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- Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:48 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Been a while
- Replies: 0
- Views: 782
Been a while
Okay: Got things figured out finally, I think. Ran a batch of Rum again. This is the easiest and cheapest that I have found to work while in trials. For those who do not remember: I was having trouble with very cloudy distillate. Usually started out clear as a bell for the heads, but progressively g...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:49 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My wash is vinegary!!!! what do i do? only 1 day old
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3140
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Real stoopid question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2185
Real stoopid question
Help me understand thsi one: If you can distill water to use in your wash, and you can use commercially distilled water to make your wash: If you are running teh whoile works anyway, what difference does it make? Why doesn't the distillation of the wash serve do the same thing?
- Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:31 am
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Here is my first still
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1792
Here is my first still
Can someone give me directions on posting a picture? Please
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:44 am
- Forum: Alcohol as Fuel
- Topic: BATFE alcohol fuel permit
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19373
In the U.S. : By submitting the application you have given the BATF resonable cause to believe that you have constructed a still and/or are operating one. Under this guise they can apply for a no knock warrant to enter your property. If you have not applied for a permit they would have to have other...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:37 am
- Forum: Alcohol as Fuel
- Topic: home production plant
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4320
As stated before there are two sides to the issue, but the bottom line is that at its very best on a computerized large scale plant, ethanol as fuel is an ecological and financial wash. You are going to have so much into the whole process to get set up and so much time invested in it that you will q...
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:04 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My Hotplate
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4842
- Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:55 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: My first wash - why didn't it work?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4251
Just a note for yall: I keep seeing folks saying that tap water has chlorine in it. That is only accurate some of the time. Tap water has chlorine IF you live in the city. Country folks who have thier own wells do not typically have that. It is an additive in public wells, not private wells except i...
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:49 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Distilling blues
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7582
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:08 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
Did my rum wash. Had a little trouble with the fuel tank just about the time I had my heads out. Restarted, took out another oz. Just to be safe. Ran out about 0.75 quarts, then it got milky on me again. That .75 quarts is at about 45 abv. The clear stuff ranges from 59 - 68 abv. This time it took m...
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:01 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: How do I test it?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 772
How do I test it?
I have some 60 abv apple spirits that I ran. Tastes great mixed with apple cider, but very sneaky. The question: After mixing, I would like to know what abv I have. Should I: A) Use the hydrometer before and after just like I would for a wash; B) Use the alcoholmeter on the finished product? I am in...
- Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:28 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:24 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:16 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Rum Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1570
- Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:31 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Rum Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1570
Rum Question
Another stoooopid question. I have read that rum will ofen cause your wash to overflow the bucket. Mine is only everescing (sp?) as if it were a very strong soda. A lot of very small pops at the surface. I have not had any skin or "head" form on the wash. Is this a sign of a problem? or is...
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:33 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: enamel pot?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2278
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:32 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: I am building a box that is 30"x36"x18" with
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7207
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:17 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
Pineapple: Nope, just like a teenage boy in too much of a hurry to get er goin. I did have the hydrometer sitting by the bucket though, does that count? Peach: The cap dropped and I had (according to the calculator on the home site) 8.5% abv. For the apple I went slow and steady: Had about a 6.9 abv...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:41 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Airlock or not
- Replies: 32
- Views: 9271
If you have a beer and wine making supply store nearby stop in and talk to the owner. They can order any yeast you want. I lucked out and have one very close to me who owes me big time (saved him tens of thousands of dollars a while back). He had afew good suggestions regarding equipment, and will o...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
I did use vasaline when I made the seal for the cap of the still. First run a little was left, but should all be out by now. I only have 1 solder joint and that is the brass coupling on the cap. I do plan to do a rum run next, but figured I would get some advice before I start a new mash in case it ...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:49 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
My pot is a 4 galllon, last run was only two gallons of mash. Took me about 2 hours total from fire up to tails. (I did a lot of reading here and parent site first) I use propane to heat, and am assuming that the placement of the thermometer is at fault here: I start getting heads around 192°. On tw...
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:17 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: What am I doing wrong?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
What am I doing wrong?
Stainless pot with a 17 foot 1/2" copper coil. First run after construction was a pineapple mash, I did use tap water which is a little on the hard side. Smelled something terrible and was very cloudy, dumped it into the tails jug. Second run: I used (commercially) canned peaches. This time it ...