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by Grayson_Stewart
Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:36 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Making Charcoal (White Oak)
Replies: 2
Views: 2224

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:32 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: rE-BOILING STONES AND INTERNAL HEAT SOURCES
Replies: 12
Views: 2054

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:02 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Moonshine still bust in Alabama
Replies: 8
Views: 8517

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:46 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Moonshine still bust in Alabama
Replies: 8
Views: 8517

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:50 am
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Whiskeycast on iTunes???
Replies: 3
Views: 1522

Whiskeycast on iTunes???

Does anyone here subscribe to the podcast "WhiskyCast" on iTunes free podcast download page?
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:07 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Distilling on History Channel
Replies: 3
Views: 1478

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
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:14 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Big Green Egg
Replies: 2
Views: 966

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.
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:25 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Big Green Egg
Replies: 2
Views: 966

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?
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:16 am
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Distilling on History Channel
Replies: 3
Views: 1478

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
by Grayson_Stewart
Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 4219
Views: 586981

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!
by Grayson_Stewart
Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:48 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: i cant belive its done!!!
Replies: 37
Views: 6377

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 ...
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:42 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: online poker
Replies: 19
Views: 3423

That makes two mods...and I've played online with Tater as well. Count me in.
by Grayson_Stewart
Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 4219
Views: 586981

Now thats funny, I don't care who you are.....
by Grayson_Stewart
Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:43 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: hrmm... Modified Bokakob as a potstill?
Replies: 3
Views: 1477

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: novice dissertation
Replies: 2
Views: 1185

As soon as you've read the safety precautions to follow....just do it is the best advice. You can tell someone everything you know and it helps, but is no match for rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands to smell like foreshots! Welcome aboard.
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:06 am
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: Strawberry Wash
Replies: 18
Views: 7408

I hear tell the maceration route makes girls drop their panties...it doesn't get more "well" than that to me.
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:04 am
Forum: Beer, and Wine
Topic: Beer filter
Replies: 15
Views: 7730

Jesse, For the volume you are talking about doing, you will likely have to use a vessel with a suction applied. This will create a negative pressure and "pull" the liquid through a micron filter pad. Contact me and I can describe better- we used them in the labs all the time. Easy to build...
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:55 am
Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
Topic: Can i use this in my cooling bucket?
Replies: 27
Views: 6784

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
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: 2004

Freezing fruit will rupture the individual pulp cell walls and actually make them easier to juice when thawed out again.
by Grayson_Stewart
Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:42 am
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Want to make flavored moonshine, help pleeeease.
Replies: 20
Views: 32478

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:09 pm
Forum: Novice Forum Graveyard
Topic: Newbie Hear
Replies: 13
Views: 3393

A reflux still with no reflux is the same as a pot still.
by Grayson_Stewart
Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:12 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: What are you guys getting for christmas?
Replies: 56
Views: 11271

Congratulations on the new Tater-Tot!
by Grayson_Stewart
Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Old Moonshiners Conventions
Replies: 11
Views: 4211

What happens at this moonshiner's jamboree?
by Grayson_Stewart
Fri May 25, 2007 4:27 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: I'm first
Replies: 17
Views: 4654

That was fast.
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu May 17, 2007 7:42 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
Replies: 747
Views: 278128

hornedrhodent wrote: Is either scenario ethical?
All's fair in love and war. So I been tole.
by Grayson_Stewart
Thu May 17, 2007 7:41 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: strawberry panty-dropper
Replies: 747
Views: 278128

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Science Professions ?
Replies: 66
Views: 23228

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...
by Grayson_Stewart
Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:21 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: California Shiner's recipe Question...
Replies: 7
Views: 3358

What kind of school in America graduates kids in February?
by Grayson_Stewart
Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:30 pm
Forum: Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
Topic: Prestige WD yeast - any good?
Replies: 25
Views: 12758

I've used it, and it did appear to give a larger yield to me....but 2 lbs. sugar gives a larger in a ten gallon wash and is alot les expensive.
by Grayson_Stewart
Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: Percentages of grain for bourbon
Replies: 2
Views: 1253

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.