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- Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
- Replies: 503
- Views: 212398
Re: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
Great recipe! Ran my first batch yesterday and I have to say that I'm amazed. Very nice taste, even unaged. Indeed a bit like a light scotch or irish whisky. I will be putting half of it on oak chips as well to see what that does to it.
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:51 am
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
- Replies: 503
- Views: 212398
Re: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
Started my first batch yesterday but it still aint bubbling. I used one 5 g pack of ec-1118, rehadrated properly and then pitched it in the 25 deg C wash. Now, 18 hours later, it still pretty much doesn't do anything. I know some say the 1118 tends to lag a bit, but I'd say that this is a bit to muc...
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:35 am
- Forum: Flavoring and Aging
- Topic: Everything you need to know about oak alternatives.
- Replies: 146
- Views: 112644
Re: Everything you need to know about oak alternatives.
Is it normal that some kind of oily substance comes out of the oak when you toast it? Just toasted some quercus robur oak sticks that I split from firewood that has been drying outside for probably 2-3 years. I used only heartwood and toasted it in the oven for 3 hours @ 200 deg C. Smelled really ni...
- Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: What kind of Mold?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10464
Re: What kind of Mold?
Remember myself noticing a slightly funny smell after I left a batch of UJSM dormant for about three days and the wash had just a few large air bubbles floating on top of it, but no spider web. When I added new sugar/backset it went off as usual and it finished in 4-5 days so I guess it's allright. ...
- Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:01 pm
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: What'd ya'll make today?
- Replies: 6949
- Views: 735076
Re: What'd ya'll make today?
Strippin' 29 L of UJSM
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:42 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Started on my still rack
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4369
Re: Started on my still rack
Very nice job indeed! Might build something similar when I have the time, always have the still lying around in pieces.
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:35 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method
- Replies: 4778
- Views: 1052391
Re: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method
Measured the SG a minute ago and it's still around 1060 although I added the yeast 72 hours ago. Seems to be going very slowly, should I perhaps add more yeast? Started with 3.5 kg (~8 pounds) of sugar and an equal amount of corn for a total volume of 6 gallons and used 1 package (5 g) EC-1118. I th...
- Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:40 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method
- Replies: 4778
- Views: 1052391
Re: uncle jesse's simple sour mash method
Just started my first 5 gallon batch of Uncle J's sour mash.
Do you guys ever wash or boil the corn before adding it in order to sterilize it? Didn't do it myself, but the question came up while mixing everything together cause it looked kind of messy
Do you guys ever wash or boil the corn before adding it in order to sterilize it? Didn't do it myself, but the question came up while mixing everything together cause it looked kind of messy
- Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:54 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: "Apple Pie"
- Replies: 79
- Views: 37068
Re: "Apple Pie"
Made exactly the same stuff as in pinto's recipe some time ago for a party. People really liked it and you almost couldn't tell that there was alcohol in it
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: Bokakob 2" mini-still column
- Replies: 303
- Views: 316571
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:51 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: other uses for kegs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4747
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:45 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Nitrile gasket
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7745
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:48 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Nitrile gasket
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7745
- Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:07 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: temperature calibration
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1883
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:16 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My Hotplate
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4839
Here's a pic: http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9945/powerfirethermopiezoqw1.jpg It's a 9.5 kW propane burner and as you can see on the picture, it has a thermocouple and magnetic valve that shut off the gas supply when the flame is blown out. Gas boilers for central heating systems and gas stoves ...
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:22 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My Hotplate
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4839
- Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Ferment temp control
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2503
That looks nice. Personally, I just use some insulation foil to keep my fermentor at temperature. When doing my last sugar wash, I wrapped the fermentation vessel with a single layer of insulation foil and that kept temperature at 25-30 deg C during the first few days in 16-18 deg C ambient air. Tem...
- Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:33 pm
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Warm cooling water in nixon still
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2489
If I'm correct a nixon stone still is an offset head still (or at least equal in construction/operation principle)? If so, you should use a valve to control the reflux ratio and thus the temperature in the head of the column rather than the coolant flow ratio. The condenser should just knock down al...
- Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:37 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: 2008
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4439
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:33 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8012
- Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:07 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Yeast farming (HowTo information wanted)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15892
They have this one at Brouwland, a Belgian homebrewing shop. It's sold as a beer wort aerator. http://www.morebeer.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow sells similar wort aeration systems.
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:43 am
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Yeast farming (HowTo information wanted)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15892
I'm thinking of getting an aeration pump with a 0.2 micron filter and ceramic air stone to use while growing yeast:
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6610/0570150wk5.jpg
Will that enhance the growth process?
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/6610/0570150wk5.jpg
Will that enhance the growth process?
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:09 am
- Forum: Continuous Stripping stills
- Topic: inline stripping flange
- Replies: 99
- Views: 34775
Very interesting thread. I already played with the idea of a continuous still once and I'll probably give it a try sometime, I think it's interesting from an engineering point of view. @andre: Did you actually use your still as continuous with a decent amount of packing/reflux to get high purity alc...
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:31 am
- Forum: Mashing, fermenting, flavoring and aging related hardware
- Topic: What funnels do you use?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6557
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:03 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Ever used tygon tubing?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4485
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:56 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Type of Boiler?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3808
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:27 am
- Forum: Boilers
- Topic: Boiler upgrade to beer keg
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3341
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:59 am
- Forum: Boilers
- Topic: Boiler upgrade to beer keg
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3341
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:57 am
- Forum: Boilers
- Topic: Boiler upgrade to beer keg
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3341
Boiler upgrade to beer keg
Got myself a nice 50 L SS beer keg today to replace my current 13.5 L boiler: http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5191/biervatgl8.th.jpg I'm planning to attach the 51 mm I.D. copper column to the keg using a tri clover 2" weld ferrule from brewhauw. The connector on the keg looks the same as tho...
- Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:25 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Where do you buy your cracked corn?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9426
Where do you buy your cracked corn?
Reading through some other threads, it seems to me that most people buy their cracked corn at some kind of animal feed supply store. I bought a 25 kg bag (chicken feed) here, and according to the manufacturer it is 100% pure and natural, but is this stuff really safe to use? I guess it is, but I don...