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by Fourway
Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: Distilling News
Topic: Coppersea
Replies: 9
Views: 2242

Re: Coppersea

Hey, Thank you all for your encouragement and good wishes. I'm having a great time doing this and I'd strongly encourage anyone here who's thinking of getting into legit commercial craft distilling to get out there and do it. Hundreds of small distilleries are opening up, a lot of these outfits have...
by Fourway
Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:22 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon ( diastatic malt powder)?
Replies: 47
Views: 5256

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon ( diastatic malt powder)?

Barney Fife wrote:I've always called the oven a stove; my bad. Likely a throwback from when I was a wee lad and we had a big 'ol cast iron wood-fired cook stove.

Really no need for mia culpas, kook was trolling you.
by Fourway
Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:52 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon ( diastatic malt powder)?
Replies: 47
Views: 5256

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon ( diastatic malt powder)?

sorry barney. I got lazy about quoting... that was a reply to this: I know of no stove that has a setting below 200, either. In fact, come to think of it, I know of no stove that has ANY temperature setting on it at all. Do you? It has a power setting, but that doesn't have a feedback control loop t...
by Fourway
Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:39 am
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon ( diastatic malt powder)?
Replies: 47
Views: 5256

Re: NChooch's Carolina Bourbon

I added them twice, at around 150-160, and then 10 degrees cooler once I realized the bottom of the pot was warmer than the top. I'm going to ferment on the grain, so I'm not too worried about it taking longer. I just wish I could see SOMETHING happening so I know the enzymes I put in weren't alrea...
by Fourway
Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:01 pm
Forum: Research and Theory
Topic: Solder in the vapor path?
Replies: 5
Views: 1146

Re: Solder in the vapor path?

T_Glass_27 wrote:Will this excess solder hurt my operation in any way? From what I have read so far packing your column causes a slight reflux but this is after my column where I go from 1'' to 5/8' pipe on my arm. Thanks guys!

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that looks like a do-over either way.
by Fourway
Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:27 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: stinky product?
Replies: 12
Views: 1966

Re: stinky product?

Yeah,
Or you could let it air out and see what you have now.
by Fourway
Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:14 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: stinky product?
Replies: 12
Views: 1966

Re: stinky product?

Do see how your stinky product airs out though.
See how some of it does with toasted or charred wood.

give at least a sample of it some time.
Even if it doesn't fix it you'll learn something.
by Fourway
Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:02 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Blood wine?! :D
Replies: 13
Views: 1719

Re: Blood wine?! :D

There probably aren't very many animals that can be used for fermenting. most mammal blood really isn't very sweet at all and doesn't contain much in the way of convertible carbohydrates. I expect that the presence of large amounts or protein and iron would also foul stuff up pretty badly if you tri...
by Fourway
Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:03 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Malting your own rye
Replies: 138
Views: 103319

Re: Malting your own rye

"attract putrefying bacteria Yeah... um... no. nothing "attracts bacteria" it's either present or it's not. you either create conditions that promote it's growth or you dont. The phrase "attract butrifying bacteria" is used in the Homebrewers Garden (an oft cited compendium...
by Fourway
Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:03 pm
Forum: ** Welcome Center **
Topic: Need help sealing water bath to the still
Replies: 23
Views: 5045

Re: Need help sealing water bath to the still

Why do you feel you must have a water bath?
You can direct fire positively chunky mash if you are careful.
In a round bottom pot you can apply heat to everything except for the lowest point on the kettle and get a great efficient boil.
by Fourway
Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Pot run: how low and how slow?
Replies: 26
Views: 9745

Re: Pot run: how low and how slow?

Too add, when I run too slow, I find the blending really difficult. The jars are too distinct and I stumble around not knowing what to do. The "middle" jars, for example, is too clean. I try and figure out a speed whereby the transitions are not as distinct and the middle parts seem to ha...
by Fourway
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:07 pm
Forum: Grains
Topic: smoking barley fail
Replies: 7
Views: 1427

Re: smoking barley fail

peat smoked malt owes its existence to the tradition of drying the fresh green malt over peat fires... or peat smolders really.
Starting with already malted and dried barley might not have the desired result even with re-wetting.
by Fourway
Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:01 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: I'm Lost! Can You All Help Me?
Replies: 5
Views: 911

Re: I'm Lost! Can You All Help Me?

In my experience running a still takes a hell of a lot more brain space and time out of your life than building one. You can build any still you possess the hand skills to execute in spare minutes here and there over the course of a month of sundays and it'll turn out as well as it would have if you...
by Fourway
Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:08 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: D sprouting corn after malting
Replies: 10
Views: 2029

Re: D sprouting corn after malting

to roughly duplicate the traditional method you'd dump it out on a backyard trampoline and hit it with carpet beaters in a good breeze
by Fourway
Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: how tall is your tale?
Replies: 7
Views: 817

how tall is your tale?

I once had a kettle so big that I had to put it on top of a volcano to heat it up. Now I'm on the east coast and all of the volcanos are on the west coast and it was too big to get there by land, and too far to have it towed around the tip of south america (it was too big to fit through the panama c...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:28 pm
Forum: Resources and Reviews
Topic: Tito's Vodka
Replies: 45
Views: 10674

Re: Tito's Vodka

I never had a problem with titos. I know Tito Beveridge to say hi to and have talked with him at some length on a couple of occasions and the guy is seriously passionate about making clean liquor. His approach to it is a little unrefined but he compensates for that with overkill. He cuts heads and t...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: My First .....
Topic: Giving Stilling a bad name
Replies: 40
Views: 7381

Re: Giving Stilling a bad name

I quite honestly can't comprehend how people get sucked in by these cheesy sites that are being used to market shoddy craftsmanship... :crazy: Can the stills be any better than the third grade attempts at web site design...??? Are people really as naive as I'm envisioning they must be...??? Are the...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:25 am
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: sprouted corn mash
Replies: 30
Views: 12157

Re: sprouted corn mash

Well if it has been treated? By the post it stated it will not grow. But can it be milled cooked and converted? Sure it can't be malted. But can it be used in a mash after its been treated? Using another malt for the conversion? Chicha, the traditional native american spit beer was made with treate...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:16 am
Forum: Fruits & Vegetables
Topic: What can imitate tequila?
Replies: 36
Views: 9057

Re: What can imitate tequila?

Roasted and fermented wedding cake likkers always come out with notes of bridesmaids armpit sweat. I don't really care for that at all... Actually... a lot of bridesmaid armpit sweat is redolent with tequila. And it's never been a scent that I minded at all... especially if the obligatory ugly dres...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:56 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Malting your own rye
Replies: 138
Views: 103319

Re: Malting your own rye

These grains, when malting, tend to attract butryfying bacteria - these organisms, by themselves are poisonous "The Homebrewer's Garden" by Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher, Published in 1998 by Storey Books Really the wording alone should tip you off that the brothers Fisher are assclowns wh...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:32 am
Forum: Grains
Topic: Malting your own rye
Replies: 138
Views: 103319

Re: Malting your own rye

I sprout my own lentils and chick peas (great in salads and sandwiches) and occasionally the accidental piece of barley that drops into the lentil jar. I wouldnt' hesitate to try to malt anything. It's pretty darned easy (seeds and grains WANT to grow!). I planned to make a rye-heavy all grain when...
by Fourway
Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:18 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Cheap milk cans
Replies: 6
Views: 3811

Re: Cheap milk cans

do a web search for "firestone milk can"
by Fourway
Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: Mashing and Fermenting
Topic: sprouted corn mash
Replies: 30
Views: 12157

Re: sprouted corn mash

Yep. I've done it. Strong flavor. very harsh, low yield. Much better after 1.5 years on oak. Posts on here someplace.. i was about to try doing it myself,,, i think fastill just talked me out of it,,,lol Don't let one person's single attempt dissuade you from trying to do this. This is how virtuall...
by Fourway
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:55 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?
Replies: 16
Views: 1541

Re: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?

Four way... Of course the "garbage in, garbage out" theory isn't true 100% of the time. But you have to admit it holds true FAR more many times than not. If that wasn't the case, everyone on this forum, myself included, would be huge advocates of turbo yeast. Just sayin.... Actually... I ...
by Fourway
Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:55 am
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?
Replies: 16
Views: 1541

Re: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?

Crap in = crap out...... I'm with Ayay and BigPa on this one. Even at 95% I've had nasty flavors come out. No amount of carbon filtering could've polished up that turd :sick: (the first neutral I made was an attempt at potato vodka, with skins on---and sprouts too :silent: --- garbage in garbage ou...
by Fourway
Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:22 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: thoughts on a simple design
Replies: 15
Views: 1777

Re: thoughts on a simple design

astronomical wrote:What kinda booze are you trying to make? (If you say the word "banana" I'll slap you through your ethernet port) :).. i kid i kid

Sure he's kidding but there are people around here with sufficient site privs to actually do it, so dont try it.
by Fourway
Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:17 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Please comment of this design modification idea.
Replies: 18
Views: 1893

Re: Please comment of this design modification idea.

That link to that NOT world class POS has been removed. Please refrain from posting it again. Links to it from the forums have been scrubbed recently, and the parent site will also scrub it. There is NO reason to continually link to that pdf file. It is high time that it drops off deep into the sea...
by Fourway
Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:00 pm
Forum: Novice Distillers
Topic: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?
Replies: 16
Views: 1541

Re: Screwed up the sugar wash, can I add some wine?

astronomical wrote:Thinking aloud.. Can crap wine make good brandy? Meh, you could always make more crap wine :)
Yes.
Great spirits are frequently distilled from stuff you'd be afraid to get too close to your face.
by Fourway
Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:48 pm
Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Topic: thoughts on a simple design
Replies: 15
Views: 1777

Re: thoughts on a simple design

Here is a design I have sketched out, my boiler is two kegs cut the bottom on o.e top on the other and welded to make one tall pot. The rest is pretty simple. Any thoughts or advice? http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/djefford58/IMAG0382.jpg Advice? yes. Read the forum. There ate tons of tried...
by Fourway
Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Please comment of this design modification idea.
Replies: 18
Views: 1893

Re: Please comment of this design modification idea.

Judging by your drawing, you may want to read this:... link removed .... Good luck! Yeah... um... not. terceslil-- please refrain from teaching or offering advice until you've read enough of what's here to know what you are talking about. Also please refrain from linking to info that isn't on this ...