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Earlier I was listening to Jellyroll Morton on a 70's underground 33 1/3 release from Japan.

Right now I'm listening to Pinetop Perkins on an original 78.

Yep, it's oily, and it's probably why it has such a soft mouth-feel.

I'm definitely gonna leave it white, tannins would ruin it.

A Navaho friend of mine helped me find/dig/and clean up the penas from several agave Mexicana's. They aren't as big as the commercially grown azuls. I baked 'em in a pit like a pig at a luau. I ground 'em and fermented 'em with wine yeast. A 20 gallon ferment after draining off the liquid and pressi...

I use a coil in a bucket/barrel with my potstills.

If the bucket/barrel is equal in size to yer boiler (or larger) no running water is needed. As an added benefit, you end up with a bunch of warm/hot water after yer run to clean up with!

Sorry, I already made two runs with no problems. You should instruct the parent site to revise their information as well. The parent site is not under our control, like the forum is. The parent site started decades ago as a simple project to pull together any and all info about distillation. The go...

Schmicter wrote: A still should not be under pressure and any pressure created from necked down fitting will not effect boiling temp....period

Exactly.

A necked down fitting will only increase vapor speed.

LOL, would love to see people try this shit in Australia. I really feel for you guys sometimes Neighbor left a nasty letter in our mail box saying she was reporting us to council if our dogs didn't stop barking within the week Missus went next door and told her That because her cat in our yard was ...

Here in New Mexico we have a hand full of plague and hanta virus deaths each year.

The whole concept of waiting till something bad happens, and then grabbing yer rifle and "bug-out-bag" is an epic fail from the start. Once the power goes out, it's already too late. The moment the power goes out you better already be where ya need to be. If the power stays off for a year ...

My household will pray for you and yers.

My household will pray for yer whole family.

I'm so sorry!

I don't get pulled over but once or twice a year. It only happens when a cop is bored: I drive using cruise controll and set it for 2 MPH over whatever the speed limit is. When I get pulled over I listen politely, follow directions, and as soon as possible mention I'm tired and I'd really like to ge...

All my rifles except my Ruger 10-22 and 2 of my .50 cal BP rifles (an ancient Hawkens, and a modern stainless Winchester) have been gathering dust for years. I find that my 10-22 is my go-to weapon of choice. It takes care of most anything i need. The 2 .50 cal BP rifles are for hunting (BP season o...

I'm guessing that it is wax or thick oils precipitating outta the lower proof alcohol. At higher proof it probably is miscable.

A coil in a bucket requires no running water, pump, or electricity.

Howdy, and welcome!

Howdy, and welcome!

This is the "welcome" section... so let me start by saying Howdy, and welcome!

Now I gotta tell you that you posted this in the wrong section... try the "Novice distillers" section for better results.

Howdy, and welcome!

It doesn't matter what yer distilling, or what type of still you are using... the only difference between summer stilling and winter stilling is your personal comfort, and how much heat you have to use.

Insulation (for you and yer still) makes winter stilling easy and nice.

That sounds awsome!

I bet some tomatillos and black beans would be good in it too.

I'm hoping for a new colomation lens, and a better finder scope for my telescope.

3 litres of wine at 10% abv would yeild 0.3 litres of distillate.

NB: There always is loss/waste. Trying to get ALL the alcohol will only leave you twisting the tigers tail...

I live in northern New Mexico, near the Colorado border.

We have MANY more elk here than people. I like it that way.

Fourway coined that term about a decade ago during the process of trying my extra-thick mashing method.

Yall don't wanna hear this, but two AMAZING things will happen if yall quit tobacco: 1) Yer cuts will get MUCH better and become almost too simple. 2) Women will give yall more attention. You will get more dances, kisses, and possibly other "perks" once yer smoke free... I wish yall luck...

The original question was if the drum belt was ok for heating a fermentation.

My answer was: insulation was all needed.

If the ferment is warm enough by itself why would ya use insulation?

I don't know what yer getting at... are ya just arguing for argument's sake?

yankeeclear wrote: So summer the same wrap keeps the temp down, winter keeps the temp up?

No sir.

I just use insulation when it is cold and I need to keep the fermenter warm. In the summer it would make the ferment too hot making the "heart" cut too small and the distillate a bit "whiff".

Well, I wouldn't say it is that simple... Actually it is. I live at roughly 8k feet in the Rocky Mntns. It gets COLD here. Fermenting in a 13 gallon fermenter in an unheated storage building was giving me slow ferments in the winter with negative 20-30 overnight. So I made a fermenter blanket outta...

Fermentation creates heat.

If ya need to keep a fermenter warm all ya need is insulation.

The pros are fermenting batches that are so large that they need to provide cooling to their fermenters.