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by gobbler777
Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:33 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: question about copper
Replies: 1
Views: 365

question about copper

I use a all stainless pot still, and here not to long ago i read that copper should be somwhere in your vapor path to help with sulfides. That being said, since i put some copper mesh in my vapor path i get a kind of metal taste in my product that hasnt ever been there. My question is why is it so i...
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:44 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Re: Question about a fermenting drum

yea after looking at a few a things i think that liner is a rust inhibitor, i guess its suffiecient enough for food oils and stuff like that, but i dont think i would feel comfortable fermentin in it, im just gonna use these for chicken feed, yall got any new websites thats runnin any good deals on ...
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:35 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Re: Question about a fermenting drum

i guess my main concern is if the alcohol in my mash will eat away at that coating on the inside or would it even matter as long as the drum aint rusted up under it
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Re: Question about a fermenting drum

yeah its got a stamp on the bottom, but i wasnt sure if that was a lot number for the barrel or what?
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:30 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Re: Question about a fermenting drum

yea its a steel drum but it aint stainless, reckon why they put that chicken fat in there and it goes into food, it just threw me off when i saw that liner, maybe somebody will see the post and have the right answer but for now im just gonna wait and see what everybodys insight is on it
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Re: Question about a fermenting drum

label on drum
by gobbler777
Wed May 11, 2011 4:14 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Question about a fermenting drum
Replies: 10
Views: 1341

Question about a fermenting drum

a buddy of mine gave me a couple of 55 gal drums from a food plant he works at, the barrels are black and had chicken fat, and rosemary extract in them, i figured they would be just fine for a mash drum since they had food grade product in them, but the inside of the barrel has a teflon like orange ...
by gobbler777
Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:30 am
Forum: History and Folklore
Topic: Popcorn Sutton's Mash Recipe
Replies: 49
Views: 60733

Re: Popcorn Sutton's Mash Recipe

so when you use dextrose is it the same as sugar? i mean like say for a ujsm u could just use the same amount of dextrose as you would for sugar? or would you have to use less or more?
by gobbler777
Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:02 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: questions about stuck wash using tums?
Replies: 5
Views: 1007

Re: questions about stuck wash using tums?

pretty sure its the ph i mean what else could it be? ujsm is very simple water, sugar and backset, i even tried pitching some new yeast just incase my yeast bed on the bottom was dead, i just now have got around to crushing the tablets up, i actually only used 5 of them for a 10 gal wash, i will let...
by gobbler777
Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:44 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: questions about stuck wash using tums?
Replies: 5
Views: 1007

questions about stuck wash using tums?

i have a mash that is STUCK. 3rd generation ujsm i have never had one just never start fermenting it just took alittle longer to finish. I have read people use calcium carbonate to get the ph back right after a few generations. So my question is can i just crush up about 4 tums and dump them in and ...
by gobbler777
Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: boiling chips possible alternative
Replies: 16
Views: 5365

Re: boiling chips possible alternative

nevermind i found the answer to my question about the copper, i am curious to know if a handful of pennies would be ok to use? and what years the pennys need to be in order to be safe to use them?im going to be running a wash around 6 tonight anybody got a quick answer for me?
by gobbler777
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:44 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: boiling chips possible alternative
Replies: 16
Views: 5365

Re: boiling chips possible alternative

would a couple wads of copper mesh work or does? it need to be something alittle heavier
by gobbler777
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: So, how many hydrometers have you broken?
Replies: 14
Views: 2017

Re: So, how many hydrometers have you broken?

im on my second one, i dropped the first one i had and it didnt break, but when i turned around to pick it up i stepped on it and that was all she wrote
by gobbler777
Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:14 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Bitter Likker..is it the heat?
Replies: 12
Views: 1581

Re: Bitter Likker..is it the heat?

[quote="ScottishBoy"]You wont need much about a tsp is usually what I end up using. I have been known to bork the ratios and make a wash that is too base. When I do that, I just leave it for a slow ferment and it comes back into range on the next batch.[/quot



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by gobbler777
Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:26 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: After distillation, when I add water the spirits turn cloudy
Replies: 6
Views: 995

Re: After distillation, when I add water the spirits turn cl

ive been told that you only cut likker with the water that you used to make your mash with, if that doesnt work try making better cuts or use distilled water and see if that doesnt help, using the water i used to make my mash with is what worked for me...
by gobbler777
Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:21 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Bitter Likker..is it the heat?
Replies: 12
Views: 1581

Re: Bitter Likker..is it the heat?

Have you been checking your PH with each gen? UJSSM gets more acidic with each generation if you use a lot of backset. I usually have to add a little carbonate to each generation to keep it running smoothly. scottish boy - when you say you use carbonate do you mean calcium carbonate and if so how m...
by gobbler777
Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: update on corn and malted barley wash
Replies: 6
Views: 813

Re: update on corn and malted barley wash

thanks for the advice fellas, if nobody ever screwed up nobody would ever learn anything, so if this wash doesnt turn out the next one hopefully will from what i learned the past couple go rounds
by gobbler777
Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:35 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: update on corn and malted barley wash
Replies: 6
Views: 813

Re: update on corn and malted barley wash

wasnt using an airlock i was doing a open top ferment, after 24 hours there was alot of foam on the top of my wash but i didnt see any fermenting action so thats when i put the 10 pounds of sugar in and added more yeast, i am with you on the dead or weak yeast because the yeast i used had been in th...
by gobbler777
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:00 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: update on corn and malted barley wash
Replies: 6
Views: 813

Re: update on corn and malted barley wash

nevermind on the question guys, i have narrowed it down to a couple of things and im going to start over with it, either its to hot in my building and my fan i have on my barrel isnt keeping it cool enough or i didnt get all the bleach out of my barrel after i cleaned it
by gobbler777
Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:49 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: update on corn and malted barley wash
Replies: 6
Views: 813

update on corn and malted barley wash

aight guys tried my hand at an all grain using 20 pounds of cracked corn and 4 pounds of malted barley for a 10 gal wash, i thought i got a good conversion but after 24 hours it still wasnt bubbling so i got impatient and just went ahead and put in 10 pounds of sugar and pitched some more yeast (im ...
by gobbler777
Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:52 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: malted barley
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: malted barley

im going to be using cracked corn thats about the only thing i can find as far as corn goes, so i guess im going to try to
this 20#s of cracked corn and 4 pounds of malt for a 10 gal wash and see how it does
by gobbler777
Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:43 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: malted barley
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: malted barley

so the 3% coversion i got when i cooked my mash the last time was good? lol i guess thats a good learning expeirnce cause i got pissed thinking i didnt do it right and threw it out and just started a new ujsm mash. This is what i have planned for when i try to do my all grain. 20 pounds of corn put ...
by gobbler777
Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:49 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: malted barley
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: malted barley

i tried doing an all grain a couple of months ago, with dnderheads help, but i think i miay have been in alittle over my head with trying an all corn conversion on my first all grain attemp, i boiled the corn the at over 200 f for bout a hour then i let it sit at 160 for about 4 hours and only ended...
by gobbler777
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:22 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: malted barley
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

malted barley

i came across a 50 pound bag of light golden brown malted barley, its ground to a fine powder, a buddy of mine works at a food processing plant and brought the bag home(it was a busted bag that was going to be sent to feed). My question is what would be a good recipe to incorporate this malted barle...
by gobbler777
Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:10 am
Forum: Drinks and Drinking
Topic: favorite mixed drink
Replies: 229
Views: 109494

Re: favorite mixed drink

fill a 8 oz glass about 3/4 full with beer of your choice fill a shot glass 3/4full with ammaretto and then pour just alittle everclear or high proof neutral on top of the amaretto light the everclear or neutral that you put on top of the amaretto on fire with a lighter let burn for about 2 or 3 sec...
by gobbler777
Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:23 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Folks with milkcans from MileHi
Replies: 13
Views: 1391

Re: Folks with milkcans from MileHi

not frusted and not trying to get more output, my first still was a stainless cooking pot with a copper coil coming out of the top and i got alot more flavor and more hearts, and with the still i have now i get decent flavor and a decant amount of hearts but way to many tails(and yes i am taking it ...
by gobbler777
Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:23 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Folks with milkcans from MileHi
Replies: 13
Views: 1391

Re: Folks with milkcans from MileHi

here is the link copy and paste it if u cant click on it so u can see what still i am using and the column i am referring to


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by gobbler777
Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:18 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Folks with milkcans from MileHi
Replies: 13
Views: 1391

Re: Folks with milkcans from MileHi

Blanikdog, since that post i no longer use a thermometer, i think with me running my still with the 40 inch column its actually trying to reflux because the vapors have to rise up so far, i will try and post a picture so u can see what im using.
by gobbler777
Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:13 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Folks with milkcans from MileHi
Replies: 13
Views: 1391

Re: Folks with milkcans from MileHi

Sorry guys i think we got our wires crossed here :? I am running a pot still and i am going to continue running a pot still. What im wanting to do is get rid of my 40 inch column that i have on top of my pot. I wanting to come up about 6 inches off the top off my pot and 90 then 45 over to a worm, i...
by gobbler777
Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:17 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Folks with milkcans from MileHi
Replies: 13
Views: 1391

Re: Folks with milkcans from MileHi

anybody else out there have another source?