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by danehowser
Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:14 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1288
Views: 393499

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Thought I'd add my experience w/this recipe. ... I'll post my results w/those in the appropriate threads when they are done. Finally got around to distilling this in an airstill. For each 4l of wash I threw out at least the first 50ml and then kept around 750ml. Ultimately after 5.5 runs I kept abo...
by danehowser
Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:08 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Gerber
Replies: 920
Views: 289294

Re: Gerber

Last weekend I put together a 6 gallon wash and it finished off in about 4 days. It bubbled like crazy the first day and you could smell it all over the house! By day 2 you could only smell it if you got close by. By day 4 there were no more bubbles and I shook up the carboy a few times to try and f...
by danehowser
Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:15 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash
Replies: 1288
Views: 393499

Re: Wineos Plain Ol Sugar Wash

Thought I'd add my experience w/this recipe. I put about 6 gallons of water and 8 lbs of sugar into a "vittle vault" plastic container, starting with OG of 1.060. I added the yeast nutrient, gypsum and epsom in while the water was still hot. I let it cool down to about 85 then added the ac...
by danehowser
Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe
Replies: 2201
Views: 1397663

Re: Birdwatchers sugar wash recipe

It depends on what the chunks are, If the wash puked, I'd dilute to below 40% and run it again. Birdwatchers gets nothing but better the more it is distilled, it is meant to be a neutral. If it is from your stills manufacturing, leftover flux or maybe some poor materials used in building the still,...