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- Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:29 am
- Forum: Continuous Stripping stills
- Topic: Pope's 10-plate Continuous Column
- Replies: 126
- Views: 20481
Re: Pope's 10-plate Continuous Column
I wish there were updates! I put down some good money on a 220v 20a pump for the feed right before or after the pandemic hit (can't remember which), it is nice and dusty. I took down the still for a good cleaning but haven't reconstructed it... it worked well enough to strip ferments down but I will...
- Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:20 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Catching up on this thread, still haven't touched the kettles in ages (except to move them around the garage)... life can get in the way (in the best of ways, luckily). Glad to see everyone else finding the same experience with agave, seems like you can throw malt in water and it basically turns int...
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:50 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
So stoked so many people are successfully making agave spirits these days. IMO 21 Missions was such a game changer.
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 3:12 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
I was told to handle the black agave like terpenes, adding more than recommended for either will seriously hamper or prevent fermentation (I know this from experience). Please do not over-do the black or you will wait months and eventually have very expensive vinegar like me! Call it the price of le...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:48 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
8Ball there's DIY youtube videos on how to make your own liquid smoke with basically a BBQ, a bowl of ice water, and a few odds and ends. I've got a book with mezcal notes that say what kinds of woods they use - oak and eucalyptus are common, I think all the guys down in Mexico doing it the old fash...
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Jonny I used to have to push more gravity in the OG to get up to barrel strength on the spirit run but I switched to plates (right before I took my long hiatus lol) so I'll have to try lower gravity and leverage those plates to get up to strength. Looks like I did a 1.058 SG last January, dropped ni...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:31 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
8Ball plenty hot these days - did you get your 21 Missions batch fermenting or is the finished product the one you put needles in? I've been removing the 2020 dust from my garage and thinking of getting things going again. With everything going on I quit cold turkey so I've got some agave and molass...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:39 pm
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Copper and Stainless together in condenser?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3317
Re: Copper and Stainless together in condenser?
Haha it is! Still alive! According to my latest blood donation I have still managed to avoid the 'rona too. With a baby on the way my WFH office will be given up as a baby room so I'm going to be forced to finish renovating the garage and moving in with my still, this could mean good things for rene...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: Esters from Lime salts - using sulfuric acid; process
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10084
Re: Esters from Lime salts - using sulfuric acid; process
Yea this stuff is super dangerous if you don't handle it right; make sure you handle it right! Besides PPE, proper storage should be in a chemical cabinet with non-reactive coinhabitants. That said I got mine in the US from Duda Diesel/Duda Energy. 98% pure, add it to water to dilute to a useful str...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:05 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Have my 21M agave, SafTec Blue, & terpenes on hand but waiting on warmer weather before starting. I think it benefits from warm temps - I'm pretty rusty so without looking at my notes I am going from memory when I say these were some of my warmest fermentations. At ~$6 bottle finished it was al...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: Copper and Stainless together in condenser?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3317
Re: Copper and Stainless together in condenser?
To be honest I have not logged a ton of hours with it but so far so good! Since last March there have been a lot of stressors that have kept me from routine - some very obvious ones but also some fallout unique to me so I haven't put in a ton of time in the pursuit of the perfect drop. One of the fi...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:02 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Gotta love a keg score
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2129
Re: Gotta love a keg score
Of course it was Abita, a perfect nola HD story. Congrats on the find!
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Yes dilute, 8:1 water:agave as a starting point, then check your brix. If you read back over this I'm fairly certain we covered dilution and brix/starting gravity.
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:56 am
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: Know of a smaller selector switch ? ? ?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4064
Re: Know of a smaller selector switch ? ? ?
Nice! Glad that it's working for you finally!
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:13 pm
- Forum: Steam Mashing and Distilling
- Topic: Modular steam generator
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5992
Re: Modular steam generator
Looking good! Looks like you're using plate steel to grab the tube and attach it to the frame, what is actually connecting the stainless tube to the plate steel? I can't quite make out what it is from the pictures.
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:25 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Easy there cowboy, like Stuny said it's WAY WAY less than 16 oz in a 9-gallon total volume fermentation. More like 30-50mL max. 16 oz and it'll never bubble once. Also beware of the 'black' agave syrup from 21 missions and treat it just like terpenes, I tried to use too much and just made a muck pit...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1641
Re: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
Makes a lot of sense! I gotta ask what do you use to grind your grain for a distillers mash? When turning the bypass feed left/right will the bull portion of the ball not partially block if it turns way off of center? Like if I want the two outlets balanced at a 10%/90% ratio, would the bull still r...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: How fast is too fast for spirit run?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3665
Re: How fast is too fast for spirit run?
If you like the cuts you make with it then it's not too fast, but if you don't like what you're making then it's too fast. Save some and in five years regardless of what you think today, you probably won't like the cuts you made. Can you make/buy a controller so that you can throttle the power to yo...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Anybody get any good deals lately?
- Replies: 2882
- Views: 274714
Re: Anybody get any good deals lately?
I bought a set of 'precision' chinese ones that I liked because they were slim and tiny so they worked in my parrot without the flow pressure raising the hydrometer. Turns out when I finally compared they were not very precise. Now they just take up room in the back of a drawer since I don't have th...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:59 pm
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: Birdwatchers anomalies
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1623
Re: Birdwatchers anomalies
Try adding oyster shells, or powdered calcium or potassium carbonate/hydroxide (careful with hydroxides). Hydroxides are more potent than carbonates so don't overdo it. What kind of water are you using? City? Well? RO? Distilled? If your water is too pure or too high in minerals you'll get very diff...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:56 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1641
Re: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
Chris, Yummyrum suggested a variable frequency drive like one of these to slow the pump (https://www.ato.com/1-2hp-vfd-single-phase-input-output), my manufacturer just suggested a bypass to regulate flow rather than a VFD. I'm sure the VFD would work too or work in tandem, I just think I might be ab...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:46 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Anybody get any good deals lately?
- Replies: 2882
- Views: 274714
Re: Anybody get any good deals lately?
That is sad news and I’m sure they’re not the first or the last in these times. Half the ADI publication was all COVID-related coverage, distilling is such a hard-hit industry.
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
Stuny either I’ve got to do a batch like yours or vice versa so we can report back on adding or not adding terpenes to the still. Sounds like it’s got to be me. Too much terpenes in the ferment though will cause the yeast to struggle I think.
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1641
Re: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
All the info I got on the pump said not to adjust the hz of the pump and instead to do a bypass. I could probably vary the frequency to slow the pump but I’d rather not if I can pull off bypass.
Jack I was hoping someone would have experience with this setup on some scale! Thanks for the input!
Jack I was hoping someone would have experience with this setup on some scale! Thanks for the input!
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:36 pm
- Forum: Rum
- Topic: My 3 year old
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4542
Re: My 3 year old
Definitely wish I could try some. Congrats! Love the color - figure some of that is from the red wine in the staves you added? It looks a bit reddish.
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: Still Related Hardware
- Topic: Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1641
Wash feed flow control/bypass configuration
I am setting up a tee bypass for a continuous flow of mash (using a flex impeller pump with 1" in/out TC fittings), so two valves on a tee on the outflow of the pump with one valve going into my continuous stripping column, the other going back to the fermenter. My questions for the group are: ...
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:47 am
- Forum: Recipe Development
- Topic: My agave spirit
- Replies: 235
- Views: 29293
Re: My agave spirit
LOL Brat I will keep telling you to pull the trigger til it happens. Raw dark syrup + terpenes + nutrient + tequila yeast with two additional nutrient feedings will give you a great tequila wash, I swear, haha!
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:46 am
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: 6" column build
- Replies: 101
- Views: 16547
Re: 6" column build
The DSPR's in your Auber control box aren't really PID's anyway - they have a PID function but they also have a % power function that cycles the SSR on/off at high frequency from 0-100% so it works like a potentiometer/PSR setup. They are awesome little units and I will sing their praise as long as ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:31 pm
- Forum: Column Builds
- Topic: 6" column build
- Replies: 101
- Views: 16547
Re: 6" column build
That all makes a lot of sense to me. I've seen at least one commercial still that was jacketed with oil though, do they just struggle through their spirit runs??
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:12 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Hey there, their, theyre???????
- Replies: 2
- Views: 437
Re: Hey there, their, theyre???????
Hey there! Welcome and enjoy.