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Good News! Looks like the little monsters were just being a little lazy. Came back from the beach and they are just bubblin' away

Thanks Usge. I'll keep you posted

:esad: Ok. So I've killed my yeast. Here's what I did. I've read in other posts that you can use the hot dunder to cook your next batch of mash. Sooooo I put 4" of sweet feed in a bucket , siphoned off enough of the hot (~200F) dunder to cover. added 3 lbs of brown sugar 6 cups of molasses and ...

I'm riffing on the sweet feed whiskey recipe. I found a feed store near me that sells molassas for .20 cents a pound. I got a 5 gallon bucket for about $11. I didn't realize I was almost out of sugar for my next run so I add 3 lbs. brown sugar and about 6 cups of molasses. We shall see.......

I was re-activating some yeast today for a rum run when I realized I had mixed 2 different strains . One was Lalvin K1-V1116 and the other was Lalvin RC212. It reactivated fine so I went ahead and pitched it. What can I expect?

I have some pitchable liquid Champagne yeast hanging around. It's not 8 tablespoons, just one of those glass vials. Would that be enough for this recipe or should I stick with the bakers yeast?

I just finished my first run using sugar/turbo. Stuff smells like cheap tequila ass (planning on a second run). My pot still has a 3'x2" column. How high up the column should the scrubbers go? Should I add bi card now to the second run for neutral spirits or is there still a chance I can salvag...

Thanks much. regarding the Easy Flange, how do you clean the pot?

Can I use a copper bowl? It seems easier than trying to find a suitable bolt on flange for 2" pipe.