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- Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:36 pm
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: Making Charcoal (White Oak)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2241
Re: Making Charcoal (White Oak)
The best I ever tried was taking white oak sticks and carmelizing in the oven at 200 F while wrapped in aluminum foil. Then I took the sticks and held them with tongs over a flame to get a charred layer. They worked to age 3 different 5 gallon carboys full of spirit before even thinking of losing th...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:32 pm
- Forum: Research and Theory
- Topic: rE-BOILING STONES AND INTERNAL HEAT SOURCES
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2098
Re: rE-BOILING STONES AND INTERNAL HEAT SOURCES
You will definately need to find some way to control the input to the elements via an infinite variable switch except for one great thing we have in our favor...a 1200 watt water heater element is handled very well with a 2" column. If you wander away from these two sizes then you will likely h...
- Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:02 pm
- Forum: Distilling News
- Topic: Moonshine still bust in Alabama
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8557
Re: Moonshine still bust in Alabama
I did some checking and it is in fact illegal to brew beer in Alabama without a license. In Alabama you can make up to 100 gallons of wine per adult up to 2 adults in a residence if you produce all the fruit on your own property. I think Alabama is one of only two states that do not allow a person t...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:46 pm
- Forum: Distilling News
- Topic: Moonshine still bust in Alabama
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8557
Moonshine still bust in Alabama
This is an article posted in the St. Clair Times, a newspaper in St. Clair County Alabama about a moonshine still found on a tip to local law enforcement. I sincerely hope the article is incorrect when it paraphrases Lt. Mike Reese of the Alabama Beverage Control Board as stating it is illegal to ma...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:50 am
- Forum: Distilling News
- Topic: Whiskeycast on iTunes???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1538
Whiskeycast on iTunes???
Does anyone here subscribe to the podcast "WhiskyCast" on iTunes free podcast download page?
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:07 pm
- Forum: Distilling News
- Topic: Distilling on History Channel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1498
Re: Distilling on History Channel
Found this one while reading a magazine (Garden and Gun) in the doctor's office a few months back. It may have been mentioned here online in my absence. Apparently someone on the forum was interviewed???
http://gardenandgun.com/article/moonshine
http://gardenandgun.com/article/moonshine
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Big Green Egg
- Replies: 2
- Views: 976
Re: Big Green Egg
The folks over at Big Green Egg have covered a ton of stuff....just like we do here, but just like here you can read, read and read some more and still be wet behind the ears till you get in there and get your hands dirty.
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:25 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Big Green Egg
- Replies: 2
- Views: 976
Big Green Egg
Got the Big Green Egg grill for Christmas....anyone else have one? I've been reading over their website and the forum they have. They have a large cult following over there.
Anyone have any hints and tips you can share?
Anyone have any hints and tips you can share?
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:16 am
- Forum: Distilling News
- Topic: Distilling on History Channel
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1498
Distilling on History Channel
Get your new Christmas DVR's and DVD recorders ready....
Modern Marvels: Distilleries.
Friday, January 01 at 11 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Distilleries.
Saturday, January 02 at 3 AM EST
Modern Marvels: Distilleries.
Friday, January 01 at 11 PM EST
Modern Marvels: Distilleries.
Saturday, January 02 at 3 AM EST
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 4219
- Views: 597525
Re: Jokes
For all the Florida Gators on the site....
I recently heard that Tim Tebow may not be illegible for his upcoming bowl game because he had signed a 6 million dollar contract with Kleenex.
ROLL TIDE!
I recently heard that Tim Tebow may not be illegible for his upcoming bowl game because he had signed a 6 million dollar contract with Kleenex.
ROLL TIDE!
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:48 pm
- Forum: My First .....
- Topic: i cant belive its done!!!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6470
Re: i cant belive its done!!!
If you have some more column pipe you will eventually want to extend the column and make it taller. And there is nothing wrong with a column cap AS LONG AS THERE IS A VENT HOLE. Look at a tea kettle design, it has a hole in the cap right? I like to put a small piece of paper torn from the corner of ...
- Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:42 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: online poker
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3453
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Jokes
- Replies: 4219
- Views: 597525
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:43 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: hrmm... Modified Bokakob as a potstill?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1497
The it's built properly, the plates that catch the condensed vapor overlap and the liquid will fall to the outlet. It is a pot still when you leave the outlet valve open and not restricting flow back to the column. You can place a double coil within the two inch pipe. No need to use a piece of three...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: novice dissertation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1200
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:06 am
- Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
- Topic: Strawberry Wash
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7452
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:04 am
- Forum: Beer, and Wine
- Topic: Beer filter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7748
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:55 am
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Can i use this in my cooling bucket?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6854
Search my posts. There is a detailed description with pics on how to roll a double helix condensor from copper tubing using salt to fill the condensor to prevent collapsing. Seems like I posted it a year or two ago. Sand works as well as salt, will have to use a little patience and energy to pack ei...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:51 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: can you juice lemon and freeze the juice for future use?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2014
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:42 am
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Want to make flavored moonshine, help pleeeease.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 32603
Just my first thoughts on this.... Lots of mandarin oranges would be used and little flavor would come across when used in a wash and then run, especially when compared to the smaller number of oranges that could be used to soak after a run. Lots of citrus fruit could make your wash too acidic, woul...
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
- Topic: Newbie Hear
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3423
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:12 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: What are you guys getting for christmas?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11358
- Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Old Moonshiners Conventions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4236
- Fri May 25, 2007 4:27 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: I'm first
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4674
- Thu May 17, 2007 7:42 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
- Replies: 747
- Views: 280103
- Thu May 17, 2007 7:41 pm
- Forum: Tried and True Recipes
- Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
- Replies: 747
- Views: 280103
About how much citric acid would you add to this and when? When you're making the syrup or when you're mixing the final result? I was using citric acid a buddy gave me....dried crystals in a foil pouch. I don't know the concentration of the granules, but he used it to disinfect water lines in chick...
- Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:57 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Science Professions ?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 23413
I was never able to put up with the BS very well. I rarely went to class. I would show up the first day, get a class syllabus with the instructors name, office hours, class requirements, and dates of the tests. I would then study at home on my own and go back to class the day before the scheduled te...
- Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:21 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: California Shiner's recipe Question...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3362
- Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:30 pm
- Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
- Topic: Prestige WD yeast - any good?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12837
- Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:39 am
- Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
- Topic: Percentages of grain for bourbon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1273
According to this chart on the parent site, as long as your mash is in the 7% to 13% range you will get 50% to 60% respectively on a single run.
http://homedistiller.org/graphics/Alcohol_curve.
http://homedistiller.org/graphics/Alcohol_curve.