Home Distiller

I love Sorghum on my biscuits. not much for it in my rum .
Instead of brown sugar I went to the trouble of carmalizing table sugar and used a quart of sorghum.
Most of the folks I gave it to either loved it or they greatly prefered the rum I make with regular cane molases.
But to each there own.

look for soy bean on your feed molasses label. oily and hard to clean, takes real hot water and detergent.

finaly got my sorgum!!! 5 gal at 16%
ran my apple. drying some apple wood to toast. got some on dry apples.
5 gal malt ready to run.
5 gal grape ready to run.
need to make some more ruhm.

igloo cooler (120) drilled hole in lid put in a piece of tubing for blowoff.
put cork in hole from bottom of lid when using to keep beer cold.
multitasker!

im with goose run it.
then let it cool; check the backset for the SG; if it is as Pint said 1.12 or lower.hopefully it will be. add some nutrents and pitch a load of 1118
let it ferment again. if you can check your PH that would be helpful to
hey good luck! keep studying.

Pint that was poetic.
it is art!!
look;smell;taste;feel!!

frezing works well if you have a small still or limited space and plenty of frezzer room. I prefer now that I can to run the entire batch. digging ice is messy and cold.horibly messy if your contaner splits or spills
but hey try it you may find it works great for you.

give that bowl some legs. congrats this one looks like a simple hybrid that shouldn't blowup. keep up the posts; and experments. if pints would have worked we all may have been doing things different. maybe instead of marbles cut some of your copper pipe into 1/2 inch to 1 inch pieces to get copper ...

back in april I started 5 gal of mash using unhopped malt extract, finally distilled it at the end of aug. it tasted better than the Irish potcheen;I tried in Ireland. have some on oak cubes now. Still not quite like Jamisons, Bushmills,Lockes or Paddys. havent tried it in Irish coffee yet. It has a...

the organic chem lab survival manual
James W Zubrick author ISBN# 0-471-38732-0
interesting read for those of us not into grades
my wife bought it for my 11 year old who quickly out grew his chem set.

looks to me as though it will act like a reflux. but slower and more of a chance something may clog the trap and go boom. A reflux tower with little or no packing, still provides reflux back for a "second" distillation; and plenty of flavor. more efficient than a pot, not as neutral as tot...

I will also ask how much sugar?
I've got 3gal of wort going real slow starting gravity of1.15(20%)
shot oxygen for 5min then pitched over a quart of 1118.
I new better than to start so high; but I had the yeast and the O2
though what the hell. the malt was free.might as well try.

my son got me up to watch it with him,it was one of the best birtday presants ever (38)

HAVENT HAD MUCH TIME was given 5gal of unhopped malt syrup (still got 3 left) fermenter #1 pressed several gallons of cider. fermenters #2and#3 sister-in-law brought 20lbs of grapes over this morning, #4 (tomorow) damn I still got 4 carboys and 2 empty kegs! I've been looking for someone that I can ...

ordered one the other day it is 2.25inchs
but if you are wanting an AN # you will need the thickness to its .062
they are not expensive at all from milehi

take him some of the water you use. OR try an inexpensive wash and let us know.
I thought all water from up North was glacial?
sorry Bushido I havent been on in a while I need to read up and catch up.
Jake.

loki its been awhile since ive been online (just got roadrunner) but if I remember our stills are simmiler. I dont know what kind of modifications you have done; but it will take alot more than just attaching a ball valve. or any valve; ive been gathering parts myself. now I need the time to practic...

there is a recipie in the "Alaskan bootleggers bible" by Leon W. Kania on page 110

well my dear wife liked the rye; when we went there they were only suppling samples. they were not allowed to sell anything yet. its been several years ago. afterward i heard from a friend in WV it was selling for $25 a bottle
ive been gone for a few weaks man have i got some reading to do.

once upon a time; not long ago. before I discovered this site I set to mash 8lbs of corn with 2lbs of malted barly. once the corn was cooked I didnt think it was thick as it should be, so I added a 1lbs box of corn starch. things got thick in a hurry but not unmanagable. nice big glob of starch. I l...

try just a small amount! I did the leaching process once then roasted the acorns and tried eating a few first.
I didnt end up putting them in my likker; still tasted awful!
but hey try it. you may have a different type oak or maybee when I did it it was just a bad year for acorns.

homebuilt there is a recipe on the main site for maple syrup wash. I have been wanting to try one myself. unfortunately it is not cheap even the low grade stuff.One of the guys I work with is from Maine; 30hour drive away, said he would bring me some from his families sugar camp next time he visits....

BW ive used ameat grinder atached to the back of a meat band saw. it worked for both corn and barley. very quick to! but the meat grinder on my wifes kitchen aid mixer didnt work so well. the grinder was alright but the mixer's gears didnt fare so well. she's got a new mixer; and I KNOW not to do th...

my one and only atempt at pear turned to vinager. stoped my press up; every thing about that batch was bad. when I decided to try again; the tree (at my mother inlaws) the power company cut it down. Too close to the lines. Anyway maybe try ec-1118 yeast I think it is used for ciders.

NO its not just because you made it. I know alot of folks who prefer "moon". some just dont like wood or the char flavor. clean taste of vodka or no taste i'd say is what some are looking for. the sweet taste of your own rum or corn likker will suprise most. take it easy and dont get to ho...

just dont get pin oak mixed up for red. smells like piss.don't taste good either. try some sasafras with a good char onit good flav. nice color to.

Ebay was discussed, but to sell one bottle at a time or the whole lot. he thinks maybe one collector may make an offer for the decantors. I think ebay one bottle at a time will bring more money from someone interested in the whisky. he thinks one at a time to much work. dosnt have an account have to...

A fella I work with; his grandma past;and left him 800 bottles. :cry: Most of these jim beam and ezra brooks all unopen, seals still atached. 8) some are pre prohabition.(dont know brands) :P all but her favorites were stored and the corks kept wet (about 2/3) Her favorites were displaded at here ho...

hey it is nice been to that site before, thats where I learnd that Rodny of the kirkwood winery; had past away.they have a 50gal reflux packed with marbels. some how they got it set up to run continuse.
super nice guys if ever in summerville WV stop in

strech your scrubbers to get them past your bar. ad more than 4; make some of them pure copper. as some one else stated, as many as you can pack and still blow your breath thru the collum. I still dont have enough scrubbers about 8in of mine is packed with marbles. ss scrubbers and a few pure copper...