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Re: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard

Ok so that pukey smell is definitely the yeast sediment mixed with fermented corn that went into the pot. Yesterday I did another Low Wines run and left out all the grain, but poured as much of the beer as possible and shear as shit when I poured the slop down the drain after doing the run what was ...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:32 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Re: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard

Thanks guys for your input, Ill add it to my collection of Low Wines. My whole plan was to take a quart from each run as drinkable shine and save the rest for my distilit run, but its only going to come out the spout at about 45% at best and taste a little to raw for me. I guess I would need a thump...
by W.S.C.beachman
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:06 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Re: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard

The mash smelt like normal, I mean every thing seemed the same but one she said "hay whats that smell..it smells like puke" then the thought has lingered and I'm not sure if some one else has had this problem or am I just trippin??? I had a batch of amber ale go sour on me and that you cou...
by W.S.C.beachman
Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:15 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard
Replies: 7
Views: 1176

Nasty distilit smell...not tails smeard

Ok so Ive never had this problem before. The spirit has a funny almost pukey smell to it. This is the first time that I have had this problem. It is also the first time that I tried to distill on the grain. I dumped most of the bucket corn, yeast and all right into the pot and cranked her up. My tho...
by W.S.C.beachman
Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:03 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Re: Deflag question

NCHooch, I never really thought of it like that, except I knew that it should be a min of about 18". You know every one on hear seem to be very smart or have ben there and done that....and willing to share. 11-12" with as much 1/2" tubing as I can fit with a bit of turbulence. Questio...
by W.S.C.beachman
Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:26 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Re: Deflag question

Yah I think is what I will do is use 1/4" ID copper tubing. As many as I can get in the 2" pipe, keep them spaced apprx. .100"(3mm) or so apart, make it 11-12" long and slap that on to my Boka top. The reason I want to use 1/4" instead of 3/8" is because I have a 3/8&qu...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Re: Deflag question

Well then I guess I wont be using it on a flute, for what ever reason I was thinking that I could use a 2" deflag on a 4" flute with a reducer. ooopps. Well I supose I could use it for a shot gun condenser/boka condenser. Cool no big deal. There is only a 100 different ways to skin a cat r...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:34 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Re: Deflag question

Thanks every one, Emptyglass this is still for that coil I was going to have you make. I annealed the copper and jammed it full of crushed walnut shells...damn what a mistake. On the bright side it wound really nice..lol Maybe ill just cut it back to 6" and use 3/8 tubing...with the flute in mi...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Re: Deflag question

Yeah the length I already had it cut. I could just as easily cut it again. I just figured I would just use as is. Well I want to make sure that I can knock all vapors down no problems because of using it instead of coiling up another for the Boka. I figured well if I do that then when I make my plat...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:20 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Deflag question
Replies: 13
Views: 1751

Deflag question

I was going to make a Boka for my Neutrals right, I used the wrong packing when coiling and cant get it out. LOL my bad. So instead of using 1/4" to coil for the Boka I was thinking of just making a deflag and using 1/4" tubes about 11" long(my Boka section is 12" long). Should w...
by W.S.C.beachman
Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:34 am
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Steam generated still
Replies: 3
Views: 993

Re: Steam generated still

Thanks Tater, Thanks Ozone
I figured that on a small scale propane will be the way to go but was not sure on a bigger scale. And wasn't sure if the still will run much different or not.
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:55 am
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Steam generated still
Replies: 3
Views: 993

Steam generated still

Got a question, I read about mashing with steam injection instead of element or burner. Steam has 20 times the heat concentration of boiling water(getting burned by steam is 20 times worse then boiling water). From what I understand steam transfers its heat to the contacting surface so when I mash w...
by W.S.C.beachman
Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:08 am
Forum: Flavoring and Aging
Topic: malibu ideas
Replies: 19
Views: 3610

Re: malibu ideas

I took a fifth of silver rum and put in a cup of Coconut meet shredded and let it sit for 2 months...didn't do any thing really. I then went and got some all natural Coconut flavoring from Frontier. Its Oily though. I added 5Tbls of it to the fifth and that definitely got the smell their, but still ...
by W.S.C.beachman
Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:18 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: fermenting on the grain
Replies: 31
Views: 17297

Re: fermenting on the grain

Yah I guess their you have it, get a mash tun and brew it like beer, one thing though should we still bother with the boil for 60 min after mashing? Were going to distil it any ways..
More work upfront with a better product in the end...Im there!!!